Day: December 21, 2023
The recently renamed Niger State University of Education in honour of the late Engineer Abdulkhadir Abdullahi Kure, a former governor of the state, has been given the go-ahead by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Prof. Mohammed Kuta Yahaya, the Chairman of the Implementation
The administrations of the country’s universities, polytechnics, and other higher institutions were urged by the House of Representatives on Thursday to implement a semester-based system for paying school fees. The Representatives pointed out that this will lessen the challenges posed by
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has distanced itself from a website that invites unsuspecting prospective students to register online for the council’s scheduled sessions in 2024 in anticipation of the school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Professor Femi Mimiko, a former vice chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA), has noted that among the causes of the mass exodus of young people from Africa are political dysfunction, shrinking economic prospects, and insecurity. During his keynote speech at The InterNational
A total of 89 chemists from the class of 2021–2022 graduated from the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) yesterday, with 27 of them obtaining distinctions. Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Wahab Egbewole congratulated the graduates and urged them to represent the university well wherever they go. He
Reports claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) raised the registration cost for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been denied. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Public Communication Advisor for JAMB, stated that the low board examination fee was set to
According to Ifeoluwa Oyedele, Executive Director (Networks), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited, there are not enough universities in Nigeria to accommodate the nation’s expanding population. He was responding to ideas that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had