By Bashir Bello – Kano Officials of the Bayero University, Kano, BUK has set up a committee to investigate a mass failure of students in some courses in the institution. The University’s 393rd Senate meeting held on Wednesday approved the setting up of the committee. The statement containing the decision and uploaded on the institution’s […]

Although the one-week mid-term break given to schools by the Lagos State Government has come and gone, the controversy it raised among stakeholders in the sector is still subsisting.

Toyin Falola, eminent Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, the University of Texas at Austin, has decried the impacts of terrorism and the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria in particular, and Africa, in general. This formed the thrust of the fifth convocation lecture of the Federal University Lokoja, […]

The Federal University of Technology, Minna, on Wednesday, matriculated 4,706 students into its various programmes for the 2021/2022 session. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Bala said the ceremony marked the formal enrolment of the matriculating students into the university’s academic programmes and the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. He further said that […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja House of Representatives has given nod to a bill seeking to extend the retirement age of teachers from 60 to 65 years. The legislative approval was sequel to the consideration and adoption of a report presented by the House leader, Hon. Ado Doguwa and Hon. Adekoya Abdul Majid, at the […]

By Steve Oko The Vice Chancellor, Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Professor Onyemachi Ogbolu, has hinted of possible upward review of school fees in the institution to reflect the current economic realities. Professor Ogbolu who gave the hint at a pre-convocation press briefing said that the current fees were no longer sustainable as the cost […]

The management of Nigeria Maritime University, NMU, has dismissed as fake news, report by some media houses that the school has been shutdown

JAMB has vowed to continue its practice of remitting its operating surpluses to government, saying that the remittances were in line with global best practice

Two weeks after the federal government promised to pay N22.1 billon Earned Academic Allowances to workers in federal universities, the pledge has not been fulfilled, investigation by the Vanguard has revealed.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Sultan of Sokoto His Eminence Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, will on Monday 8th November, converge in Abuja for issues concerning Secondary Education in Nigeria. The event, according to a statement released to newsmen by the organiser Friday in Abuja, said the conference will also attract academics, politicians and […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The Management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Friday announced the removal of the Head of Department of Computer Science, Professor Obeten Ekabua, over a report of alleged extortion and collection of unauthorized charges from students. In a document obtained by Vanguard and signed by the Registrar of the institution, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has given the Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to rescue victims kidnapped from the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, early Monday morning.

By Joseph Erunke The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has said so far, it has no credible information that any of its staff abducted on Tuesday by bandits had been rescued. The university’s position came against the backdrop of social media report that the victims including two professors, a deputy registrar and three children, had been […]

Professor Jesse Uneke, Vice-Chancellor, King David University of Medical Science, Uburu, on Wednesday said the National University Commission (NUC)  had approved 17 programmes to kick start academic activities in the institution. Uneke, who disclosed this in press conference in Uburu added that the school was targeting about 1, 500 students for a start and listed […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted N3.51 billion to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. The board disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Wednesday. READ ALSO: JAMB stops varsities,others from directly admitting candidates on distance learning, part-time, other […]