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Ekiti Gov.,Oyebanji thanks President Tinubu for approving Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin- Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the establishment of Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin-Ekiti. President Tinubu, had on Thursday in Abuja, assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. Governor Oyebanji in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, on Friday, hailed the President for approving the establishment of the Federal University of…

FG replaces JSS,SSS, with 12-year basic education model

The Federal Government has scraped all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing it with 12-4. This is even as it has sought the approval of the National Council on Education to officially adopt 16 years as the minimum entry age requirement into the country’s tertiary institutions. Minister of Education, Dr…

Honour For Mr. Revenue: Ayodele Subair Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is delighted to announce that its Executive Chairman, Mr. Ayodele Subair, has been conferred with a doctorate degree in Business Administration (honoris causa) by the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). Subair received the prestigious award at the institution’s 13th convocation ceremony and 25th anniversary on Saturday, December 14, 2024. The prestigious honour given to the LIRS boss, according to the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Olugbenga lge, “recognizes his outstanding contributions to the development of taxation in Nigeria and his exemplary leadership in steering…

FG honours ex-Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, with University of Abuja

The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the renaming of the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents after the council held its last meeting for 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Idris said, “The third item is that there is also a decision taken by the Federal Executive Council to rename the University of Abuja to honour elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon. “The University of Abuja will, henceforth, be called Yakubu Gowon University.…

How Nigerian lady ruined Buckingham VC’s profile over alleged romance with another woman

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

A Nigerian entrepreneur, Cynthia Tooley, has emerged as a central figure in the suspension of the University of Buckingham Vice Chancellor, Professor James Tooley, over allegations of a controversial overseas relationship. Tooley, who denies the allegations, was suspended from his £229,000-a-year role in October following accusations linked to a romantic involvement with a 25-year-old Indian woman, reports UK’s Daily Mail on Thursday Cynthia reportedly raised the alarm by submitting the young woman’s diaries, which detailed the alleged relationship, to university authorities. The mother of two was said to have married…

Fake Certificates: FG sacks Benin, Togo varsity degree holders

The Federal Government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo, The PUNCH reports. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, confirmed the development to one of our correspondents on Wednesday. In August, the Federal Government announced that only eight universities had been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic.…

Reps panel kicks as Federal Poly with 142 students incurs N600m on personnel, overhead

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The House of Representatives Committee on Polytechnics and other Higher Technical Education has expressed shock over the discovery that Federal Polytechnic Ugep, Cross Rivers State, spends over N600 million on personnel and overhead costs despite having only 142 students and 154 academic and non-academic staff. This was discovered after a submission on budget performance and other activities by the Rector of the Polytechnic, Professor Edward N.Okey, before the committee on Monday. The committee had, as part of its ongoing oversight function, invited Federal Polytechnics and some other technical institutions from…

SSANU, NASU rejects FG’s renegotiation committee

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions has strongly condemned the inauguration of the renegotiation committee set up by the Federal Government. The committee inaugurated on Tuesday in Abuja, is tasked with renegotiating the 2009 agreements between the government and university-based unions. In a joint statement signed by SSANU President, Muhammed Ibrahim, and NASU counterpart, Peters Adeyemi, the unions described the event as a “charade,” accusing the government of prioritising the Academic Staff Union of…

Breaking barriers: Access Bank championing education for every child in Africa

Children in emergency situations have a right to quality education like every other child, yet education in emergencies continues to be critically underfunded and under-resourced. Education is lifesaving and should not be seen as a second phase of a humanitarian response,” – Wongani Grace Taulo, UNICEF Regional Education Adviser for Eastern and Southern Africa It is a basic right for every child to receive an education that is both inclusive and of high quality. However, in Africa, there are nearly 46 million children of school age who do not attend…

Kwankwaso, Kano Gov.’s CoS named in Nmulti procurement fraud

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has launched investigations into allegations of a multi-million naira procurement fraud, as well as a case of alleged mismanagement of federal government palliatives. Among those expected to be questioned over the alleged scams are Musa Garba Kwankwaso, a nephew of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Governor, Shehu Wada Sagagi. Musa Kwankwaso, who is closely related to the New Nigeria People’s Party’s (NNPP) presidential candidate and the political godfather of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir…

