Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to host the first African Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity Access to Higher Education. The conference scheduled for 17 and 18 September 2024 in Abuja is themed “Advancing the Potentials of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Educational and Economic…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, has commenced its 2024/2025 admission into all 50 programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Registrar of the university, Mrs Olufunke Hudson, announced in a statement that the courses, which are domiciled in the eight faculties of the…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu has assured the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of his administration’s determination to key into its nutrition programme for children in the interest of children in the state. He was speaking when he received the UNICEF’s Country Representative, Christien Muduate, on a courtesy call ti him, at…
Mohammed Ibrahim The Sokoto State Government has distributed 24’734 bags of rice to vulnerable, physically challenged as well as the needy in the state. This came to fore at the flag off of ceremony of the distribution which took place in Government House, Sokoto. Speaking at the occasion, Gov. Ahmed…
Chidimma Uchegbu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the removal of third-party research grant funds of Federal Universities and Research Institutes from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). He also granted approval for universities and research institutes to have autonomy in operating their endowment fund accounts in commercial banks. The approvals…
Achilleus-Chud UchegbuThursday Homily Last Thursday, precisely on September 5, 2024, Prof. Ahmed Bako, properly identified as a professor of Nigerian and African history, with academic attainment from Bayero University Kano (BA, 1980 and PhD, 1989) and California in the United States of America (1984), delivered a much advertised 50th inaugural…
Ibrahim Ardo Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rescind its decision of boycotting the forthcoming local government’s polls scheduled for the 21st of this month. He made the call while addressing a mammoth crowd of APC supporters from eight local governments of…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Speaking during a meeting with the leadership…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government on Thursday unveiled an electronic quality assurance system, Federal Education Quality Assurance Service Cloud Server – FEQAS-collect, to boost the quality of basic and secondary education delivery in the country. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, who formally launched the platform at a…
Mohammed Wurno Sokoto State Government has handed over 20 Hilux vans and 710 motorcycles to the newly established Community Guard Corps in the state. The Special adviser to the Governor on Security matters, retired Col. Abdul Usman handed over the vehicles and motorcycles to the Commanders of the 13 local…