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By Waziri Isa Adam The Federal University Dutsin-Ma, (FUDMA) is pursuing a strategic collaboration with renowned Katsina entrepreneur and Chairman of AFDIN Group of Companies, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal, as part of efforts to reposition the university as a world-class institution. The plan was unveiled when the university’s management team,Continue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NSUK, has unveiled the Holistic Graduate Development Initiative, HGDI, a new institutional framework designed to ensure every graduate leaves the university with academic qualifications, practical skills, and entrepreneurial capacity. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, announced the initiative on Thursday, July 2,Continue Reading

A Nigerian medical scholar, Dr. Usman Yz, has recorded another outstanding academic feat after graduating with a First-Class Distinction (Otlichna) in his residency programme in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russia’s leading medical institution. The achievement marks another milestone in the doctor’s remarkableContinue Reading

By Mahdi Waziri Isa  The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja, FUL, Professor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye, has restated a personal oath he made in 1997 never to use his office to victimize any staff member or student. Professor Ibileye said the oath has guided his 28 years in academic administrationContinue Reading

• “Nigeria’s chairmanship of the AfCFTA Council of Ministers positions the country to set the continental trade agenda,” expert says By Abubakar Basiru and Bakangi Sarah Bare A renowned scholar of Law, Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, has explained what Nigeria’s assumption of the chairmanship of the African Council of MinistersContinue Reading

By Bakangi Sarah Bare A renowned expert of International Law and Regional Integration, Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, has highlighted the core arguments, takeaways and his final thoughts from Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s 32-page public lecture on “ECO Currency and Monetary Integration in West Africa: Implications for Nigeria”, held at theContinue Reading

By Waziri Isa Adam The four in-house staff unions of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, FUDMA, have commended Vice Chancellor, Professor Mohammed Khalid Othman, for repositioning staff welfare as a central priority of his administration. The commendations were made separately by the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU;Continue Reading

By Ezekiel Joshua Gwantu Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has been appointed Chancellor of the Franco-British International University, FBIU, Kaduna. Announcing the appointment on his X handle @ShehuSani on Thursday, June 18, 2026, the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain described it as “a great honor”. He said, “We shallContinue Reading