The committee set up by the immediate past Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, to look into the activities of two private universities in the country has submitted its report to the commission. The institutions are Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State, and Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State. Our correspondent learnt that the report, which was submitted …

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 33 new undergraduate programmes for the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti (BOUESTI). This followed visit by a team of experts from NUC to the university to assess its capability to run the proposed programmes with respect to human and material resources and the resultant clean bill of health …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Friday, explained that …

Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, has received approval from the National Universities Commission to run additional undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The Registrar of the university, Omololu Adegbenro, quoting a letter by the NUC, said the approval followed the resource verification exercise conducted by the NUC in April. In a statement on Monday, the varsity named the approved programmes at the …

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed has announced his resignation from the commission, effective from 30th June. A source said that Rasheed “stepped down” to continue his journey in academia at the Bayero University, Kano, where he was the Vice Chancellor from 2010 to 2015. He took over as NUC Executive Secretary in 2016 …

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given provisional licences to the newly established 37 universities approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on 15 May. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, at the presentation of provisional licences to the universities, said that the number of private universities in the …

The Federal Government has directed the closure of universities across the country for three weeks for the conduct of the coming elections. In a letter addressed to Vice Chancellors and Directors of Inter-university centres, the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration) of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki said the directive followed an order by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has restated the agency’s commitment to the development of the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) Okerenkoko Delta State. He assured a delegation from the institution which visited NIMASA management in Lagos that despite handing over the university to the National University Commission (NUC), the agency remained …