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NUC Presents Provisional Licenses To 37 Private Universities (see Full List)
The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, at the presentation of provisional licences to the universities, said that the number of private universities in the country now stood at 147 and a total of 264 Universities in all.
El-Amin University has, as its proprietor, El-Amin Nigeria Limited, and its Chairman of Trustees as General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd).
Azman University has its proprietor as Azman Group of Companies Limited and Barr. Ado Muhammad Ma’aji as the Chairman Board of Trustees.
Azman, the company that has been in the oil business for sometime, floated an airline recently before acquiring new licence to venture in the education sector.
1. Rayhaan University, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State.
2. Muhammad Kamalu-Deen University, Ilorin, Kwara State.
3. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State.
4. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.
5. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State,
6. Maduka University, Ekwegbe-Nsukka, Enugu State.
7. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State,
8. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State.
9. Vision University, Ikogbo, Ogun State.
10. Azman University, Kano, Kano State.
11. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State.
12. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State.
13. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT.
14. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT.
15. Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun State.
16. British Canadian University, Obudu, Cross River State.
17. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State.
18. Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State.
19. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State.
20. Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi, Ekiti State.
21. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State.
22. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano, Kano State.
23. Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
24. Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State.
25. The Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State.
26. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State.
27. Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT.
28. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
29. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State.
30. Amaj University, Kwali, FCT.
31. Prime University, Kuje, FCT.
32. El-Amin University, Niger State.
33. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna State.
34. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State.
35. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State.
36. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT.
37. Al-Bayan University, Ankpa, Kogi State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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