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NDLEA commander proposes drug test for admission seekers
The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kwara State command, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has urged the National Universities Commission to make drug tests a requirement for admission into tertiary institutions. The commander, while answering questions from journalists in Ilorin, on Sunday, said students should pass drug tests before their admission into the universities. […]
ASUU Warns of Crisis as Nigerian Education Declines
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised concerns that education in Nigeria is in jeopardy, describing academics as an “endangered species in Nigeria’s existential space.” Prof. Monday Igbafen, the Zonal Coordinator of ASUU’s Benin Zone, highlighted these issues during a press conference in Abraka, Delta State. He criticized the government’s recklessness regarding the […]
FULL LIST: 107 private varsities to be investigated by FG’s panel
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of private and foreign universities operating in the country. The committee has, as some of its members, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; the Minister of Youths, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim; […]
FULL LIST: Blacklisted foreign universities in Nigeria
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou, a major […]