The Acting Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Chris Maiyaki has reaffirmed the commitment of the commission towards ensuring that universities in Nigeria do not operate below the set minimum standards and global best practices. Maiyaki stated when he received a delegation of King’s University, London, on a courte...
•Tinubu Mixed reactions have been trailing the suspension of the much-anticipated student loan scheme introduced by the federal government. Recall that the federal government postponed the launch of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this in an inte...
•Tinubu The federal government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), stated this in an interview with ARISE TV. The loan which was formally slated to take off tomorrow, has been postponed again, as there are some corre...
•Fake degrees The federal government has invited memoranda from the public as it begins the probe of private universities established in the last 15 years. The federal government initiated the probe following an investigative report by Daily Nigerian journalist, Umar Audu, uncovering certificate racketeering in neighbouring Benin Republic and ...
•Fubara Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, says the cancelled employment process at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rumuolumeni Community, due to intolerable irregularities, will be revisited and the process resumed. This is as he assured that a new governing council was now in place to oversee the process and ensure e...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
•Prof Ango Abdullahi The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum, today, expressed concern over the abduction of no fewer than 287 pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State by bandits. Bandits stormed the LEA Primary Kuriga around 8:30 am on [...
An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak, identifying the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area, reports The Nation. [&he...
The United Nations Children Fund has condemned the abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State. It said the alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signalled a crisis that requires immediate and determined action from all, reports The PUNCH. UNICEF said it is coordinating with local officials and providing assistance to th...
Over 260,000 candidates yesterday sat for this year’s Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock UTME) in 793 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country. The JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, announced this after monitoring the exam in some centres in Abuja, reports The Nation. Oloyede, who expressed de...
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