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  New varsity curriculum takes off  September – NUC By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) said the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) will commence by September 2023. At the stakeholders’ colloquium on CCMAS in Abuja Wednesday, the acting executive secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, said the document […]

  Prof. Tahir OPENING ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR TAHIR MAMMAN OON, SAN HONOURABLE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, DELIVERED AT THE COLLOQUIUM OF STAKEHOLDERS’ ON THE CORE CURRICULUM AND   MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS (CCMAS) HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 2023 AT THE IDRIS ABDULKADIR AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION, ABUJA.   Protocol   I would have loved to be here […]

  NUC building, Abuja NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE ACTING EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION (NUC), CHRIS J. MAIYAKI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE STAKEHOLDERS’ COLLOQUIUM ON THE CORE CURRICULUM AND MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS (CCMAS), AT THE IDRIS ABDULKADIR AUDITORIUM, ABUJA, ON  WEDNESDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 2023. Protocol It is with great pleasure that […]

ECOWAS Defence Chiefs ECOWAS Defence chiefs ready to strike Niger junta editor Chiefs of defence staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has perfected its military intervention plans in Niger Republic, and are ready for action. The chiefs, during their two-day meeting Friday, August 18, also noted that it has […]

  Amusan Amusan’s clearance to defend World Athletics Championship title  unsettles AIU.  Editor Shortly after Nigeria’s sprint star, Tobi Amusan’s suspension was lifted ahead of 2023 World Athletics Championship, Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has vowed to appeal tribunal’s decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sports. In its further reaction, AIU via a statement by […]

  Monetary policy forces TETFund to consider more local scholarships By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed concern about the increasing difficulty to continue payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends following the recent monetary policy churned out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Executive Secretary of TETFund, […]

.             Senator Hussaini Babangida Babangida: Jigawa well represented in Senate By Lawal Jet Kaugama It is the hope of every senatorial zone to have a senator who is trusted to protect their interests in the National Assembly. In this respect, Jigawa Northwest Senator, Alhaji Babangida Hussaini stands tall.  Babangida Hussaini […]

                  BUK VC, Sagir Adamu-Abbas BUK has redesigned 30% CCMAS developed for Nigerian varsities —  Adamu-Abbas By  Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has disclosed that the University has redesigned its 30 per cent of the new Core Curriculum […]

  Prof. Ajiboye TRCN to hold conference of registered teachers August 30 By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said the third edition of online conference of registered teachers in the country would hold  on August 30 and 31,  2023. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, made this known […]

  2023 NECO SSCE best organised in recent years, 1.2m candidates registered  —Wushishi By Uji A.Iliyasu Abuja The Registrar/Chief Executive of National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said the 2023 SSCE which would be concluded next week is the best organised in recent years, even as 1.2m candidates have registered. He further disclosed […]