NUC Has Not Ranked Nigerian Universities — Prof. Rasheed Date21 Nov 2018 The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, MFR, FNAL, has clarified that the Commission has not done any ranking exercise or ranked any university in Nigeria in the past 14 years. Professor Rasheed made this known in a goodwill message at the 5th Convocation ceremony of Baze University, Abuja, where he said that the purported ranking...Read More
Dreams don’t just come true on a platter of gold but through hard work. Some children go to school with high hopes of emerging as best students but due to peer pressure, some of them slack in their studies. A beautiful young lady Naomi Uwem has made her family proud has she graduated in flying colors from law school. She emerged as the best student as she whisked away 13...Read More
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND PECULIARITIES OF THE LOCALITIES (2) Last week I examined the recent efforts by organised Labour to get the Federal Government of Nigeria to increase the National Minimum Wage from its current position of N18,0000. After several weeks of consultations and threats of strike action, government and labour appear to have agreed to an increase to N30,000 though that agreement is now threatened by several state governors who...Read More
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND PECULIARITIES OF THE LOCALITIES (1) A few weeks ago, the organised labour announced its decision to call out workers on a nation wide strike to press home the need for an increase in the national minimum wage which as at today is fixed at N18,000 under Section 1 of the The National Minimum Wage Act Cap. N61 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (As Amended). The...Read More
TIME FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RE-ESTABLISH EDUCATION BANK – FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVISIT EDUCATION BANK TO PROVIDE LOANS FOR STUDENTS AT LOW RATE (3) Last week I examined the provisions of the Education Bank and stated how the failure of government led to the inability of the bank to fulfil its statutory road. I detailed how, owing to the refusal of the government to set up the Governing Board of...Read More
