The Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has approved the appointment of Bashir Garba, a professor, as the new vice-chancellor of the institution. The appointment was approved at the 168th meeting of the university’s governing council on Wednesday, 14 July, according to a statement by the university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of Council, Attahiru … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has appointed governing councils for more tertiary institutions. The affected institutions are six colleges of education and two specialised higher institutions. They are different from 13 universities and inter-university centres which were captured in the announcement of the governing councils earlier made on Wednesday by the presidency. The appointments were announced in … Read more
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has asked the Nigerian government to pay its members the remaining part of their withheld salaries. The academic union, a breakaway from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), asked the government to stop lumping up its members’ issues with those of ASUU members, saying its members had consistently … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declined to be part of the management of the student loan scheme introduced by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Ahead of the rollout of the scheme scheduled to commence on Monday, 26 February, the 11-member special committee chaired by Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, … Read more
