The National Universities Commission, NUC has accredited five Postgraduate programmes in Covenant University’s faculty of administration. The departments accredited are: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management and Marketing. Similarly, the Marketing Programme of the University has been granted full accreditation by the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN. These…
Ebola: Government Postpones Schools Resumption
The Federal Government on Tuesday approved the extension of the current holiday of primary and secondary schools across the country as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Ebola Viral Disease, EVD in the country. Comrade Jude Imagwe, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Matters disclosed this in Abuja…
HND-Degree Dichotomy: Federal Government Inaugurates Committee For Abolition
In a bid to completely meet up with the key demands of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to bridge the dichotomy between holders of the Higher National Diploma, HND and First degree. Nyesom Wike, the supervising minister of education, inaugurated the committee on behalf of President…
FG To Introduce Herbal Medicine As A Course In Nigerian Universities
The federal government has announced plans to introduce herbal medicine as a course in Nigerian universities. This was disclosed by Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health at the 3rd Annual guest lecture organized by the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria in Abuja. Chukwu said a committee has submitted a curriculum, which they are…