Dr Abdulsalam Salman, the Librarian, Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, says the library will introduce Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to address the challenges of staff shortage in the Dept. Salman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that introduction of robots was one of the ways of digitalisingContinue Reading
The Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has approved the demotion of three professors for alleged academic-related infractions. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Muhammad Ja’afaru, made this known at a three-year anniversary of Prof. Abdullahi Tukur, MAU’s Vice-Chancellor, on Saturday in Yola. He said the action was subject to disciplinary processesContinue Reading
The newly-established private university in Borno, Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, has appointed Prof. Abubakar Kundiri as its pioneer Vice Chancellor. A statement on Saturday in Maiduguri by the institution’s Registrar, Mallam Bukar Usman, said the appointment is with immediate effect. “In accordance with the First Schedule Section 3 (4) of theContinue Reading
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Saturday announced that the Federal Government is set to take over the King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi. Umahi, who made the disclosure in Uburu during the maiden matriculation ceremony of the institution, noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the modalitiesContinue Reading
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund) has urged polytechnic lecturers who are already on the punishment list of the Fund for failing to attend conferences in the past after collecting the money meant for that to utilise such funds to sponsor themselves to the forthcoming training conferenceContinue Reading
The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has said the Fund will waive its planned sanction for polytechnic lecturers who collected money for conference attendance but failed to embark on the exercise. Echono, who stated this in Abuja on Thursday, during a courtesy visit byContinue Reading
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja Nigeria’s education tax custodian for public institutions of higher learning, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has charged polytechnics in the country to focus on producing skilled and innovative graduates that are employable in the labour market. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sunday Echono,Continue Reading
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has sought for a stronger synergy between the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Commission by instituting some changes in the Fund’s intervention processes as it relates to Colleges of Education (CoE). Executive Secretary of NCCE, Professor Paulinus Chijioke Okwelle madeContinue Reading
