DELSU sacks 6 lecturers for gross misconduct

SIX lecturers of the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, have been sacked by the institution’s Governing Council for various offences ranging from extortion, sexual harassment, leaking of examination questions, to bribery and corruption. 

Police Recruitment: Aptitude test for shortlisted applicants begins Aug. 22

The Police Service Commission ( PSC) says it will conduct aptitude test for shortlisted applicants for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force on Aug. 22 across the country. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, of the commission on Sunday in Abuja.

Budget Padding: Again, Jibrin asks Dogara to step aside

AGAIN, former Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmunin Jibrin has asked Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara to step aside for investigations to commence over alleged padding of the 2016 Budget. The post Budget Padding: Again, Jibrin asks Dogara to step aside appeared first on Nuc News.

UNESCO unveils ambassadors ‎for FCT and Bayelsa

Abuja - In order to fulfil its promise to educate 110,000 Nigerian girls and women with basic literacy and skills development, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has unveiled two ambassadors for Federal Capital Territory, FCT and Bayelsa State.

Breaking News - Boko Haram kills 10, abducts 13 near Chibok

Boko Haram Islamists have killed 10 people and abducted 13 others in a raid on a village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok where the militants kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls in 2014, locals told AFP Sunday. 

Nuc New Executive Secretary Appointed -You can hate me, just don’t work against NUC

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, the new Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), has pledged to promote accountability and improve staff welfare.

He made the promise while receiving hand over notes from Acting Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Chiedu Mafiana in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Rasheed, synergy among staff is needed to move the commission forward and achieve its mandate.

“Let us work together; let us be bold, honest and courageous; I will do my best to be open; to be transparent; to promote accountability.

“I will also ensure that staff who deserve anything in their welfare; in their salaries, allowances and promotions will get them as and when do.

“Everybody is a friend. I do not have foes in this place until they decide not to be.

“If you decide not be my friend; then it is not a crime; but if you decide not to be a friend of the institution, of NUC, then you will be in crisis,’’ he said.
 Rasheed said it was a special privilege to be given the opportunity to lead a commission charged with the responsibility of regulating universities.

The executive secretary urged the staff to eschew sentiments and gossips and be dedicated to their duties as incompetence would not be tolerated.

The professor of English Language said he had contacted past executive secretaries of the commission and would need their advice in piloting the affairs of NUC.

Earlier, Mafiana said he would work with the new executive secretary in stabilising the Nigerian University System (NUS).

He said the major problem confronting the NUS was data collection as many universities did not furnish the commission with accurate data.

Mafiana advised the new executive secretary to engage the staff unions in the universities in order to maintain uninterrupted academic activities.

“Federal Government’s attention should be drawn to start negotiations with the staff unions.

“All universities are due for visitation and we should conclude the process of ensuring that NUC regulatory roles are backed by law’’, he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Rasheed was the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano.

He is the pioneer Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Board of Jigawa State University and a Sabbatical Professor at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

NAN recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday appointed new chief executives for 17 education parastatals.

Prof. Julius Okojie, the immediate past Executive Secretary of NUC, completed his two tenures of five years apiece on Aug. 1 having been appointed on Aug. 3, 2006.(NAN)

You must represent Nigeria positively, Saraki tells Ambassadorial Nominees

SENATE President Bukola Saraki yesterday read the riot act to all the 47 Ambassadorial Nominees that have been screened by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, saying that as they must represent Nigeria positively in the countries they were posted to. The post You must represent Nigeria positively, Saraki tells Ambassadorial Nominees