NUC Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/nuc/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:40:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 NUC Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/nuc/ 32 32 42672738 FG Bans Honorary Degrees for Serving Public Officials https://prnigeria.com/2025/11/21/bans-honorary-degrees-serving/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:40:43 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=174213 FG Bans Honorary Degrees for Serving Public Officials The Federal Government has placed a ban on the award of honorary doctorate degrees to serving public officials, as part of new measures introduced to curb widespread misuse of such titles across the country. The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, […]

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]]> 174213 Nigeria Defence Academy Honours Cadets, Scholars at 35th Convocation Ceremony https://prnigeria.com/2025/09/26/nigeria-defence-academy/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:16:09 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=170625 Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) on Thursday held its 35th convocation ceremony at its permanent site in Afaka, Kaduna, with more than 2,600 graduands honoured for

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]]> 170625 President Tinubu Appoints New Heads for NUC, NERDC, Others https://prnigeria.com/2024/12/06/president-tinubu-appoints-new/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:26:44 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=151918 President Tinubu Appoints New Heads for NUC, NERDC, Others President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD). President Tinubu appointed […]

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]]> 151918 NUC Grants License to Kwara State University of Education https://prnigeria.com/2024/07/30/nuc-grants-license-kwara/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:00:09 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=140042 NUC Grants License to Kwara State University of Education The National Universities Commission (NUC) has formally licensed the new Kwara State University of Education, Ilorin. Speaking in a brief ceremony in his office on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Mr. Chris Maiyaki, said the new university will be the 273rd in Nigeria and the […]

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]]> 140042 NYSC Engages Stakeholders for Credible Mobilization Process https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/12/nysc-credible-mobilization-process/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:25:30 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=105463 NYSC Engages Stakeholders for Credible Mobilization Process The National Youth Service Corps has  said it would continue to engage other critical stakeholders to ensure that unqualified graduates are not allowed into its mobilization process. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed disclosed this today in Abuja during the 2023 edition of the Annual meeting […]

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]]> 105463 2023 Elections: NUC Directs Closure of All Universities Nationwide https://prnigeria.com/2023/02/09/elections-nuc-directs-closure/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:51:34 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=89495 2023 Elections: NUC Directs Closure of All Universities Nationwide National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed universities across the country to close between February 22 and March 14, to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. Some Nigerians and political parties had appealed to the government to close schools to enable students of voting […]

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]]> 89495 KWASU Commences Medicine, Surgery, Receives NUC Approval for 24 New Programmes https://prnigeria.com/2022/10/21/kwasu-commences-medicine/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:53:25 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=82309 KWASU Commences Medicine, Surgery, Receives NUC Approval for 24 New Programmes The National Universities Commission NUC has approved the establishment of MBBS Medicine and Surgery and twenty-three other undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the Kwara State University, Malete. The approval which was contained in a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Professor […]

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]]> 82309 Assist us Tackle Fraudulent Mobilization, NYSC tells Stakeholders https://prnigeria.com/2022/09/16/assist-tackle-fraudulent/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:44:40 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=78548 Assist us Tackle Fraudulent Mobilization, NYSC tells Stakeholders The National Youth Service Corps has restated its unwaivering determination to resist any attempted presentation of unqualified persons for National Service. It urged all stakeholders to support the Scheme in this regard. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah stated this today in his address […]

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]]> 78548 NUC Accreditation: BUK Mass Communication Scores 99.7% , Now Best in Nigeria https://prnigeria.com/2022/05/15/nuc-accreditation-buk-mass/ Sun, 15 May 2022 19:29:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=72275 NUC Accreditation: BUK Mass Communication Scores 99.7% , Now Best in Nigeria Bayero University Kano, Department of Mass Communication has emerged best in Nigeria having scored 99.7% in the last Nigerian Universities Accreditation’s (NUC) exercise. Amongst all the Department of Mass Communication accredited nationwide in January 2022, BUK Mass Communication Department is the highest on […]

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]]> 72275 NOUN Graduates 32,000 in Combined Virtual Convocation https://prnigeria.com/2021/01/30/noun-virtual-convocation/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:18:05 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=61086 NOUN Graduates 32,000 in Combined Virtual Convocation President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his prompt signature on the amended law of the National Open University of Nigeria’s (NOUN) has resolved the long-term non-recognition of its graduates in the country. He stated this on Saturday during the university’s combined 9th and 10th Convocation Ceremony, which was […]

