Category: Education

By Banji Ayoola Elizade University, Ilara Mokin in Ondo State has appointed an erudite professor of Medicine from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Kayode Ijadunola as its new Vice-Chancellor. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Head, Public Relations, Mr. Williams Olufunmi. According to the statement: “The Board of Trustees of Elizade […]

NUC acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki The National Universities Commission on Monday debunked the reports that it uncovered 100 fake professors in some universities across the country. Some media organisations had listed some universities as part of the institutions indicted by the NUC for having fake professors. But the NUC in a statement released on […]

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, last week Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou, a […]

Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has called for the cancellation of the proposed computer-based test format in the forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in the country. According to the forum, such a mode of examination, if allowed, will result in mass failure for students, particularly in rural areas of northern states where computer skills […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has listed 58 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. They include those claiming to be affiliates of foreign universities in the country. Also, nine degree mills are currently undergoing further investigations and/or court actions. The development followed the suspension of degree certificates from two Francophone West African countries after an undercover […]

The number of federally-owned universities in Nigeria may hit 99 in the coming months as a bill to establish 47 new ones has scaled through a second reading. This is just as about 56 bills have passed for a second reading to establish Federal Medical Centres in different parts of the country. Currently, there are […]

The United Kingdom on Monday announced that it had commenced the implementation of its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing in dependants via the study visa route. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the country’s Home Office reiterated that only those on postgraduate research or government-sponsored scholarship students will be […]

Minister of Education, Tahir Mammam The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activity of a degree […]

House of Representatives is considering the introduction of semester-based school fees in tertiary institutions in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Mr Sa’ad Taura at the plenary presided by the Deputy Speaker, Mr Benjamin Kalu. Taura, representing Taura/Ringim Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, justified the initiative, saying it was in […]