Former Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has bemoaned the scrapping of Teachers Colleges, that used to produce Grade two teachers, because ”the certificate prepared many of us for success in Colleges of Education that produced many life teachers”. Aliyu made this assertion on Sunday, in Sokoto, at a Convocation lecture, at the Shehu […]

*As JAMB says partnership with NIMC subsists By Adesina Wahab, Joseph Erunke & Emmanuel Elebeke Candidates that are to sit for next year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will have their applications linked to their National Identification Number, NIN, investigation by Vanguard has revealed. This is despite the fact that the attempt to do so […]

*Says union has spent over 4 out of last 21 years on strike By Omeiza Ajayi Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has called for a more determined approach to resolve the lingering crisis in the nation’s tertiary education sector and halt the occasional resort to strikes by the Academic Staff Union […]

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo The Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State would commence Engineering programme by 2021 when it will resume for next academic session. The Rector, Dr Uduak Ukekpe disclosed this weekend when he took newsmen on a tour of completed and ongoing projects at the main campus […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta has distanced itself from a purported staff recruitment advertisement being circulated on various social media platforms. In a statement signed by the institution’s Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council, Dr Bola Adekola, indicated that the purported advertisement did not emanate from […]