Tag: universities
Repositioning university education in Nigeria: The OAU example
This is the text of a speech delivered by Yemi Ogunbiyi on the eve of the 2019 Convocation of the Nigerian Academy...
FG to select varsities as centres for sporting excellence
The Nigerian Federal Government said it intends making six universities centres for sports excellence. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare...
NCC commits to collaborations with the academia for telecoms growth
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the rise in tempo and sophistication of innovations in communication technology hold greater if there...
NUC orders universities to reintegrate staff schools on payroll
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed federal universities to reintegrate their staff schools on the national payroll.
This directive was communicated in a letter...
Activities paralysed as non-academics in Nigerian universities begin strike
Academic and other activities were on Monday paralysed at the various universities in Nigeria as non-academics began their five-day warning strike.
Some universities had to...
Abiodun clarifies position on MAUSTECH
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has said that he has no objection to the existence of the Moshood Abiola University of Science...
15 clarifications on the tyranny of ‘theoretical framework’ in Nigerian universities
In an earlier article titled "The academic nonsense called 'theoretical framework' in Nigerian universities", Moses Ochonu identified the misuse of theoretical framework...
Buhari charges universities on research, innovations
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerian universities to intensify efforts at making discoveries and inventions that can assist the development of the country.
He made...
NUC guidelines for part-time, sandwich programmes in universities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has a set of guidelines which all Nigerian universities must comply with if they were to run...
LASU VC charges students to emulate good models
Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have been challenged to emulate good models as over 5,500 of them got matriculated into the...