NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES

Nigeria’s information and technology agency, NITDA has collaborated with the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), to promote emerging technologies in tertiary institutions, thereby improving the quality of education in Nigeria. Speaking at the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently,... Read More →

The House of Representatives has restated the need for the establishment of a Nigerian Education Bank to issue interest-free loans to students of tertiary institutions in the country. The students loan (Access to Higher Education Bill 2016), which the Speaker,... Read More →

Prof. Michael Faborode, on Thursday advocated for development of local technology in the country as the fastest way to the development of agriculture. Faborede, a retired Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) made the call at the 2nd... Read More →

Professor of Philosophy, Godwin Sogolo from University of Ibadan has posited that to ensure the proper orientation of Nigerian youths, more attention should be paid to courses that impact moral education as a measure to help address the security challenges... Read More →

Since Africa’s earliest modern public universities were established on the continent in the 1940s, these institutions have struggled to generate adequate and sustainable funding. For the most part, universities on the continent depend on money from national governments; grants; donations... Read More →

Pursuant to the presidential directive to bring all the Tertiary Institutions into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform to reduce reoccurring incidence of shortfall in personnel costs, I am directed to invite you to an interactive meeting... Read More →

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the take-off of the Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) as the 48th state-owned university in the country. With the establishment of BMU, the number of universities in Nigeria reaches 170. The University is now... Read More →

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System (NUS) by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global... Read More →

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System (NUS) by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global... Read More →