By Christian Njoku The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has given full accreditation status for 24 programmes in the University of Calabar (UniCal). Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, Executive Secretary of the NUC, made this known in a letter signed by Mr Abraham Chundusu, Acting Director of Accreditation. Ribadu said that the letterContinue Reading
By Alex Enebeli Stakeholders from the South-East and South-South have called for massive investment for technical education in the region to tackle the rising unemployment in Nigeria. They made the call during the “South-East and South-South Interregional Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Forum held in Enugu. The forumContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo A Non-Governmental Organisation, Dare Adeboye Foundation, has awarded scholarships to 300 students in Ogun and Osun. The foundation’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Pastor Leke Adeboye, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Adeboye said that the scholarshipContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Federal Government has pledged to strengthen open and distance learning in the country’s national policy framework for the advancement of education. The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, made the pledge at the third Open, Distance and eLearning Association of Nigeria (ODeLAN), International Conference 2025 onContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola Some candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), who scored above 340 overall and had over 90 marks in mathematics, have largely attributed their success to hard work. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday, the candidates alsoContinue Reading
By Sani Idris-Abdulrahman The Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (ARNU) has lamented the inability of the Nigerian Universities to be among the best in the world in terms of global ranking. The association expressed this through its Chairman, Dr Bala Ahmed, who spoke at the 3rd Registrars Workshop andContinue Reading
By Desmond Ejibas The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 21 academic programmes for the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) following a rigorous accreditation exercise conducted across universities nationwide. The Vice Chancellor of UNIPORT, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, announced this development to journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He stated thatContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi/Veronica Dariya Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday broke into tears as he apologised for the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari on Wednesday, took responsibility for the errors in the justContinue Reading
Blessing Ibegbu Bamidele Okoli, a Professor of Natural Product Chemistry at Bingham University, Karu, has advocated greater reliance on natural resources to address health and environmental challenges. Okoli made the call during the university’s 7th Inaugural Lecture on Tuesday, in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has inaugurated its first Anti-Human Trafficking and Violence Against Persons (A.TIPVAP) Vanguard Club at Egor Secondary School. The inauguration, done in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), is meant to take theContinue Reading
