As part of commitment to free its campus from social vices that are prevalent in Nigeria’s higher institutions of learning, the Management of the University of Mkar (UniMkar) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Benue State Command organised a sensitisation lecture for staff and StudentsContinue Reading

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has affirmed that the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) will commence on Monday, 27th June, 2022. A statement signed by the head, Information and Public Relations Division of the Council, Azeez Sani urgedContinue Reading

“These lecturers have families to feed and bills to pay, including medication and other utility bills.” A lawmaker in Cross River State, Hilary Bisong, has donated N900,000 as palliative to the University of Calabar lecturers. Mr Bisong represents Boki 2 State Constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly. TheContinue Reading

A Veteran Professor of history, Abdullahi Musa Ashafa, has been appointed as Acting Vice Chancellor of Kaduna State University (KASU). A statement by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Adamu Nuhu Bargo, said the 5th Governing Council of the University, led by Mal. Husaini Adamu Dikko, having considered the professor mostContinue Reading

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expended N185bn in the training of 35,000 scholars under its Academic Staff training in public tertiary institutions across the country. Acting director of academic staff training and development, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, stated this when the representatives of the TETFund Scholars Alumni Steering CommitteeContinue Reading

Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities have been urged to prioritise the actualisation agriculture transformation, urging them to make their institution the centres of excellence as soon as possible. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this in Abuja during the vice chancellors roundtable onContinue Reading

The Executive Secretary (ES), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris M. Bugaje, has identified ASUU and ASUP strikes, outdated curricula, non-skill contents to be the major challenges militating against educational development in Nigeria. The ES who made the observation while delivering convocation lecture at the 10th Combined ConvocationContinue Reading