National Universities Commission
Nigeria: ICPC, NUC Seal 41 Illegal Universities
Share The joint task team of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission and National Universities Commission said they have commenced a nationwide operation to seal off identified illegal universities. The chairman of the task team, Professor Olu ... Read More »
Nigeria: NUC names 41 illegal universities
Share The National Universities Commission (NUC) has unveiled the identities of the illegal “universities” with known addresses operating in the country. The commission disclosed this yesterday at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) headquarters during a ... Read More »
National Universities Commission gives Ajayi Crowther University full accreditation
Share The National Universities Commission, NUC, has given full accreditation to all programmes being offered by Ajayi Crowther University. This was recently made known to the university by the commission. Reacting to the development, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kolawole T. Jaiyeoba thanked ... Read More »
NUC to ensure quality in universities
Share The National Universities Commission (NUC ) said that it would step up its programme monitoring mechanism to ensure universities did not exceed their capacities. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, said in Abuja that the measure was to ... Read More »
NUC set to improve ranking of Nigeria’s universities
Share Nigeria’s universities long missing in the elite league of global universities, perpetually in the last two decades, not even emerging in the first 3,000 worldwide, are about to change their profile as the National Universities Commission (NUC) began a ... Read More »
Olanipekun opposes establishment of new varsities
Share A legal luminary and Pro Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, critised the establishment of new universities, saying the economic realities in the country do not favour the idea. The former president of the Nigerian ... Read More »
Nigeria: New universities start in two years
Share Three new universities recently established by federal government will not begin academic session until next year or two, said the National Universities Commission. At a meeting with the newly appointed vice chancellors of the new universities, NUC executive secretary ... Read More »
Nigeria: University of Abuja – FG to move engineering students to other varsities
Share Engineering students of the University of Abuja who have been protesting for several months over non-accreditation of their programme would be relocated to other universities to complete their studies within the next few months. Already, the National Universities Commission ... Read More »
Africa: NUC approves 89 universities in the last 13 years
Share National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 89 universities in the last 13 years. Among those approved between 1999 and 2012 by the agency are 50 private universities, 27 states universities and 12 federal universities. This puts the total number ... Read More »
Nigeria: NUC abolishes re-sit exams in varsities
Share National Universities Commission (NUC) has banned the conduct of supplementary or re-sit examinations in Nigerian universities. The NUC management, in a statement by the Chief Information Officer of the commission, Mrs Bukola Olatunji, in Abuja, frowned on revelations that ... Read More »
