Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office, his administration has shown an eagerness to reform education in Nigeria—a sector that has long cried out for attention. One of the government’s more applauded initiatives is the student loan scheme, introduced to…
By Sodiq Adelakun President Bola Tinubu on Monday approved provisional licenses for 11 private Universities in Nigeria. The President made the disclosure at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting at the State House, Abuja. According to Tinubu’s aide, Sunday Dare,…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in the country. Dr Morufu Alausa, the Minister of Education, said this while briefing State House Correspondents after the…
The ongoing interference in the admission processes of Nigerian universities is stifling their autonomy, which is essential for their growth, and undermining the quality of higher education in the country. Overregulation by the Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. President Tinubu…
There is an alarming urgency regarding the future of Nigeria’s public university system. Recent statements from President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, during the ASUU State of the Nation conference in Abuja, underscore this reality.…
The escalating tension between the Federal Government and the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has reached a critical juncture. With a three-week…
Researchers from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Oyo State and Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State have showcased their research and development (R&D) products funded by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).…
Workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Allied Institutions (NASU) have threatened to shut Nigerian universities over their five…
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has dismissed reports of fake professors discovered in Nigerian Universities. The Commission dismissed the reports in a statement by its Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, in Abuja on Monday. Maiyaki described a report titled, “About…
