•Unical Pharmacy students protest Students of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) staged a peaceful march on campus yesterday, alleging that the institution’s management was hindering the accreditation of their programme. They accused the university of neglect, underfunding and poor infrastructure, which they claimed ...
•National Universities Commission headquarters In a significant policy change, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has prohibited professional bodies from carrying out accreditation exercises in Nigerian universities. This decision reflects the NUC’s assertion of its statutory role as the sole accrediting authority for academic programm...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to nine academic programmes, including Nursing, at Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo. The accredited courses span five faculties and include Environmental Health Science, Christian Religious Studies, History and International Studies, Music, Performing Arts, Law, Math...
The Association of ComÂmunity Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called for the full accredÂitation of pharmacies as health facilities in primary healthcare, in order to effectively utilise their role as healthcare providÂers and major drivers of positive health outcomes. Greater Utilisation Of Pharmacists In Nigeria’s Healthcare System ACPN ha...
The accreditation of delegates for the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has begun. The primary is aimed at electing the opposition party’s candidate for the November governorship election in the state, reports The Nation. The exercise which is taking place at the International Culture and Event Centre (Dome), will...
Confusion is looming in the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State as the party is set to commence accreditation of members who would vote at today’s party primary. The crisis is due to the missing names of party members in the revalidated membership register, reports The Nation. It was gathered that the names of some […]
•INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will no longer register any election observer that fails to submit its report, after monitoring elections it conducted. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the commission’s first quarterly consultative meeting with Civil Society Organis...
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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has invited Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations interested in observing the February rerun and by-election to apply via an online portal on or before January 17. INEC said this in a notice issued by its acting Director, Electoral Party Monitoring, Hauwa Habib, in Abuja to...
•Youth Corpers The federal government has announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin, Togo. In a statement issued today signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, the government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefariou...

