UNN don wins $200,000 PIRA grant

Professor Agwu Ekwe Agwu of the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has been awarded...

NUC licences 20 new universities

National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted provisional licences to 20 newly established private universities. The...

JAMB shifts registration date for 2021 UTME, DE

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the commencement of registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary...

Lokoja varsity makes inaugural lectures prerequisite for professorship

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja, Prof Olayemi Akinwumi, has said that henceforth no lecturer of...

FG appoints governing councils, officers for new polytechnics, colleges

President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of principal officers and members of the Governing Councils for the newly...

FG reconstitutes governing councils of UI, UNILAG, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal universities in...

Only 1% of youths apply for polytechnics in past four years...

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Anderson Ezeibe has revealed that only one...

Science and tech ministry pledges to support UNN on gasification project

The Federal Government has pledged to support the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) to mass produce Refuse Drives...

Maitama Sule varsity Kano fixes post-UTME date

Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano has fixed 12th and 13th April as dates for its Post Unified Tertiary...

Ekiti institutes reading clubs in secondary schools

Ekiti State government has commenced moves to revive the spirit of reading and learning among young students of...

Ex-Bauchi accountant-general jailed for diverting N108m education funds

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Gombe Zonal office on Wednesday secured the conviction of Yusuf Ibrahim...

Taraba lost over N50m in one week to labour strike –...

Taraba State has lost over N50 million in the public sectors in one week following the ongoing industrial...

UNICAL recalls lecturer suspended for forgery

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has recalled Dr Eyo Mensah of the Department...

Polytechnic lecturers start indefinite nationwide strike

Polytechnic lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have started an indefinite strike...

Delta govt promises to provide facilities for new varsities

Delta govt promises to provide facilities for new varsities Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said major facilities...

JAMB: Choice of exam centres solely UTME candidates’

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has stated that the prerogative of...

WAEC releases 2021 private candidates’ results

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the results of the 2021 first series of the WASSCE...

Five of 39 Kaduna college abductees released

Five of the 39 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State abducted by bandits were...

Lagos to increase police surveillance around schools

Lagos to increase surveillance around schools The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has disclosed that plans are...

TETFund’s SERVICOM trains varsities, others on service delivery skills

Towards improved service delivery in public Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)...