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 SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Universities Commission (NUC) has published a list of 67 illegal universities in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed signed a public notice on the NUC website. The names include those who claim to be affiliates of foreign universities in the country. In the list below, institutions that have ‘other…
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…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In its efforts to sanitise Nigerian tertiary institutions across the country, the executive secretary of the National University Commission (NUC), Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, said about 100 fake professors have been uncovered by the commission. Sun reports that Prof Rasheed said that about 100 fake professors’ details were posted on the NUC…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has announced abolishment of the policy of preference for catchment areas in admitting new students in Federal Universities. President Mohammadu Buhari announced this yesterday at the 45th convocation ceremony of the University of Benin in Benin City. The President who was represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary, National Universities…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State, made a giant stride recently, when it was ranked first among State-owned Universities and third among Universities in Nigeria, in the first ever Open Educational Resources (OER). The ranking which was first of its kind, was initiated by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar…
