NUC releases two new varsities to FUNAAB for mentoring
NIGERIA: THE National Universities Commission has directed the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) to oversee the activities of two private universities in the country. The FUNAAB Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, who made this known in Abeokuta, said that his university would mentor Mountain Top University and Chrisland University, to become institutions to be […]
Buhari assures Nigerian youths of secured future
NIGERIA: UNDER my administration, the dreams of the Nigerian youths would be secured, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured. The president promised that the ongoing anti-corruption crusade would secure their future. Buhari told the youths under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), who marched to the Presidential Villa to pledge their […]
Proprietors of eight universities under probe
NIGERIA: PROPRIETORS of eight illegal universities may be sanctioned should they be found culpable in the ongoing investigation into their activities by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The NUC also blacklisted 57 other higher institutions that have been awarding illegal degrees in the country. The commission said that the proprietors have been running illegal […]
17,935 pass Unilag’s post-UTME test
NIGERIA: NO fewer than 17,935 prospective candidates passed the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening test for admission into the University of Lagos. The figure is out of 31,955 candidates who scored above 200 cut-off marks and are seeking admission to the university for 2015/2016 academic session, the institution’s Deputy Registrar of Information, Olagoke […]
WAEC makes u-turn, to release seized results of debtor states
NIGERIA: EXAMINATION conducting body, the West African Examination Council, has changed it mind not to release the results of candidates whose states are indebted to it. The body said on Wednesday that it would upload the results of the June 2015 Senior Secondary School examinations, prior withheld, on its website within 24 hours. The Head, […]
