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Tinubu orders probe of private universities in Nigeria

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The federal government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up a committee to investigate the activities of private universities established in the last 15 years.   The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman made this known during the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee on degree mills in the country, on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.   According to him, this would show if the private institutions under investigation have in the place prescribed facilities, adequate management structure, and adequate funding of programmes among others.   He also noted that the…

Cotonou Degrees and Our Wimpy Education Policy, by Hassan Gimba

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Last week, we got a dose of what investigative journalism ought to be. Umar Audu, a promising young journalist, proved to be an outstanding student of his mentor, Ja’afar Ja’afar, an investigative journalist of the first order. Reporting for Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar’s online newspaper, Umar Audu went underground to bag a degree in Mass Communication from a university in the Benin Republic. It is a report worthy of the highest award in the land for investigative journalism.     “This certificate will be delivered to you just like you ordered…

Full list of foreign universities blacklisted in Nigeria

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The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo.   The drastic measure was taken by the ministry of education following an investigation by Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled “UNDERCOVER: How DAILY NIGERIAN reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks”.   The investigative reporter obtained a degree from Cotonou University within six weeks and also participated in the mandatory one-year scheme organised by the National Youth Service Corps     Meanwhile, as highlighted…

2023 ELECTIONS: NUC orders closure of varsities

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The National Universities Commission NUC has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections, The PUNCH reports. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the NUC noted that the directive was based on the directive of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. “As Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive of Inter-University Centres are quite aware the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday February 25, 2023, for the Presidential…

2023 ELECTIONS: National Assembly asks NUC to shut down universities, others

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The House of Representatives has urged the National University Commission (NUC) to give university students and others break in order to participate in the 2023 general elections.   The parliament made the call through the National Universities Commission, NUC, the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, the National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE and the Federal Ministry of Education.   The House also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make special arrangements for the students to collect their PVCs.   The resolutions followed the consideration of a…

University of Ilesa: NUC presents Letter of Recognition to Osun govt

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Thursday presented Letter of Recognition for the official take off of University of Ilesa. The presentation of the letter gives birth to the successful completion of the formal documentary process into the establishment of the University. This was even as Governor Adegboyega Oyetola reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that the establishment of the university will not in any way put unnecessary financial burden on the State. By the recognition, the University has become the 60th State University and 220th University in Nigeria. The…

ASUU orders lecturers to resume academic activities with immediate effect

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  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has officially suspended its eight-month-old strike and ordered its members to resume academic activities with immediate effect.   This was contained in a circular released by the union president, Emmanuel Osodeke on Friday, October 14, 2022, after its leadership meeting which was held in Abuja on Thursday.   The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week.   The statement reads; “The National Executive…

Vice Chancellors’ wives: The absurdity of a Turkey trip

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Wives of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian public universities, hitherto unknown to any law of the federation, suddenly shot into limelight for the wrong reasons a few days ago. As a group with parents and key stakeholders in the education sector, the reported news of the planned trip of a group of women and female academics to Istanbul, Turkey for a training programme, is nothing more than a jamboree and a show of excessive crass frivolity. According to media reports, Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Yakubu…

JAMB disowns admissions offered by UNIABUJA, others

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disowned admissions being offered by the University of Abuja and few others, alleging that the admissions were being offered by the institutions outside the Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS.   To this end, it has warned candidates against accepting the offers, saying doing so was at their own perils.   The board, in a statement, Tuesday evening by its Head, Public Affaires and Protocols, Dr Fabian Benjamin, insisted “that such admissions that have not been proposed, approved nor accepted on the Central…

Oyo State now Sole Owner Of LAUTECH – NUC

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has transferred ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso to the Oyo State Government while the Osun State Government is to take over the College of Health Sciences in Osogbo. The resolution followed the lingering ownership of LAUTECH over the years. The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission Professor Abubakar Rasheed stated this at a media briefing in Abuja. Professor Rasheed said both Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Adegboyega Oyetola signed a memorandum of Agreement to the development. The…