Minister of Education Dr. Tunji-Alausa The federal government said it will impose tough sanctions on any federal university that establishes a satellite campus without approval of the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this in a memo sent to the National Universities Commission (NUC) on May 30, 2025, an...
•Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere a.k.a. Odumeje Controversial Anambra-based cleric, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, has advised prospective university students to avoid studying political science, history, microbiology, library information science and sociology. Odumeje disclosed this in a viral video on X today. The...
•Senator Muntari Dandutse The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Muntari Dandutse, has commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing more federal universities in the country, in the last two years. He gave the commendation during a public hearing on three crucial bills for the establishment and am...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed new members for the governing councils of the University of Abuja, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka. In February, Tinubu dissolved the governing council of the University of Abuja and sacked the university’s vice chancellor, Aisha Maikudi, amid cont...
•LASUSTECH No fewer than 50 lecturers across Nigerian public tertiary institutions have been indicted for sexual misconduct between April 2021 and April 2025, it has been found. While some of the indicted academics, including professors, have been dismissed, others are currently facing disciplinary panels, reports The PUNCH. The cases span uni...
Academic activities in public universities in the country is once again facing a serious threat, following the alleged federal government plan to release N50 billion Earned Allowances to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Already the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has written to the Minister of Education, Dr...
•Prof Attahiru Jega Former INEC Chairman and current Chairman of the Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has criticised the growing trend of Nigerian universities awarding honorary degrees to individuals without academic merit. Speaking at the 14th convocation lecture of the National Open University o...
•Smartphones The acting Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Saeed Olorunnisola, has urged the federal and state governments to ban the use of smartphones in secondary and tertiary institutions. Olorunnisola said the ban would enhance students’ concentration in class, reports Sunday PUNCH. He stated...
•Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa The federal government has directed all Nigerian universities to implement Anthology Blackboard, a hybrid learning technology, by the end of 2025. Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, who was angry with the slow pace of digital transition by Nigerian universities, gave the directive during a mee...
•Dr. Abiodun Oluseye The Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) in Igbesa, Dr. Abiodun Oluseye, has said that the federal government’s initiative to upgrade some polytechnics into full-fledged universities may spell doom for technical education in the country. Oluseye, who was speaking ahead of the institution’s 6th combined co...
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