LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki. According to the statement,…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Only 12 Nigerian universities have approval to operate both conventional learning and Open and Distance learning (ODL), the National Universities Commission (NUC) has said. The 12 were given ‘conventional’ licences to operate a dual-mode system – face to face learning in the classroom and also the open distance learning. The NUC also…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, in Wednesday ordered the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) to pay N703 million in damages to a media company, TV Xtra Production for copyright infringement. Delivering judgment, Justice Ekwo, held that the actions of the defendants contravened the…