NUC denounces NBTE’s top-up programmes for polytechnic graduates, says it’s illegal 

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has disowned a scheme initiated by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), aimed at bridge the gap between polytechnic and university degrees. Stakeholders had, for many years, called for the abolition of the dichotomy between the Higher National Diplomas (HND) offered by polytechnics and bachelor degrees offered by universities….

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Ombugadu: “We are deeply disappointed, Sule condescended so low giving religious coloration to  election he knew he was defeated squarely”

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa, David Ombugadu, has berated Governor Abdullahi Sule over his statement on judges. The governorship election petition tribunal in the state, had in  a judgment on October 2,  annulled Sule’s victory after two of the three judges on the panel declared Ombugadu winner of the March 2023…

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Kaduna records 20 diphtheria deaths, 156 confirmed cases

National Primary Health Care Department Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that  diphtheria has so far, killed 20 in Kaduna State. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib  and  Co-Chair of the Federal Task Team on Diphtheria, made the disclosure on Wednesday in an interview with journalists after visiting Kaduna Diphtheria Treatment…

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