The University of Ibadan Management Announces July 2 Resumption Date The management of the University of Ibadan says that undergraduate academic activities in the university will resume on Sunday, July 2. The management made this announcement in a statement signed by Olujimi Olukoya, registrar of the University, on Friday. The Senate of the University of…
NUC Abolishes Pass Degree
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/ 2014 academic session. This was disclosed by Abdullahi Zuru, the Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, on Wednesday at the 2014/2015 matriculation of 4,133 students of the institution. “This has far reaching implications on…
NOUN VC Seeks Amnesty For Graduating Prisoners
Vincent Tenebe, Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty to prisoners who are graduating from the institution. He made the appeal on January 20 at a pre-convocation press conference in Lagos. Tenebe said that granting amnesty to the prisoners after graduation would enable them…
AAUA Gets New Vice Chancellor
Igbeleke Ajibefun has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, AAUA, Ondo State. This followed the expiration of the tenure of Olufemi Mimiko as the VC of AAUA. Before the appointment of Ajibefun he was the Rector of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, a polytechnic owned by the state…
LASU Denies Witch Hunt in PhD Certificate Withdrawal
Professor John Obafunwa, Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, has denied allegations of witch-hunting in the process culminating in the withdrawal of 18 PhD certificates from some of the institutions’ graduates. Obafunwa who stated this while addressing journalists in Lagos on Monday, spoke against the backdrop of claims by the Academic Staff Union of Universities…