Nigerian University Curriculum has officially been upgraded by the Federal Government through the NUC with an addition of 50 new Programmes. The NUC in the finalized new curriculum, announced that the number of programmes has been increased from 188 to 238. The committee has already turned in their report to the commission. Read statement below; […]
Members of the organized labour unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have embarked on a nationwide protest following plans to amend the national minimum wage act. The protest kick started after a bill to remove the national minimum wage from exclusive list to Concurrent list passed second reading at the […]
National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered schools to conclude arrangements for reopening. This followed federal government’s approval for resumption. NUC directed Vice Chancellors to ensure that resumption plans are in sync with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines. The memo was signed by Chris Maiyaki, a Director in NUC Executive Secretary’s office. NUC told […]
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Private Universities (CVCPU) has written the National Universities Commission (NUC), demanding the reopening of private universities for on-campus delivery of teaching and learning. In the letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of NUC Professor Abubakar Rasheed, the CVCPU noted that there will be serious distortion and damage in academic calendar and resource base should […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has updated the list of approved post-graduate awarding institutions in Nigeria. The commission said it observed that some Nigerian universities are running unapproved post-graduate programmes, leading to the award of Masters and PhD degrees. “The commission has also observed some parastatals and institutes awarding these same post-graduate degrees, either on […]
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has decried the poor implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System in their institutions nationwide, saying it has led to “obnoxious taxes, third party deductions and non-payment of scholars on sabbatical leave”. COEASU warned that the IPPIS office and the Office of the Accountant General of […]
The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has advised the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. The ABUAD founder, who, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said schools nationwide were “hurriedly” closed down by government fiat on […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered vice chancellors to maintain the closure of federal, state and private universities in order to keep students and university communities safe from coronavirus. The National Universities Commission gave the directive through a circular by the Director, Directorate of the Executive Secretary’s Office, Chris Maiyaki. The circular read, “Vice […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the payment of withheld February and March salaries of some Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members is generating ripples over conditions attached.ASUU members nationwide are on strike to press home the non implementation of 2009 signed agreement, other Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Integrated Payroll and Per-sonnel Information System (IPPIS) […]