Again ASUU planning another nationwide strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has informed the Federal Government of its plans to embark on a nationwide strike by placing the government on a 21-day notice. Sources within the National Executive Council of ASUU confirmed the development to The PUNCH correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The notice was issued at the end of the NEC meeting, which was held at the University of Ibadan, and a copy is expected to be transmitted to the Federal Ministries of Labour and Education. “It is not an ultimatum but a strike…

NYSC to prosecute 54 demoblised fake corpers, says Calabar varsity enlisted Illiterate bread seller enlisted for national service

Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said that 54 corps members from University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been demobilised and will be prosecuted by the NYSC management. Ahmed, also revealed that one of the “graduates” fraudulently mobilised for the scheme by the University is a bread seller who did not attend the institution. Ahmed according to a statement by the Director, Information and Public Relations of the service, Eddy Megwa, vowed that all illegally mobilised corps members from the university would be prosecuted.…

NYSC slams University of Calabar for fraudulent mobilisation of 101 corps

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has accused the University of Calabar of fraudulently mobilising 101 graduates for the national service during the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NYSC Service Years. According to a statement signed by the management of the NYSC, 99 persons have passed through, while two were on exemption. The management declared that those persons’ certificates of the National Service were being invalidated forthwith. The statement noted that the scheme stood by its strong commitment to ensuring that unqualified locally and foreign-trained Nigerian youths, especially those purported to…

NYSC denies N70k minimum wage order to corps members

The National Youth Service Corps has denied a social media report that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the N70,000 new national minimum wage. The corps said no directive has been given by the relevant authority for it to start the payment of N70, 000 minimum wage to corps members or to upgrade their accounts. According to a statement issued by the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Saturday, the report is misleading and absolutely false. The NYSC, therefore, advised corps members to…

UNIBEN probes Don over alleged sexual harassment

The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has set up a committee to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against a Professor in the Department of Philosophy. This was contained in a circular issued by the investigation committee’s Secretary, B. D. Jonathan, and made available to journalists on Saturday. Although the professor’s name was not disclosed, the committee urged members of staff and students with relevant information or who have experienced any related incidents to come forward and share it. The circular read, “The Vice-Chancellor has set up a…

Security man, prime suspect in Ekiti varsity late DVC’s kidnap saga

The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on July 9, has been found dead. Sources, who could not confirm whether the 79-year-old retired university teacher died as a result of weakness due to age or that he was killed by the kidnappers, told PUNCH Metro that the don was found buried in a shallow grave in the bush. Olaofe was kidnapped in his house alongside his guard on July 9, over three weeks ago, and driven away in his car…

NYSC Cancels August CDS, biometric clearance over planned hunger protest

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has postponed monthly clearance and weekly community development services for corps members across the country, FIJ can report. FIJ learned that these NYSC activities were postponed ahead of the upcoming #EndBadGovernance protests scheduled to begin on August 1. This information was disseminated via a memo sent to State Coordinators, Local Government Inspectors (LGIs) and Zonal Inspectors (ZIs across the 36 states of the federation, who in turn relayed the information to corps members across the country. The memo read: “In furtherance to our earlier…

UniBen’s fresh graduate beaten, raped to death by unknown assailants

A female student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) identified as Adekolore Idowu Glory has been reportedly raped to death. Glory, 22, a recent graduate of the university, was said to have been beaten and raped to death at Iyowa Community, Benin City on June 13. In an X post, a user who identified as Glory’s brother said unknown men attacked her while she was on her way back home from school. Glory, who graduated in April this year, was said to have been processing her clearance when she was…

Ehi Braimah wins University of Roehampton’s award

Ehi Braimah, respected Public Relations practitioner and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Naija Times, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 20th Anniversary Chancellor Alumni Award of the University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom. In an email to Braimah, the university’s Director of Business Development and Fundraising, Eleanor Merrick said his dedication, passion, and outstanding contributions to his field have not gone unnoticed. “Your nomination stood out among an incredibly talented pool of candidates, showcasing the impact you have made and the legacy you continue to build, and we are…

NELFUND: 1.2m students from Federal institutions can access loan

Managing Director of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, has disclosed that the maximum of 1.2 million students across federal tertiary institutions will access the students loan in the fist phase. Speaking ahead of the opening of the portal for applications on Friday, he said the first phase will be officially open for students in federal institutions whose institutions have completed the uploading of their data. While noting that the loan application process has been streamlined to ensure easy access for all eligible students in federal tertiary institutions,…

