The National Universities Commission, NUC has on Thursday announced the phasing out of Mass Communication degree in Nigerian varsities to meet up with global educational advancements. The announcement was made by Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, NUC while speaking with journalists in Abuja, saying the degree will be split into seven different degree programmes.

IPPIS: Buhari Meets ASUU Leadership

In a bid to lay the issue of the Integrated Personnel and Information System (IPPIS), which the Federal Government directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to join, President Muhammadu Buhari, has today, the 9th of January, 2020 met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of the Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has failed to agree on the ground that ASUU has continued to resist enrolment halfway into the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information system (IPPIS). President Buhari has yesterday received the ASUU officials lead by its president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi at the State House Abuja.

N-Power Beneficiaries Are Not Owing - Minister

The Federal Government disclosed that, so far, it has off-set the backlog of October and November 2019 allowances of N-power beneficiaries.