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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 37 private universities in...

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...

July 22, 2022 No Responses

CBN Partners UNILORIN On N600m Commercial Poultry Farm

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inaugurated an integrated commercial poultry farm with a N600 million loan. Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the university, who spoke at the o...

July 18, 2022 No Responses

Unical Seeks NDDC, TETFUND Support To Build New Library

Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (Unical), has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to come to its aid in the construction of a new library for the institution. Prof. Obi, who spoke in an interview with...

July 13, 2022 No Responses

Unical VC Bags Excellent Leadership Award

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has been honoured with an excellent leadership award by the Geology Class of 2002 of the institution. The award was presented to Obi during a courtesy call on her, in...

June 2, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Private Varsity

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the interim forfeiture of NOK University, allegedly acquired unlawfully by Anthony Hassan, a former Director of Finance and Accounts, Federal Ministry of Health. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a r...

May 10, 2022 No Responses

Igbinedion Varsity Graduates 15,000 Students In 23 Years

The Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), has graduated over 15,000 students in different disciplines since its inception in 1999. The Chancellor of the university, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion said this on Tuesday during the 23rd Founder’s Day Celebration o...

April 23, 2022 No Responses

CIBN President, Bayo Olugbemi, Donates Multipurpose Hall To Redeemer’s University

The President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Mr Bayo Olugbemi, on Friday inaugurated a multipurpose hall that he donated to the Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State. Olugbemi, while inaugurating the hall, named “Madam Ab...

February 15, 2022 No Responses

Igbinedion Varsity Seeks Increase In Quota For Nursing Programme

Vice-Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, has called on the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) to increase the quota for nursing programme in Nigerian universities. Ezemonye made the call during the...

February 4, 2022 No Responses

Redeemer’s University Matriculates 1,038 Students

Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State on Thursday matriculated 1038 students for the 2021/2022 Academic Session. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event is the university’s 17th matriculation ceremony since the university was founded in ...