By Hilary Akalugwu The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), says it admitted only 30 per cent of prospective candidates who applied for admission for the 2023/2024 academic session. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Charles Igwe, made the disclosure on Saturday in Nsukka during the university’s 49th matriculation ceremonyContinue Reading
No fewer than 24 polytechnics and colleges of education have been converted to universities by the federal and state governments, The PUNCH reports. However, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and education reform activists tagged the move as a plan to “bury” the essence of technical education in theContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal Abuja (Flowerbudnews): A budding Nigerian Software Engineer, Engr. Bashir Sani has developed a unique software, NAITS Automated School Management System (NAITS-ASMS) for digitalisation of all facets of the operations of private schools. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Flowerbudnews on Thursday in Abuja, Engr. Bashir SaniContinue Reading
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned 15 newly-completed projects at the University of Ilorin, in Kwara State. Speaking through the Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Tanko Sununu, Tinubu said he was thrilled by the university’s prudent management of resources. The project commissioning, which climaxed the university’s 2023 convocationContinue Reading
Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ogun, has suspended on-going second semester examinations following Tuesday’s robbery and rape of four female students. Suspected armed robbers invaded private female hostels of the school in the early hours of Tuesday, dispossessed the occupants of their valuables and allegedly raped four students.Continue Reading
The Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Ibadan, has been shut down indefinitely following the clash between the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the students over an alleged invasion The EFCC accused students of holding seven of its officials hostage while on official assignmentContinue Reading
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Monday that President Bola Tinubu had approved additional funding for the training and empowerment of adolescent girls in the country. Mamman disclosed this while addressing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at theContinue Reading
By Aisha Cole Lagos:. The Transportation University, Daura, has received official approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to start academic activities. The Minister of Transportation, Sen. Said Alkali, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Alkali said that the approval, granted on Oct. 18, wasContinue Reading
A 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, Sanni Hameedat, reportedly committed suicide after lending a boy she met on the social media platform, Snapchat, the sum of N500,000. According to Rubiks, the private hostel management she resided in before her demise, in a statement obtained on Wednesday, HameedatContinue Reading
