The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office next Monday. ASUP National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in …

Admission seekers would soon heave a sigh of relief as the newly approved Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State is expected to commence academic activities in the next two months, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured. While hosting leaders from Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly Complex Abuja, Omo-Agege called on elected leaders to put …

About 11,350 candidates on Saturday participated in the first batch of the teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), organised by the Teachers Registration Council (TRCN) across the country. TRCN Registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who announced this while monitoring the exercise at Sascon International School Maitama, Abuja, said reports from across the country showed that the exam went on smoothly. Ajiboye, who …

Some students from Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha, Anambra State have clinched 2nd place in the just-concluded World Affairs Challenge. The challenge is an international programme and competition designed for middle and high school students to develop and implement their own S.M.A.R.T. solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The team carried out innovation in Queens’ Lyfe bags …

A student of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Omolola Akinlade celebrated the completion of her Higher National Diploma course at the school Campus, Lagos State, in 2019, little did she know that her result would be withheld for four years. Akinlade said she studied Business Administration and was among the 2016 to 2019 set of the institution. She alleged that despite …

The Federal Government has appointed the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, as the Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). NOUN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Peters, who announced this when the management of the institution paid a courtesy visit to the Oba on Friday in Benin City, Edo State, assured that the fortunes of the university would improve. …

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has tasked Nigerians and non-governmental bodies in the country to rise to the occasion of standing with and defending the cause of public education, saying the sector is in the state of near collapse. He spoke at the weekend while addressing his members at the 22nd …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that Direct Entry (DE) candidates seeking to gain admission to Nigerian universities will henceforth be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination along with other candidates. JAMB said that the new policy was to ensure that the DE candidates justify the possession of their A Level certificates. This is …

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). At the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, the Nigerian leader also highlighted numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. The President said that …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has charged stakeholders in Ndokwa/Ukwuani ethnic nationality to close ranks to ensure the smooth take-off of the recently-approved Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, Delta State. This is even as he revealed that the Federal Government would soon announce the management team of the institution. Omo-Agege stated this in …