Bayero University, Kano, has approved the promotion of 66 academic staff members to the ranks of professor and associate professor for 2024. Among the new professors are Muhammad Sani-Umar, a popular Islamic cleric, and Suwaiba Ahmad, the minister of state for education. Mr Sani-Umar bagged the rank of Islamic Studies and Sharia professor, and Ms … Read more
About 17 months after the substantive Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Raheed, a professor, resigned from office, President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced a replacement. In a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, a copy of which PREMIUM TIMES obtained, the new NUC helmsman … Read more
More universities have reacted to the viral report that claims that the National Universities Commission (NUC) uncovered more than 100 fake professors in Nigerian universities. The authorities at Bayero University Kano (BUK) and Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, in separate statements, denied the list of ‘fake’ professors being circulated on social media in the country. … Read more