Private varsity guards rape female student

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State, on Saturday, announced the arrest of two members of its vigilante group for allegedly raping a female student of the institution. The management, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Olufemi Atoyebi, said the university had set up its own internal panel of inquiry to investigate the allegation. Atoyebi said the suspects have been handed over to the police with a vow to ensure heavy penalty on anyone found culpable after a thorough investigation. He, therefore, assured all stakeholders that the institution would not…

Brickhall School shut for one week over pupil’s death

The Brickhall School, Abuja, has decided to close for one week to mourn Miguel Ovoke, the four-year-old pupil who died “while feeding.” According to the statement by the management on Wednesday, Brickhall School regretted its failure to save Ovoke despite its efforts. Recall that the four-year-old was declared dead by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, “on account of aspiration on meat while feeding at school.” The medical report, signed by Dr. Akinwande Ajayi, on behalf of the medical director, disclosed that the pupil was fixed and dilated when rushed to the…

Tinuade Sanda: Alleged false Ph.D, degrees from Edinburgh, Harvard universities dent former EKEDC boss

Tinuade Sanda, the former managing director and chief executive officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has been in the news for controversial reasons over the past few weeks. She was sacked by Eko Disco and West Power and Gas (WPG) Limited in one month. In March 2022, Sanda was appointed the managing director of Eko Disco, becoming the third woman to lead in this capacity in the industry — after Funke Osibodu of Benin Disco (2013) and Folake Soetan of Ikeja Electric (2020). Two years into her appointment, Sanda,…

Tinubu names Jim Ovia as NELFUND chairman

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was announced in a State House Press Release by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale on April 26, 2024. According to the statement, ‘‘the President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no…

Tinubu orders NOUN graduates to be admitted into NYSC, Law School

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to include National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduates in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. He also directed graduates of the Law faculty in the institution to be allowed to enrol in Law School upon graduation. Tinubu gave the orders through the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Biodun Saliu, who represented the President at the institution’s 13th convocation ceremony on Saturday, April 13. “With the changing demographics of our great nation, the…

How parents, doctor’s negligence caused Sylvester Oromoni’s death -Coroner

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court examining the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, has attributed his death to his parents’ and doctor’s negligence. The Coroner Magistrate, Mikhail Kadiri, held that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his enlarged liver. Oromoni died on November 30, 2021. His death was attributed to bully and an alleged poisonous substance he was forced to drink in the school. He was said to have mentioned that he was beaten up by five senior…

We will hunt down fake certificate holders -Education minister

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Tuesday, said security agencies will go after individuals with fake degree certificates in the country. According to the minister, the individuals will be tracked after the committee inaugurated to investigate the activities of degree mills in the country submits its report. The Federal Ministry of Education had earlier set up an investigative panel to probe activities of degree mills following an investigative report published by Daily Nigerian which exposed the activities of degree mills in Benin Republic. The Daily Nigerian reporter, Umar…

Havarde College reacts as student allegedly commits suicide over school’s failure to secure accreditation

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Harvarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Ogun State is in the news for bad reasons as a 300-level student of the institution reportedly took her life after the school allegedly failed to meet the accreditation requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The management of the private tertiary institution has however refuted the reports that one of its students, simply identified as Ajoke, committed suicide after the school failed to meet the accreditation requirements. It was gathered that the deceased student had on Monday evening, consumed…

Why Ogun State shut Harvarde College over non-accreditation of programmes

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

An enforcement team comprising the Ogun State Ministry of Health and Nursing and Midwifery Committee has sealed the Nursing Department of Harvarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Obada in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The state government moved against the school for allegedly offering a degree programme in Nursing Sciences for six years without accreditation from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. Sunday PUNCH had earlier reported how the institution operates as an academic institution with no clear specification of where it belongs among…

FG begind payment of ASUU’s withheld salaries

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt. Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, who confirmed the development on the record, said, “Yes, it is true. Payment has started rolling in.” President Bola Tinubu Tinubu had in October 2023 approved the release of four of the eight…

Read details of FG’s repayment plan for students’ loan

Ahead of the official launch of the Student Loan Scheme on February 21, 2024, the Nigeria Education Loan Fund said it is finalising repayment modalities. Although it confirmed that the 10 per cent direct deduction from the beneficiaries’ salaries still stands, applicants can pay higher percentages or 100 per cent upfront if they choose. However, persons confirmed to be dead, terminally ill, and incapable of earning a living through work will be granted waivers, a source close to the board’s activities told Sunday PUNCH. “First and foremost, the modality for…