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]]> 61086 COVID-19 Resurgence: NUC Directs Universities to Suspend Academic Activities https://prnigeria.com/2020/12/25/covid-19-resurgence-universities-nuc/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:41:27 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=60105 COVID-19 Resurgence: NUC Directs Universities to Suspend Academic Activities The National Universities Commission (NUC) has called on Vice-Chancellors of universities not to allow any form of academic activities involving large crowds to be organized or hosted on their campuses. Following a resurgence in the number of COVID-19 reported cases, the Federal Government, had on Tuesday, […]

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]]> 60105 ICPC Nabs Online Academic Fraudsters https://prnigeria.com/2020/10/17/icpc-online-academic-fraudsters/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:17:52 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=55183 ICPC Nabs Online Academic Fraudsters Following intelligence received on criminal activities, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC has arrested a group of people involved in the advertisement and sale of completed academic projects to students online. These persons allegedly package and market plagiarized academic projects to desperate students to assist them […]

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]]> 55183 NUC Accredits Law, 13 other Academic Programmes in UNIABUJA https://prnigeria.com/2020/06/28/nuc-law-academic-uniabuja/ Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:39:02 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=33776 NUC Accredits Law, 13 other Academic Programmes in UNIABUJA No fewer than 14 programmes of the University of Abuja have been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC). While ten (10) academic programmes were given full accreditation, four (4) had interim accreditation. The programmes with full Accreditation include Public Administration, Education Arabic Studies, Education Christian […]

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]]> 33776 BUK Unveils Digital Campus Radio-Television Stations https://prnigeria.com/2020/02/19/buk-unveil-radio-television/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:02:15 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=29506 BUK Unveils Digital Campus Radio-Television Stations The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Professor Muhammad Yahuza Bello has said that campus radio and television stations have great roles to play in curbing fake news from the media space of the country. He stated this in Kano during the unveiling ceremony of twin digital radio […]

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]]> 29506 NUC certifies NOUN’s master’s degrees in Business, Public Admin https://prnigeria.com/2019/01/23/nuc-certifies-nouns-masters/ https://prnigeria.com/2019/01/23/nuc-certifies-nouns-masters/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:46:31 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=17648 NUC certifies NOUN’s master’s degrees in Business, Public Admin The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved for the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to run master’s degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration. This followed the release of an accreditation exercise carried out by the regulatory body for postgraduate programmes of the university. Both […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2018/08/30/nigerian-army-university-take-off-buratai/feed/ 0 15389 NAF Technology Institute Commences Degree Programmes https://prnigeria.com/2018/06/09/naf-technology-institute-degree-programmes/ https://prnigeria.com/2018/06/09/naf-technology-institute-degree-programmes/#respond Sat, 09 Jun 2018 10:45:23 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=14362 NAF Technology Institute Commences Degree Programmes The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Kaduna, the Bill of which was recently assented to by President Mohammadu Buhari, is to commence degree programmes by September 2018. This was revealed today, 8 June 2018, during the courtesy visit by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2018/06/09/naf-technology-institute-degree-programmes/feed/ 0 14362 Education Minister Inaugurates NOUN Council https://prnigeria.com/2018/03/22/education-minister-inaugurates-noun-council/ https://prnigeria.com/2018/03/22/education-minister-inaugurates-noun-council/#respond Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:30:44 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=13384 Education Minister Inaugurates NOUN Council The Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, today inaugurated the newly reconstituted Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The inauguration ceremony took place in the auditorium of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The new council is chaired by Peter A. Okebukola, a Professor of Science […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2018/03/22/education-minister-inaugurates-noun-council/feed/ 0 13384 EFCC Advocates Anti-Corruption Course in Universities https://prnigeria.com/2017/08/08/efcc-anti-corruption-universities/ https://prnigeria.com/2017/08/08/efcc-anti-corruption-universities/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:04:10 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=10197 EFCC Advocates Anti-Corruption Course in Universities The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has advocated for a course focussing specifically on anti-corruption, to be introduced in curriculum of Nigerian universities, and promised to sponsor research work at doctorate level for the next 10 years. “From January 2018 the EFCC […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2017/08/08/efcc-anti-corruption-universities/feed/ 0 10197 FG Releases Names of Reconstituted Boards Under Education Ministry https://prnigeria.com/2017/04/07/fg-reconstitutes-boards-agencies/ https://prnigeria.com/2017/04/07/fg-reconstitutes-boards-agencies/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:09:29 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=8840 His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the reconstitution of the boards of 19 Agencies and Paratatals under the Federal Ministry of Education for a period of four years, in the first instance, pursuant to his powers under the laws establishing the Act of each Parastatal under the Ministry. In making the appointments, the […]

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