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
According to the news report by CNN; they revealed that During a speech to Russia’s military academies on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Moscow’s most recent nuclear missile, claiming that the ballistic armament might be ready for deployment by the end of the year. NATO nations refer to theContinue 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
The Governor of Nasarawa State Engr A. A. Sule has revealed why his administration places premium on science and technical education in the state. The Governor who spoke at the 10th Combined convocation ceremony of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa which held on Saturday, 18 June, 2022 noted that the objectiveContinue 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