A former Visiting Professor in the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu has been appointed the 9th substantive Executive Secretary of the Commission, with effect from Friday 6th December, 2024.
A delegation from the IIOE, China, an affiliate Institute linked with the UNESCO, paid a courtesy visit on the Ag. ES NUC, Mr. Chris J. Maiyaki in his office.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COEs), respectively.
The Ag. ES NUC, Mr. Chris J. Maiyaki, has charged the newly-inaugurated Governing Councils of 51 out of the 62 federal universities in the country to work assiduously and ensure that they turned around the fortunes of their various institutions.
The HME, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has warned the newly inaugurated Governing Councils of tertiary institutions against extravagant expenses in the course of discharging their duties as prudent management of the institutions finances would lead to their growth and development in line with the Federal Government expectations.
Stakeholders in the university education sub-sector, comprising the FME, NUC and the University-based Unions, especially ASUU gathered at a one-day residential consultation organised by the leadership of Alliances for Africa in partnership with the Centre for Gender Studies in Nigeria to brainstorm and come up with sustainable and systemic solutions that would foster a safe learning environment in the NUS