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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 ruling on an ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/688/2022 moved...

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 ...

November 27, 2021 No Responses

Oil Palm: Igbinedion Varsity Secures N500m CBN Facility

The Igbinedion University, Okada, has secured a N500 million Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) facility to resuscitate and expand its existing oil palm plantation. The university’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, made this known on Friday in Okada...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Subsea Training Facilities To Uniport

The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt as part of the company’s Nigerian content human capita...

September 24, 2021 No Responses

UNILAG, Three Others Get £1.9m Research Grant

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), two other Universities in Africa and one in the United Kingdom, have been awarded a research grant worth £1.9m by the United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI). The grant, which is for a three-year research project (2021-2...

September 21, 2021 No Responses

New LASU VC Seeks Support Of Staff, Students

The newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has urged all members of staff and students to support and cooperate with her administration for peace to continue to reign in the institution. Th...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Igali, FUTA Pro-Chancellor Hails 14 Dons Over National Research Grants

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Ambassador Godknows Igali have described the institution as a citadel of learning with a crop of excellent scientists at par with their contemporaries in other ...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Auditoriums, Eight Lecture Rooms, Others To Maritime University

Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described phase one of the infrastructure projects donated to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

Nexford University Partners Sterling Bank On Capacity Building, Others

Nexford University, a Washington D.C. based next-generation online university, has announced new partnership with Sterling Bank, one of Nigeria’s commercial banks. Nexford University in a statement sent to City BusinessNews (www.citybusinessnews....

August 19, 2021 No Responses

NEPZA Backs Partnership To Develop Abuja University

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has expressed readiness to support the partnership between Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and University of Abuja for the university’s permanent site development. A statement by Mr Martin...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19: SIFAX Boss Advocates Improved University ICT infrastructure

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic that slowed down teaching and learning in the country’s educational institutions, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has tasked relevant stakeholders in the education ecosystem on the need to upgra...