Retired NUC boss, Abubakar hands over to Maiyaki 

The retired Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar has handed over the baton of leadership to the Deputy Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki. The handing-over ceremony took place  at the headquarters of the Commission over the weekend. Recall that Prof. Abubakar voluntarily stepped down from the Commission as Executive Secretary on Tuesday. He noted that he was heading back to the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to continue his career in lecturing....

NUC Executive Secretary Resigns Return To Class

A lecturer with the Bayero University Kano (BUK) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed who was appointed seven years as the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has resigned voluntarily to continue lecturing at the same institution. Prof. Rasheed told Journalists on Monday in Abuja about his resignation, after approving the issuance of a provisional license to establish another  Kogi State-owned University located at Kabba local government area of the State. The Executive Secretary of NUC,...

Obaseki offers LASU’S best-graduating student, Yusuf, automatic employment

The Edo state government has offered automatic employment to Aminat Yusuf, the best-graduating student of the Lagos State University, LASU, in the 2021/2022 academic year. The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this on Monday. “I am honoured to offer our record-setting Miss Yusuf Aminat automatic employment in the state’s public service,” the Governor’s post on Twitter reads. “To complement our efforts to create the best work environment, we intend to attract and retain the...

LASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has congratulated Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, for emerging as the best graduating and best-ever student at the Lagos State University (LASU), with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 obtained in the institution’s Law Degree programme. Obaseki in a press statement on Sunday hailed Yusuf on her remarkable and pacesetting feat, noting that she has once again displayed the indefatigable Edo spirit of excellence and hard work. “I congratulate...

JAMB announces 140 as cut-off mark for varsity admissions, 100 for polytechnics

…pegs post-UTME registration fees at N2,000. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has set 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities in the 2023/24 academic session. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the 2023 policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede also noted that 100 has been approved as the cut off-mark for admissions into polytechnics and colleges of education. He...

UNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

Students of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, UNN, have staged a protest over the incessant increase in the price of textbooks and manuals by authorities in the faculty. The protesting students, who carried placards with various inscriptions depicting their grievances, matched around the university premises on Friday. The peaceful protest started at the pharmacy complex, to the security department then down to the Vice-Chancellor’s office. The students also protested against “indiscriminate...

Students’ loan: Tinubu directs committee to begin disbursement in September

An inter-ministerial committee approved by President Bola Tinubu will be meeting next Tuesday to work out modalities for the disbursement of the student loan by September 2023 for the 2023/2024 academic session. It was earlier reported that the President signed the student loan bill, which seeks to provide interest-free loans to indigent Nigerian students in tertiary institutions, into law on Monday. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Andrew Adejo, the permanent secretary for the...

Federal Government Ban Underage Children From Writing Examinations

The Federal Government has directed the National Examination Council (NECO) to ensure that birth certificates are compulsory for registration of the examination, as part of measures to prevent underage persons from registering. The government has also banned underage children from writing the National Common Entrance Examination preparatory for admission into Unity Schools across the country. David Adejo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education gave the directive on Saturday in Abuja during monitoring the conduct of...

11,350 Teachers Sat For Professional Qualifying Examination

The new technology introduced by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) would weed out quackery from the teaching profession in Nigeria. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye disclosed this in Abuja, saying 11,350 candidates across the country have sat for the May Diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), adding that reports from centers across the country indicated hitch-free processes. “There has been improvement in the accreditation process because part of what we...

University of Ibadan ranked the best university in Nigeria

The University of Ibadan, UI, has been ranked the best university in Nigeria. This is according to a ranking of global universities published on Monday by the Centre for World University Rankings, CWUR. Out of the 20,000 universities that were ranked, UI was at the 1,163rd position globally and the first in Nigeria. University of Nigeria, UNN, was ranked second in Nigeria and occupied the 1,784th position on the global list. University of Lagos, UNILAG,...

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