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....

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,...

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...

…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...

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,...