The Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to expose and flush Nigerians parading fake certificates. Tahir Mamman, the minister of education, spoke in Abuja on Friday when he received the report of an inter-ministerial investigative committee on degree certificate milling. On January 9, the minister inaugurated the committee chaired by Jubrila Amin,…
NUC bans 18 foreign varieties in Nigeria The National Universities Commission, NUC, has shut down 18 unlicensed foreign universities operating in the country, following a recent media report which suggested inconsistency in awarding of degree by an African university. While describing them as “degree mills”, the affected universities include five from the United States, six…
Following the approval by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, the National Universities Commission, NUC, on Friday, presented provisional license to 37 new private universities in the country. The new additions brought the number of private universities in Nigeria to 147, and total of 264 universities in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, in…
