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November 3, 2024 No Responses

FG Releases Funds For Payment Of NASU, Federal Retirees

The Federal Government has released funds for payment of withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement in Abuja. According to...

October 13, 2024 No Responses

LASUTH Gets Advanced Neonatal Centre

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital now has a centre for advanced neonatal Studies. A statement by LASUTH on Saturday revealed that the innovative initiative was spearheaded by its Department of Paediatrics. The statement said the opening was done wit...

June 8, 2024 No Responses

Court Grants Final Forfeiture of University, Hotel, Factory

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, June 7, 202 ordered the final forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, Gwasmyen Water Factory, Gwasmyen Event Center and Gwasmyen International Hotel in Kaduna State.The Econom...

March 10, 2024 No Responses

Rivers Govt Pledges Support For Wigwe University

As part of measures to immortalize the late Herbert Wigwe, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pledged that the state government will support Wigwe University. After Wigwe’s funeral church service in Isiokpo on Saturday, Governor Fubara said t...

February 20, 2024 No Responses

Sifax Group Chairman, Taiwo Afolabi To Deliver LAUTECH Convocation Lecture

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho led by its Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Rasak Olatunde Rom Kalilu paid a courtesy visit on Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman (CON), SIFAX Group recently. The visit aimed to inform the S...

February 6, 2024 No Responses

Pan-Atlantic University Alumni Association Inaugurates New Executives

The Pan-Atlantic University Alumni Association (PAUAA) has inaugurated a new set of Executive members to drive the next phase of growth of the group, recognised as one of Nigeria’s most prestigious university post-graduation associations. The new execu...

January 4, 2024 No Responses

NUC Identifies 37 Illegal Universities In Nigeria

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified not less than 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. According to the Acting Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, some arrests have been made while urging parents to check the commission’s website ...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 10, 2023 No Responses

Private Universities Hit 147 As NUC Issues 37 Provisional Licenses

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Friday presented provisional licenses to 37 newly approved private universities in Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on May 15, approved the establishment of...

April 21, 2023 No Responses

Varsity Bans Artificial Eye Lashes, Fingernails

The management of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu has banned the fixing of fingernails, eyelashes and other artificial materials on the body. The institution also banned the wearing of short clothes by staff and students to work and lectures. Rev. Fr....

April 21, 2023 No Responses

World Maritime University, RINA Sign MoU

In recognition of mutual interests in maritime education and research, RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering multinational, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Maritime University (WMU), an institution establi...

February 12, 2023 No Responses

UTME: JAMB Registers 1.16m Candidate

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that over 1.16 million tertiary institutions admission seekers have so far registered to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is...

January 21, 2023 No Responses

UNICAL Research Teams Win N63m TETFUND Grants

The University of Calabar three out of the six research teams that submitted full proposals to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) have been awarded grants to carry out key researches. Director of Research and Development, University of Calabar, Prof...

August 30, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Awards 10 Overseas Post-Graduate Scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State awarded post-graduate scholarships to ten (10) Nigerians to pursue Masters’s degrees at universities in the United Kingdom. A statement issued by Acting Manager, Corporate Comm...