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...
•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 ...
Another round of crisis that may disrupt academic activities is looming in the universities following the decision of the federal government to pay the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the four months withheld salaries in exclusion of other three University based unions. Already, the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff ...
Six years after the $105 million-worth of special intervention to electrify public varsities and some tertiary hospitals nationwide, several beneficiaries listed in the phase one of the initiative are yet to get the power supply. Besides the trio of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Usmanu Danfodiyo Un...
Most tertiary institutions in the country have hiked their fees by over 150 %, putting serious strains on the finances of parents and guardians who also have to contend with the poor state of the economy which has reduced purchasing power and savings. Checks by our correspondents in public universities across the country show that […]
•Japa Many universities in the United Kingdom are at risk of falling into financial deficit due to the astronomical decline in international students after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ban on bringing dependants into the country. The Home Office of the United Kingdom announced that it had commenced the implementation of its policy banning Nige...
•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...
•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...
Following an exposé by undercover journalist, Umar Audu, revealing his detailed acquisition of a degree from a university in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and subsequent undetected deployment to Cross Rivers State for the NYSC programme, there has been a strong reaction among Nigerians. The report, which has since gained prominence, led the federal...