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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

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Mr Sonny Echono, on Saturday – yesterday, February 22 – urged both federal and state governments to grant full autonomy to universities. Echono made the call during a convocation lecture titled,

Negotiates 70 hectares for farming with KadPoly As a part of its strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nutriment Investment Hub has launched an innovative programme aimed at empowering Almajiri children in Nigeria. The programme, dubbed the Almajiri Empowerment Initiative, “Let’s Farm”, seeks to

Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has announced the end to its 2023/2024 loan application window for students, announcing the opening of the 2024/2025 application window for interested students, almost at the same time. NELFund Managing Director, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, told journalists at

The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has indefinitely suspended four lecturers and a class representative over alleged involvement in sorting, a form of extortion. This move reaffirms the university’s stance on maintaining academic integrity and excellence. Sorting, a