•NUC headquarters, Abuja The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education yesterday Tuesday, January 9, launched a probe of degree racketeering in foreign and local private universities. A seven-member inter-ministerial committee will investigate the allegations within eight weeks, reports The Nation. Minister of Education, Pro...
•CP Shehu Nadada Students, staff and residents within the neighbourhood of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) are living in fear, following a threat letter from bandits. Recall that prior to the abduction of eight students in November, last year, a similar letter was sent to Gandu community, a nearby settlement harbouring over 40 per cent [...
Two students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, have been crushed to death. It was gathered that the incident happened yesterday, few metres away from the school’s premises, near Ikot Inyang village junction, along Aba Road in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. It was learnt that the truck driver lost control of the vehicle […...
•Education minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman The federal government has set up a committee to investigate the activities of private universities established in the last 15 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman who spoke during the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee on degree mills in the country, today, said this would s...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reaffirmed its readiness to commence the conduct of its West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for private candidates on a digital platform, starting with the first series of exams this February. The organisation has also restated and made it clear that the Computer-Based E...
The National Universities Commission (NUC), has denounced the list of fake professors in some Nigerian universities being circulated in the media. Chris Maiyaki, NUC Acting Executive Secretary, described the list as ‘fake, unfounded, untrue and a figment of the imagination of the author(s)’. The list, he explained, was initially published by t...
The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State, those of Covenant University at Ota in Ogun State and the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State have debunked reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) allegedly exposed fake professors in their institutions. In a statement by its acting Public Rela...
•NUC The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education, last week Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activity of...
The Beninois and Togolese universities which were temporarily derecognised last week by the Federal Government, are at risk of losing about N7.5billion which they make annually from their Nigerian students, according to projections. The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates f...
Some academic and non-academic staff members of the Kaduna State University have decried the non-payment of their salaries. The workers said they had yet to receive any salary since they were employed three years ago as they were excluded from the state’s payroll, reports Saturday PUNCH. According to them, this was mainly because of the [&hell...
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