Tag: National Universities Commission
KSUSTA, 24 other universities earn NUC full accreditation [ Complete List]
The NUC released the list of the 25 universities that have full accreditation of their courses in its Dec. 2021…
COVID-19: FG orders universities to suspend academic activities
For university students, hope of return to classrooms following the suspension of over eight weeks’ strike by university lecturers earlier…
Fmr. President calls for review of Universities’ curriculum
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday called for the review of the Nigerian Universities’ curriculum to serve as an instrument…
Education ministry, VCs to meet
The Federal Ministry of Education has decided to convene a meeting with vice-chancellors, admission officers and other stakeholders to discuss…
Deadline for varsity resumption shifted to honour Iyayi
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for striking university lecturers to resume work to December 9. The government had…
Why Nigerian varsity students rush to Ghana—Okojie
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Julius Okojie, has attributed the rush by Nigerians to study in…
ASUU Strike: One Too Many
Once again, the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government have reached an impasse as the…
Ogun Govt. Grants Amnesty To OOU Students
The Ogun state government has asked the authorities of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye to give a week’s grace…
Couple charged with operating illegal varsity
Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has dragged one Pius Nwachukwu, 47, and his wife, Chika, to a Karu Chief Magistrates’…
NUC set to improve ranking of Nigeria’s universities
Nigeria’s universities long missing in the elite league of global universities, perpetually in the last two decades, not even emerging…
Oyo opens Technical University 2013
The first set of students will be admitted into Nigeria’s new Technical University next September, increasing Nigeria’s universities to over…
UNIABUJA shut after protests by students
The University of Abuja has been closed indefinitely following two days of student protest over the non-accreditation of some faculties…
‘NUC Rating Confirms Caleb Varsity’s Standard’
An Educationist and visitor to Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Dr. Ola Adebogun, has described the 100 percent success the…
NUC conducts forensic survey of Achievers varsity
Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has commenced a forensic survey of the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, having lifted the…
What I Saw At Lead City University, Ibadan
By Toyin Falola There is a disconnect between my experience at Lead City University, Ibadan in May of this year,…
Plane Crash: NUC mourns dead staff
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The atmosphere at the Headquarters of the National University Commission, NUC, the apex regulatory body for…
NUC boss defends Jonathan on UNILAG
Professor Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC on Thursday defended President Goodluck Jonathan’s renaming of…
FG Approves 5 New Private Varsities
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the establishment of five additional private universities to promote quality university education…
NUC Team Verifies New Programmes
As the University of Ilorin expands the frontiers of its mandate by introducing new programmes, a team of academics dispatched…
Settle With NUC Now, LASU Students Urge Authorities
Following the persistent threat from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to disqualify some courses and satellite campuses of the Lagos…
The Dilemma Of 91,000 LASU Students
The revelation that only two campuses of the Lagos State University, LASU, have passed the litmus test of providing qualitative…
Increase Funding For Varsities, OBJ Tells Jonathan, NUC
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Universities Commission (NUC) to increase funding of…
Accreditation Budget: Lagos Assembly Grants LASU N3bn
The Lagos State House of Assembly has approved that N3.02bn should be added to the capital expenditure of the Lagos…