EFCC arrests, interrogate Providus, Jaiz bank CEOs over N44bn NSIPA fraud

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and interrogated the Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of two new banks in connection with the ongoing EduGate financial scandal. The N585m alleged fraud has already consumed the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. The banks are Providus Bank and Jaiz Bank and their CEOs were interrogated for their roles in connection with the over N44 billion fraud allegedly uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The Punch gathered that the senior bank executives are…

See list of FG suspended foreign univerditirs in Nigeria

The Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo, respectively. The Federal Ministry of Education made the announcement on Tuesday. The Ministry noted that its decision followed an undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian online platform that exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou. According to the investigation, the investigative reporter bagged a degree from Cotonou University within six weeks and also participated in the mandatory one-year scheme organised by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Here is…

FG suspends accreditation of degree certificates grom Benin Republic, Togo

The Federal Government has suspended the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. This move followed a report detailing how a degree was acquired from a university in Benin Republic in under two months. “This report lends credence to suspicions that some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified,” the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education Augustina Obilor-Duru said in a Tuesday statement. “The Federal Ministry of…

JAMB announces fees increment, dates for 2024 UTME/DE registration

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the official start of profile creation for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise. JAMB announced this in a statement on Sunday, stating that prospective candidates can now begin creating their profiles on the JAMB website, with the official sale of application documents set to begin on Monday, January 15th, 2024. It also stated that the prospective candidates have six weeks, until Monday, February 26, to complete their registration. The examination body also noted that…

UN OFFICE, RMRDC COMMEND PREMIERE ACADEMY’S CURRICULUM ON TECH INNOVATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING

The United Nations Office, Abuja has called on schools and other learning institutions to focus on improved engagement of Nigerian youths on human rights awareness and positive technological innovations to unleash their potentials and capacity to influence the world. Speaking during a Visitation to Premiere Academy, Abuja recently, Knowledge Management Assistant, United Nations Information Centre, Abuja, Mrs. Bo-lanle Olumekor, observed that the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and Agenda 2030 rests greatly on how well the youths are empowered to unleash their potentials in the areas of innovation, industry…

OAU lecturer slumps, dies on duty

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The academic community of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State has been thrown into mourning following the death of a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Dr. Ayo Ojediran, who reportedly slumped in his office. Sources on the campus said Ojediran was rushed to the institution’s clinic immediately he slumped on Tuesday, but could not make it. Speaking on the incident during an interview with the PUNCH Online on Wednesday, the President, the Faculty of Education Students Association of Nigeria, Victor Adesokan, said he was with Ojediran the night…

LASU sacks Dean of Student Affairs over certificate racketeering

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Lagos State University, Ojo, has removed the Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Tajudeen Olumoko. His removal was in connection with a news report published on Monday by an online news platform that a certificate racketeering syndicate had genuine Lagos State University certificates that anyone interested could purchase for between N2m and N3m, depending on the technicality of the course involved. Meanwhile, a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Dr Abiodun Fatai-Abatan, has been appointed as acting DSA. A source in the university who does not want to…

OAU ask EFCC not to suffer innocent students as agency arrests 70 students for yahoo

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has said a delegation from the school would visit the Ibadan Zonal Office the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to profile those arrested in the early-hour raid on some hostels located outside the campus. Speaking with The PUNCH, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, who confirmed that some students of the university were arrested, could not, however, give the e figure. Olanrewaju, who said the intervention of the management was to ensure that the innocent students were not…

581 candidates failed Law School exams

Five hundred and eighty-one candidates (35 per cent) of the Nigerian Law School failed the school’s final examinations held in July. Of a total of 1,666 students that participated in the July examination, 1,085 candidates (65.09 per cent) were successful. The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma (SAN), made this known at the October 2023 Call to Bar ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, October 11. Chiroma enjoined the candidates to make the best of the legal profession, and ensure strict adherence to its norms and ethics. Speaking…

Oyo making teaching profession attractive- TESCOM Chair, as three teachers win FG’s World Teachers’ day award

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

Three teachers from Oyo state, won awards in various categories of the 2023 Presidential Teachers and School Excellence Award at the Eagle’s square, Abuja. This was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, during the celebration of the World Teachers’ Day celebration. He added that the Oyo State awardees are part of the winners who were drawn from different public and private primary and secondary schools across the country. Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Adeniyi Olusanjo…

