A lawyer, Malachy Ugwumadu has advised the students of the University of Abuja to continue protesting the non-accreditation of their courses after spending at least 8 years studying, adding that “the students are wielding their legitimate right.” Mr Ugwumadu, while discussing the issues surrounding the University of Abuja on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said that the whole brouh ...

In reaction to the call by the Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi for the Federal Government to lay off half of its workforce, the Minister of Labour Emeka Wogu has assured Nigerian workers not to panic as the Federal Government does not intend to sack but to retain and increase its workforce. The minister gave this assurance in Ilorin at the 8th National Labour Summit organized by Michael Imoudu N ...

A new policy, drafted by the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities is set to ban the nation’s tertiary institutions from awarding honorary degrees to any political holder or appointee. This amongst some other policies, are being put together by the Vice-Chancellors to reform the education sector as the association on Monday released guidelines for the award of honorary degrees in Nigerian ...

The suspension of the operational licence of Lead City University, Ibadan has been lifted by the National Universities Commission. The commission however insisted that it will continue to monitor what it describes as “the implementation of the agreed actions in respect of the outcomes of the forensic audit report". In a letter signed by the NUC’s director of Quality Assurance, Professor C.F. Mafianu, and ad ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have decided to embark on a monitoring visit to state-owned universities to ensure compliance with admission regulations. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, who disclosed this at a meeting of stakeholders in Abuja, said the monitoring would begin soon. The visit, he explained is to ...

The National University Commission (NUC) has claimed that the seven suspended private institutions will continue operations, but have been banned from admitting new students. The deputy executive secretary of the commission, Mr Akinbode Agbaoye made the clarification in reaction to a petition filed by Lead City University at the hearing called by House of Representatives on Wednesday. At the resumed public ...

The Nigeria University Commission (NUC) on Wednesday said that the reasons why it withdrew the operational licences of six private Universities was because the schools had poor governance. Speaking as a guest in Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Director of Open and Distance Education at the Nigeria University Commission (NUC), Sulaiman Rahman-Yusuf said the commission had sent several warnings to th ...

Authorities of the  private universities whose operational licences were  suspended by the  National Universities  Commission, NUC,  on Wednesday have reacted to the NUC announcement by expressing, disappointment and  embarrassment. The institutions stated that the NUC did not inform them of any form of  wrongdoing before making its decision public on Wednesday, adding that they learnt of the suspension  fo ...