Ribadu stressed that universities must evolve from being just degree-awarding institutions to being drivers of innovation, skills, and national progress.
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At a colourful unveiling event in Accra on June 26, Times Higher Education announced the results of its 2023 Sub-Saharan University rankings.
The Secretary General of the Committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, spoke on the criticism of the move in Abuja on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ali, who is also the Pro-Chancellor, Osun State University, made the disclosure on Thursday at the 80th birthday celebration of Prof. Michael Omolewa in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Non-Teaching Staff Unions of the Nigerian Universities include the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non Academic Staff of Educational and Associated Institutions.
My intervention here today is focused mainly on the need for the Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions (Prohibition) Bill, 2019 (Senate Bill (SB) 77), which I am privileged to sponsor with the support of virtually all Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic in the 9th Senate. The Bill was recently passed with unanimous consent in the Senate. It is now in the House of Representatives for further legislative action.
This was the view of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) in his contributions on Wednesday at a webinar on Anti-Sexual Harassment, themed: “Finding Safe Spaces for Female Students in Nigerian Universities,” organized by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
ASUU also urged the government to release fund for revitalisation of the Nigerian university system for the development of the education sector.
Addressing a news conference on Friday at Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Oladipo Kolawole, Leader of the team, said the vaccine was being developed locally in Africa for Africans.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says over 100,000 candidates who met admission requirements have so far been offered placements into Nigerian universities for the 2019/2020 academic session.
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerian universities to look inwards for the development of their various schools.
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to release earned allowances of Non-Teaching Staff of Nigerian Universities from 2009 to 2016.
The Federal Government has revealed that the N1.2 billion hostel donated by the Aliko Dangote Foundation to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is the single largest donation by an individual in the history of Universities in Nigeria.
An All Progressives Grand Alliance stalwart, Dr Chinedu Ekwalo, has called for scraping of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, saying it was more of money-making than placement of students.
The universities include: University of Port Harcourt, University of Benin, Akwa Ibom State University, University of Africa, University of Uyo, University of Calabar and Niger Delta University.
Graham-Douglas told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday that Nigerian educational institutions lacked the equipment to move the industry on quickly in technical know-how.
Governor Fayose, who was at Covenant University, Ota in Ogun State to witness the graduation ceremony of one of his sons, Ayorogbayimika Fayose, told journalists that there was no reason children of public office holders
He added: “Four to five years ago, no Nigerian university was ranked among the top 100 in Africa, but today, we have 28 Nigerian universities among the best in the continent
Prof. Julius Okogie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, on Thursday said Nigerian universities were not ranked high because their research findings were not published on the Internet.