The Akwa Ibom State Executive Council has approved the upgrade of the College of Education, Afaha Nsit, to the Akwa Ibom State University of Education, as part of sweeping sectoral reforms aimed at strengthening teacher training, professional development, and human capital growth in the state. Governor Umo Eno, who presided over the meeting, said the
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has pledged support for the renovation of Ahmadu Bello University’s (ABU) Central Chemistry Laboratory in memory of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Radda gave the assurance while receiving a delegation from the university led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Ahmed, at the Government House in Katsina. The governor, an ABU
The alumni of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) have promised to support the government in making the institution one of Nigeria’s top universities after its planned conversion to a University of Technology and Vocational Studies. Speaking at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the association in Lagos, National President Builder Yemi Osibajo said the change
The recent decision by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to rename The Polytechnic, Ibadan, after its pioneer rector, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, has sparked a public debate. While intended as a tribute to Olunloyo’s legacy in education and governance, the move raises serious concerns about how Nigeria honours its heroes—and at what cost. Established on August
The Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Oyo State Chapter, Surv.(ALH) Waheed Abiodun Lamidi has stated that the readiness of the Federal Government, through the National Assembly, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission (NUC), to upgrade the Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, to a degree-awarding institution is a welcome idea. He insists that its
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has endorsed the Federal Government’s plan to transform Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) into a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institution, contrary to its initial intention of establishing a conventional university. The National President of NAPS, Comrade Eshofune Oghayon, and the executives unanimously lent their voice
