Update on CoronaVirus Pandemic – Sat April 4th, 2020 • US sets new highest daily coronavirus death toll, with over 1,400 fatalities. United States coronavirus death toll reaches 7000 • UK #coronavirus death toll rises by 708 to 4,313 • Belgium reports 1,661 new cases of coronavirus and 140 newContinue Reading

By Prof MK Othman   My esteemed readers, I am dedicating this column to pay tribute to my excellent mentor, teacher and Farmers-General, Prof. Falaki. Prof. Falaki was a mentor to 1000s of us who passed through his arduous tutelage. He was a consummate agricultural scientist, extension specialist par excellenceContinue Reading

FG Directs NUC, NCCE & NBTE To Synergize Towards Identifying and Flushing Out Fake Degree, NCE & Diploma Awarding Institutions

By Samson Yaki Federal government has directed all regulatory agencies in the public education sector, namely, The National Universities Commis-sion (NUC), National Commiss-ion for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), to synergize and work with relevant security agencies to immediately identify and flush outContinue Reading

LASU Records 76 First Class Degrees At 24th Convocation

By Miftahu Zakariyya The management of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, said that 76 students were awarded first-class degrees during the university’s recent 24th convocation ceremony. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, who disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference at the institution in Lagos, said that this was the highestContinue Reading

By Usman Muhammad 19 persons have been dismissed by The National Examination Council (NECO) for certificate forgery. The dismissal followed the report of the certificate verification committee of the Council indicting them of certificate forgery. A statement from the Council and signed by the Head of information and public relationsContinue Reading

Research Roadmap: NCC To Offer More Research Fellowships To Best Researchers

By Blessing Essien The Professor Umar Danbatta-led Management of Nigerian Communication’s Commission (NCC) has set up a National Steering Committee to develop a research roadmap aimed at, among other things, offering more research fellowships to best researchers in the nation’s institutions of higher learning. Membership of the national steering committeeContinue Reading

SSANU Joins ASUU, Withdraws Support for IPPIS Implementation

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday issued a statement withdrawing its support for the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS),  for its members across the Nigerian universities. The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) a government payment platform, which has generatedContinue Reading