By Waziri Isa Adam Barely a year after the Chinese Government awarded full scholarship to 45 Students from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, another set of 45 students have been offered full scholarship scheme by the Central South University in a joint “3+2” academic programmeme between the two Universities. The offerContinue Reading
I Never Said N359b was Stolen by Former President GEJ or was Missing TETFund has not Scrapped International Conferences, budgets N3.4b, Instead Our Audited Accounts, One of the Most Up-to-date, Transparent in Nigeria We are Committed to Promoting R & D in our Varsities Hails Timely Debut of Education MonitorContinue 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
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
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
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
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
By Denis Demenenge The Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, has advised that Zaria-based Nigeria Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) to work towards ensuring conversion of the institute to a full-pledged University of Transport and Logistics. To achieve this, the Minister advised the management of the institute to set upContinue Reading