THE Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, issued the letter of recognition of the varsity to a high-powered delegation led by the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The Governor’s delegation comprised the Senator representing the Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Senator Foster Ogola, the […]
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Government orders clampdown on illegal tertiary institutions
Sequel to the discovery of 66 illegal degree-awarding institutions by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Federal Government yesterday ordered immediate clampdown on all affected establishments. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who handed down the order at the fifth ministerial press briefing in Abuja, stated that government would not sit back while lawlessness […]
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Buhari inaugurates CBN project at UNEC
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the world-class Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) constructed and donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which he lauded for making huge investments for the overall development of the country. Speaking shortly before he unveiled the commemorative plaque and cut the ceremonial […]
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FG releases over N9b to clear backlog of scholarship allowances
The Federal Government says it has released N9.5 billion for the payment of backlog of scholarship allowances owed Nigerian students at home and abroad up to December 2018. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by Alhaja Asta Ndajiwo, the Director, Federal Scholarship Board, disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja […]
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FEC approves four new private universities
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for the year presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the establishment of four new private universities. Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting said, the new Universities were Greenfield University Kaduna, Dominion University, Ibadan, […]
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Gowon challenge medical lab scientists to end quackery in practice
Fred Ezeh, Abuja Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has identified quackery as major threat to stability and credibility of medical laboratory science practice in Nigeria. He was saddened that activities of quacks and unregistered “medical laboratory scientists” have eroded the public trust and confidence on the profession, thus forcing them to adopt the […]
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Labour cancels planned strike in Ondo as governor pays six-month arrears
Sequel to the payment of six out of the seven months salary arrears to Ondo State workers, organised labour in the state has revoked its planned strike. The labour unions had threatened industrial action due to backlog of salaries despite the N20 billion Paris Club refund the state got from the federal government. Nigeria Labour […] …
Labour Party alleges plan by NLC, TUC to destabilise it
The Labour Party (LP) has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) of plan to organise an illegal convention to upset the party in 2019 elections. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the party’s Director of Publicity and Media Strategy, Yinka Richards, condemned in strongest term the move and dissociated […] …
NUC approves more postgraduate courses for OBJ’s Varsity
NUC lauds Kola Daisi University
Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has commended Kola Daisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State,for its impressive achievements within its first year of operations.The NUC scribe, who paid a courtesy visit to the university recently was of the opinion that the institution had cleared critical hurdles and is also ready to easily attract quality staff and students to achieve its vision. Rasheed made glowing remarks on the institution’s environment and in particular, the leadership of Kola Daisi University, Ibadan, while advocating that all hands must be on deck in sustaining their enviable progress towards achieving the vision to become an institution of global reckoning.
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