Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government has directed heads of tertiary education institutions to deploy the new NECO e-verification platform for the verification of results of admission-seeking candidates that sat for the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. David Andrew Adejo,…
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By Noel Biodum Saliu The attention of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has been drawn to the publication of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with respect to its concerns over the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards. The said publication contains some misinformation that must be corrected in the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The outgone Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has formally handed over to the most senior officer in the commission, Mr. Chris Maiyaki. At the handover ceremony in Abuja on Friday, Rasheed said he had secured necessary approval from President Bola Tinubu to…
Michael Aminu, Lagos The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has quashed the conviction of former Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Barr. Calistus Nwabueze Obi. Delivering judgment on Friday, June 30, 2023, in the Appeal filed by Barr. Obi in suit Nos.CA/LAC/CV/917/2019, CA/LAC/CV/917A/2019, and…
Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu Sir Karl Raimund Popper, better known as Karl Popper, an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator once said, “All life is problem solving”. He stated this while commenting on the meanings of leadership. It is equally said that good leaders are those who set their minds to solving…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has voluntarily resigned from the Commission. Rasheed stepped down to continue lecturing at the Bayero University Kano where he was appointed from. Professor Rasheed while speaking to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said he had spent…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 140 as the minimum admission cut -off mark for admission into Universities in Nigeria, while that of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education is pegged at 100. Registrar of the board , Professor Is-haq Oleyede disclosed this during a presentation…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given provisional licenses to 37 newly established universities approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on May 15. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, at the presentation of provisional licences to the Universities, said that the number of private universities…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the National Population Commission (NPC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing birth registration in Nigeria. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) solidifies the commitment of the three organizations to collaborate and…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. The modalities are follow-ups to the high-level meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), Federal Ministry of Health, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Nigeria…