The ranking which was carried out using twelve indicators involved 113 universities… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the University of Ibadan, UI, as first in its latest 2021 ranking released on Monday. The ranking which was carried out using twelve indicators involved one hundred and thirteen (113) universities … Read more
Universities are set to embark on strike as SSANU and NASU gave FG a two-week ultimatum. EKOHOTBLOG reports that academic activities in universities across Nigeria may once paralyse following a disagreement between various unions over the sharing formula of the just-approved N22.127 billion for payment of earned allowances for the university staff. This online newspaper … Read more
The bill also grants members of the governing council a four-year renewable term of office. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a bill seeking to transfer ownership of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos to the Federal Government is currently being considered in the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by Olufemi Bandele Adebanjo, a … Read more
Ngige said the government had also paid the ₦30 billion as the University Revitalisation Fund contained in the MOA since January 2021 The Federal Government has said that its meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday meant at evaluating the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MOA) entered into by the … Read more
President Buhari has approved the establishment of a new university in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an African University of Aerospace and Aviation. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who made this known on Friday, disclosed that the university will be located in Abuja. Earlier, … Read more
Some students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cross River State, have called out the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Zana Itiunbe Akpagu, after the final-year students in some selected departments were asked to start afresh in another university. The students explained that courses affected by the accreditation issue include Pharmacy, Engineering, Mass Communication, … Read more
Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Prof. Demola Dasylva, has reacted to the recent interview by the immediate former Vice-chancellor of the institution, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, on the recent crisis rocking the institution. In the statement obtained by EKOHOTBLOG, Dasylva noted that the issues raised in the recent interview by the ex … Read more
The National Universities Commission (NUC), on Wednesday, directed all Vice-chancellors of universities to reopen the tertiary institutions from January 18, 2021 as earlier approved by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. “Sequel to various enquiries on the full import of the said Circular, I am to confirm and clarify that, while Officers on Grade … Read more
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed Vice-Chancellors of universities to put all academic activities on hold amid upsurge COVID-19 cases. Ekohotblog reports that the directive was contained in circular signed by Chris Maiyaki, Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration). Maiyaki ordered the universities to remain shut and await further instructions. Other edifice such as classrooms, hostel accommodation … Read more
National Universities Commission (NUC) has dissolved the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). Abubakar Rasheed, executive secretary of NUC, announced the dissolution of the joint ownership of the institution at press conference on Friday. LAUTECH was established by the old Oyo state government in 1990, but the creation of Osun state, carved … Read more
Stakeholders in the educational sector have disagreed on the need to create more educational institutions in the country and suggested that more attention should be paid on existing ones. While the National Universities Commission called for more schools to accommodate the rising number of applicants, academic workers said more attention should be paid to the … Read more
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