Army rescues Gusau Varsity’s six female students kidnapped by Zamfara bandits

The Nigerian Army has rescued six abducted female students of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State. It was not clear if there were more students kidnapped by terrorists from their hostels on Friday morning. TVCNews reports that the kidnapped students were rescued by Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army. Bandits reportedly kidnapped a significant number of mostly female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, in the early hours of Friday. An indigene of Sabon Gida village, Abubakar Sani, told The PUNCH that the bandits, who were…

FG raises salaries for all tertiary institution workers

The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, has approved payment of a newly approved percentage increment in salaries for academic and non-academic staff of all its tertiary institutions across the country, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the percentage increment for junior staff of tertiary institutions was raised from 23.5% which was reviewed last year to 25%. Our correspondent gathered that the arrears of the increment from January 2023 will also be paid. Though nothing was said about the withheld salaries of the academics and…

Model Smart School: Oyo conducts e-based entrance exam for 1,395 pupils

No fewer than One Thousand, three hundred and Ninety-five pupils, on Monday sat for the year 23/24 e-based Entrance Examination into Oyo State Model Smart School. The pupils were tested in English language, Mathematics and General knowledge at the Smart School, Sogunro, Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. The Executive Secretary, SUBEB, Jacob Dairo stated that the exercise was smooth and hitch free in the centre, adding that seven hundred and ninety-six candidates were disqualified, as a result of double entry. Mr. Dairo, added that the turnout was very impressive. The…

Student’s performance to determine Ondo public school teachers’ promotion -Olabimtan

Ondo State Government has directed that, there is no going to be automatic promotion for teachers in the Public Primary School as from next year. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Rt Hon Victor Olabimtan dropped the hint during an interactive session with the Education Secretaries from the eighteen Local Government Areas of the State at the Board Corporate Headquarters, Akure. According to Olabimtan the directive became necessary in order to enhance better performance of pupils of public schools in Common Entrance Examination into Public…

See full list as NUC restructures Nigerian varsities courses

The National Universities Commission recently unveiled a newly restructured curriculum for Nigerian universities. The acting Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr. Chris Maiyaki, during a meeting with stakeholders last week, reiterated that the implementation of the new curriculum will commence in September 2023. According to Maiyaki, the new curriculum CCMAS would make up 70 per cent of the curriculum while the university decides what to include in the remaining 30 per cent. According to him, the implementation will help sharpen the future of education sector. The new curriculum means that…

Zulum gives N36m palliatives to Borno corpers

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State, Saturday, August 26, announced the allocation of N36.4 million as palliatives to the 1,215 youth corp members deployed to the state for their national service. Each of them is to receive N30,000. The governor visited the NYSC orientation camp at the weekend four days after he attended the swearing-in of the youth Corp members at the camp’s reopening in Maiduguri. Zulum also allocated 100 bags of rice, 10 cows, 10 bags of 100 kg beans and 10 gallons of cooking oil for a…

UniCal suspends law faculty dean, Prof. Ndifon over alleged sexual harassment

The management of the University of Calabar has suspended the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, over allegations of sexual harassment. Ndifon’s suspension, effective August 17, 2023, followed a probe by the management of the school into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by female students of the faculty on Monday. A viral video on social media had shown the students of the faculty storming the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, bearing placards with inscriptions such as, “Ndifon must go for our sanity”,…

9 things to do to convert your HND to Bachelor’s degree

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The National Board for Technical Education has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities. The board disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by its Head of Media Unit, Mrs Fatima Abubakar. Abubakar said this was also to facilitate the progression of HND holders to higher degrees. Find below 9 step-by-step guides for HND holders to convert their certificates to a BSc certificate through…

UPDATED: Duyile, Ohens to receive Lifetime Achiever, Africa Courage awards in Holland

Dedicated to the principles of good governance, social justice, and equal opportunities for all, Dr. Joseph Adonor Ohens is set to be honored with the prestigious Africa Courage Award on the 29th of September, 2023. This remarkable recognition is being conferred by The Voice Magazine, based in Almere, The Netherlands. The accolade comes as a result of Dr. Ohens’ unwavering commitment to advocating for good governance, his impactful humanitarian endeavours, and his substantial contributions to the development of local communities. Ohens will receive the award alongside veteran journalist and media…