NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES

Prof. Chinedum Peace Babalola, Vice-Chancellor, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, was one of the recipients of the prestigious African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Awards for Scientific Excellence Programme, 2019 Edition. The award is in recognition of Professor Babalola’s numerous contributions to development... Read More →

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to improve the deteriorating infrastructural facilities in the country’s universities. The president stated this in his address read by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed at the University of... Read More →

The Director of Research and Innovation, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Bola Oboh, has described as heartwarming, the over N419 million research grant recently won by 14 scholars of the institution. Prof Oboh, who stated this on Saturday in Lagos,... Read More →

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-backed ‘Futures of Education’ initiative has called for the democratisation of knowledge and a clear commitment by higher education and knowledge producing institutions to an agenda that primarily values equality and sustainability. In... Read More →

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has alleged lecturers across the country’s public tertiary institutions of diverting research grants to build homes, purchase cars, and engage in other frivolous activities. This is coming days after an allegation of personnel budget... Read More →

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in its weekly bulletin has said that universities that offer admission to candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) without being offered admission by the Central Admissions Processing System(CAPS) will be... Read More →

The 2019 Conference of the Committee of Pro Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities held from 20th -21st November 2019. The theme of the Conference was ‘Accountability in the Nigerian University System’. The Conference deliberated on the issue of accountability in... Read More →

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, challenged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to first of all tackle the issues of sorting, plagiarism as well as sexual harassment allegedly bedevilling some of the Universities in the country rather than directing... Read More →

The Executive Secretary National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed last week led vice chancellors of Federal Universities to appear before the National Assembly Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Education to defend their... Read More →