When the Delta State House of Assembly announced the suspension of the Rector of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Professor Emmanuel Achuenu, and the institution’s Bursar over alleged financial recklessness, many Nigerians sighed — not in surprise, but in weary familiarity. The suspected financial recklessness in Delta State Polytechnic was just another very familiar tale of
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has instituted a committee to review staff members’ conditions of service. According to Prof. Adenike Oladiji, the vice chancellor (VC), the last review was done in 2017, and the institution is long overdue for another. The VC elaborated that the committee will oversee different issues, including conditions of
Mohammed Umaru Bago, Niger State Governor and visitor to the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, has said that the university will be repositioned to meet global standards. The governor emphasised that his administration will restore the institution’s Endowment Fund Board of Trustees to improve sustainable growth and funding. He said these through Alhaji Sirajo Sa’id,
Stakeholders have thrown their weight behind the establishment of the African Aviation and Aerospace University (AAAU), Abuja, during a public hearing convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation Technology. The committee, in a statement on Thursday, said the hearing was part of ongoing legislative efforts to give legal backing to the university through
Graduates of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, have renewed calls on the Nigerian government to abolish the long-standing discrimination between Higher National Diploma (HND) and university degree holders. In a statement, the Publicity Secretary of the alumni association, Busayo Adeyemi, said the divide has denied thousands of polytechnic graduates fair opportunities for career growth and public
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has announced that 18 colleges of education will begin running both the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) and degree programmes from the 2025/2026 academic session. Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Prof Paulinus Chijioke, said the initiative follows the amendment of the 1989 Act establishing the colleges, with
The Benue State House of Assembly has reamended the law renaming Benue State University, Makurdi, approving a shorter title for the institution. With the amendment, the university will now be called Father Adasu University, Makurdi, instead of its earlier name, Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi. The decision followed the adoption of the report
The Osun State College of Health Technology in Ilesa may soon be upgraded to a polytechnic. This was revealed by the new Chairman of the school’s Governing Council, Abayomi Adegoke, during his first day in office. Adegoke stated that one of his primary objectives is to upgrade the school from a monotechnic to a full-fledged
Olasunkanmi Arowolo, a Nigerian scholar, has developed Research Africa, a digital platform for preserving, digitising, and amplifying academic content. Arowolo revealed that the system was built based on the challenges he faced after resuming his doctoral degree programme at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He noted that it was difficult to prove that his
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that the World Bank-funded Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Impact Project has brought significant changes to Nigeria’s higher education and research system. The NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during a pre-closure retreat for the project. He stated that the
