BREAKING: Tinubu Sends Fresh Student Loan Bill To Reps – [Full Details]

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has sent a new bill to the National Assembly regarding the student loan scheme. The development comes less than 48 hours after the federal government announced the indefinite suspension of the student loan scheme. Editor’s Picks  Sanwo-Olu Introduces 25% Discount On Food Items In Lagos FG Considers … Read more

NUC Executive Secretary, Abubakar Abdulrasheed Pens Down After Seven Years In Office

NUC Secretary resigns

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed has announced his resignation from the Commission. He personally announced it on Monday, at the Commission’s headquarters while approving the issuance of a provisional license to Kogi State University, Kabba, Kogi State. He described the new university as … Read more

BREAKING: Lectures To Commence As FG Directs Reopening Of Varsities Nationwide

Vice chancellors have been instructed by the Federal Government to reopen institutions and for students to continue lectures through the National Universities Commission.   Eko Hot Blog reports that this was stated in a letter written by Professor Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s executive secretary, and signed by Sam Onazi, the NUC’s director of finance and … Read more

BREAKING: I’ve Been In A Dark Period Over ASUU Strike- Adamu Adamu

The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said he had been in a dark period of personal anguish and internal turmoil following the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.   EKO HOT BLOG reports that was made known during the meeting with vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities at the National … Read more

BREAKING: We Have Done The Best To End ASUU Strike, Minister Reveals At Ongoing Meeting

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has done all it can with regard to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU).   EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu disclosed this to reporters at an ongoing meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission … Read more

SSANU Accuses FG Of Deceit, Says Political Class Worse Than Boko Haram

SSANU

SSANU flayed the Minister of Labour who they said displayed crass ignorance about the reason the workers decided to embark on strike The association said the IPPIS which was introduced by the government to curb corruption had turned out to be a bigger fraud EDITOR’S PICK 2023: Full Details Of Buhari’s Meeting With Tinubu, Adamu, … Read more

NUC Scraps Mass Communication Degrees From Nigerian Institutions

NUC Directs Universities To Reopen Amidst Second Wave Of COVID-19

Mass Communication Degree has been phased out in Nigeria institutions by the National Universities Commission, NUC. This implies that there would no longer be Mass Communication as a degree programme in Nigerian universities. According to the NUC, Mass Communication has been unbundled into seven separate degree programmes in order to meet present demand. The commission … Read more