ShareBy Aluta News Oct. 6, 2023 The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has said that Nigerian scholars `especially from the intellectual community’ were not nominated for the 2023 Nobel Prize because of poor research funding. The Secretary-General of the committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu was reacting to the recent announcement ofContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 19, 2023 The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Boboye has said that the country needed additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to absorb the growing number of out-of-School Children. Boboye was speaking in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing the Minister of Education,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 18, 2023 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the appointment of Mr Bukar Abubakar as the new Rector of Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri. A statement from the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau, said Abubakar was until his appointment, theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 2, 2023 The Management of the University of Calabar (UniCal) has debunked claims of any increase in school charges. The clarification made in a statement by office of the institution’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, on Saturday came on the heels of a report online that theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 23, 2024 The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says its Higher National Diploma (HND) to a bachelor’s degree Top Up programme, was designed to facilitate career and academic progression of HND holders. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Prof. Idris Bugaje, stated this in anContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 19, 2023 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the release of N308 million for the payment of scholarship to 14,416 indigent students of the state. Malam Bala Isa, Executive Secretary, Borno State Scholarship Board, said this at a news conference in Maiduguri on Friday. AccordingContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 17, 2023 The Management of the University of Calabar has suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean, Faculty of Law, for alleged violation of the institution’s extant laws and policies. The letter, which conveyed the suspension, was signed by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe. It stated thatContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 11, 2023 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved N50 million and the construction of staff quarters and students hostels for the Nigerian Army University, Biu (NAUB). Zulum gave the approval on Friday in Maiduguri while receiving the management of the university led by the ViceContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 10, 2023 Prof. Sagir Abbas, the Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University Kano(BUK), says the university has secured scholarship for 500 indigent students, after making contact with philanthropists and wealthy individuals. Abbas said this when he received the leadership of Kano Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union ofContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 27, 2023 The Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda, has approved N2.7 billion as part-payment for the construction of 75 new junior and senior secondary schools in the state. In a statement he issued on Wednesday in Katsina, Malam Ibrahim Kalau, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS)Continue Reading
