JAMB CAPS Has Helped Eliminate Fraudsters & Unqualified Candidates Says Babcock University VC. The Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof. Adeyemo Tayo, has described the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as a wonderful innovation that has helped to eliminate fraudsters, admission racketeers, and unqualified candidates from the admission value chain. CAPS, a brainchild of Prof. Oloyede…
School Will Reopen Soon, But No Date Fixed Yet – Says Federal Government. The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans to reopen schools nationwide soon, saying, however, that this will not be done in two weeks as being speculated. This was made known by the minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, during…
Federal Government Declares Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th May As Public Holidays. The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 May 2020 as public holidays to celebrate this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr. This was made known by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on behalf of the federal government in a statement on…
President Buhari Fires Suspended NECO Registrar & Dismisses Four Others. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. This was contained in a letter dated May 11 and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of…
OAU Gets Full Accreditation for Law, Dentistry & Others. The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) h for all courses in the Faculties of Law, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences It was gathered that the NUC had in 2018 withdrawn the accreditation for law,…
NASU Plans Warning Strike in Institutions Immediately After Resumption. The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has complained about the short-payment of its members since February by the Federal Government through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and has threatened to begin strike in federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of…
OOU Now Has 70 Fully Accredited Courses – Vice-Chancellor Says. The Olabisi Olabanjo University has received full accreditation of the 4 programmes presented by the university to the National Universities Commission, NUC, during the October/November 2019 Accreditation of Academic Programmes. The four programmes are Transport Management, Physiology, Fine and Applied Arts, and Applied Zoology. This…
ASUU Strike: FG Asks Union to Call Off Strike Before Negotiation Will Resume. The federal government has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike before talks over the union’s grievances which led to the strike will resume. This call was made by the Minister of Labour and Employment,…
FG Announces the Locations of the 6 Newly Approved Colleges of Education. The federal government has announced the locations of the six newly approved federal colleges of education, one in each of the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Education,…
NYSC: No Immediate Plans to Mobilize Prospective Corps Members. The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ibrahim Shuaibu, has said that there are no immediate plans for the mobilization of prospective Corps members in the country for the compulsory scheme due to the Coronavirus outbreak He made this known during an interview with Economic…