President Bola Tinubu has sacked the newly appointed Vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU), Bernard Odoh. NAU, a federal university in Anambra State, is popularly known as UNIZIK. Mt Tinubu also dissolved the university’s Governing Council led by Greg Mbadiwe. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to Mr Tinubu on Information and Strategy, announced … Read more
The newly inaugurated Governing Council of the University of Abuja has approved the appointment of the institution’s acting Vice-Chancellor, Aisha Maikudi. The announcement was contained in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday by the university’s spokesperson, Habib Yakoob. Ms Maikudi, a professor of law, was until his appointment by the Senate of the … Read more
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Friday matriculated a total of 28,514 new intakes for various courses and programmes. The 26th matriculation ceremony which was held at the university’s headquarters in Abuja, had students enrolled across the university’s eight faculties for various programmes including doctoral studies. In a press release issued on Thursday … Read more
NEW DELHI: JNU was never “anti-national” or a member of the “tukde-tukde” gang, according to the university’s vice-chancellor, who stated on Thursday that the institution will always promote dissent, debate, and democracy. In an interview with PTI, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, the university’s first female vice-chancellor, stated that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is “not saffronised” and … Read more
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) is set to partner with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) to deliver two Master’s degree programmes on Peace and Security Studies. The partnership, when finalised, would have the university’s Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) work closely with CJID to deliver the programmes in peace and … Read more
