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Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe, Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), has urged the federal government to establish a conventional university in Abia State. Speaking on Monday – yesterday, March 3 – during a media chat to mark his fourth

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the decision of some northern state Governors to close schools for the entire one month period of Ramadan fasting. NANS demanded the immediate reversal of the decision within 72 hours, threatening unfriendly

FEC okays 11 new private varsities The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu has approved provisional licenses for 11 new private universities across the country, further expanding Nigeria’s higher education sector. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, listed the

In an extraordinary academic achievement, Dr. Amanda Bisong, a Nigerian scholar, has been awarded a doctorate in International Law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, receiving the prestigious ‘cum laude’ distinction for her outstanding research. This honor is exceptionally rare in the Netherlands

The federal government has reversed the controversial appointment of Christopher Ogbogbo, a professor of African History at the University of Ibadan, as the Vice-Chancellor of the Admiralty University, Ibuzor, Delta State. In his place, the government has also approved the appointment of

Hensard University, first private university in Bayelsa State, is set to expand its academic programmes significantly with the approval of 16 new undergraduate programmes by the National Universities Commission, NUC. The approved programmes are: 1. MBBS. Medicine and Surgery 2 B.NSc.

Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has called for the effective redesign of academic curricula for graduates to have the technical know-how to be job and wealth creators. The Governor made the call at the 4th Founder’s Day Celebration

The Kuwaiti government has reiterated its commitment to educating at least 200,000 out-of-school children in Kaduna State, Nigeria, through the Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) project. Mr Salim Almuzayen, the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Nigeria, who made this announcement

The federal government, through the Ministry of Education, has launched the new minimum standards for the senior secondary education in Nigeria, which was developed by the National Secondary School Education Commission (NSSEC). Launching the document on Tuesday – earlier today, February 25