The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global commodity.
The Senate has adopted a report on the bill seeking to establish the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) University of Science and Technology, Abaji.
The Environmental and Social Management Framework of the Africa Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project was prepared in Nigeria by the Association of African Universities on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education.
The NUC in collaboration with the University of Sussex, UK held a one day research workshop for junior and mid-career academics with the theme ‘Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Bootcamp’ at the at the Idris Abdulkadir Auditorium, NUC Secretariat.
The Federal Executive Council has approved construction of the $50 million (N18bn) Transportation University to be located in Daura, Katsina State which was billed to commence by next year, the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said.
The research feat of the African Centres of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) domiciled in Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede Osun State has continued to reverberate with the successful exploit of the Centre in addressing a potential threat from a white powdery substance in a passport received by the Consular section at the United States Embassy in Abuja.