The Osun State University (UNIOSUN) in Osogbo says the National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved full accreditation of 26 undergraduate and post-graduate courses for the institution.

Ademola Adesoji, the varsity’s public relations officer, announced the accredited courses in a statement.

Adesoji said the development followed the assessment of the institution’s facilities and personnel by the accreditation team.

“I am glad to announce that we received the outcome from the NUC yesterday. I am glad to inform you that we recorded 100% full accreditation for the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, 26 in total,” the statement reads.

“Some of the undergraduate programmes include Fisheries and Aquaculture, Wildlife Management, Food Science and Technology, Computer Science, Guidance and Counseling, Urban and Regional Planning, Medicine and Surgery, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics.

“Others include Microbiology, Physics with Electronics, Statistics, Public Health, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Economics, Geography, Political Science and International Relations, Banking and Finance, among others.”

Adesoji said the institution has continued to make meaningful contributions to nation-building through various projects embarked upon by its staff.

Buttressing his point, the spokesperson said Samson Adesote, a lecturer in the department of history and international studies, recently got an invitation for the documentation of the Nigerian army’s peace-keeping interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resumed the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration.

At a briefing in Abuja on Monday, Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, said the registration will end on April 28.

The board had suspended the registration in February — a few hours after the exercise commenced.

Speaking at the briefing, the JAMB registrar said the suspension was informed by the “high level of forgery of A Level certificates” required for the registration.

“You will recall that the board commenced the 2023 direct entry registration on Monday, 20th February, 2023, but had to immediately suspend it following the discovery of the plethora of devices and machinations to circumvent and compromise the standard of A ‘level qualifications required from DE candidates,” he said.

“Recall that recent joint operations of the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on DE qualifications brought to light some of these unsavoury and nefarious activities.

“Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has also consistently brought to the fore the high rate of forgery of A’Level qualifications for DE. For instance, it was discovered that, in previous years, some candidates used unacceptable and forged A’ level certificates/qualifications to register for Direct Entry and eventually got admitted. For example, out 148 candidates verified by BUK, only 6 were found to be genuine. By implication 142 of the results were forged.

“The board, concerned stakeholders and institutions are working assiduously to detect such and the ones already found, are being dealt with according to the provisions of the law.”

Oloyede said the board has introduced new guidelines to checkmate forgery of results as registration resumes.

“In order to further checkmate the anomaly and to also prevent recurrence of such irregularity, the Board has decided that the 2023 DE registrations will not only be restricted to JAMB (Professional Test Centres (PTCs) but will also be done under strict supervision,” he said.

“The board has provided additional guidelines to all DE registration outlets (JAMB-owned centres), officers of the board and candidates on the 2023 Direct Entry registration exercise: –

“At the point of registration, all candidates must fill in: registration/matriculation Number of the previous school attended where the qualification was obtained; Subject(s) of qualification; Awarding Institution; Institution actually attended.”

The JAMB registrar said the board would only accept 13 qualifications/certificates for this year’s DE registration which include a first degree, university diploma, Higher National Diploma (HND), Ordinary National Diploma /National Diploma (OND/ND), and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE).

Others are Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) A’ Level, Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB) A’ Level, NABTEB Advanced National Business Certificate (ANBC), NABTEB Advanced National Technical Certificate (ANTC), NABTEB GCE-A’ Level (2015 – 2021), Higher Islamic Studies Certificate (HIS) by NBAIS, International Baccalaureate (IBN) and the National Registered Nurse /National Registered Midwife (NRN/NRM).

Oloyede said the 127 candidates who registered for the 2023 DE before the exercise was suspended would be requested to return to the registration centres and update their applications.

The governing council of the Kaduna State University (KASU) has appointed Samira Balarabe and Hauwau Dalhat as the first female registrar and bursar of the institution respectively.

NAN reports that Adamu Bargo, the varsity’s spokesperson, announced their appointments on Thursday.

Bargo said Balarabe took over from Samuel Manshop on March 15 after his tenure came to an end.

The new registrar holds a bachelor of law and a master of law from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria between 2002 and 2022 with specialisation in property law.

She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators, and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Nigeria among others.

“Until her appointment, Balarabe was a deputy registrar and the immediate past academic secretary of KASU,” the statement reads.

“She joined the service of KASU in 2006 as an administrative officer I in the registry department (Legal Unit) and rose through the ranks to the position of deputy registrar on October 1, 2018.

“In the course of her career, Balarabe served in different capacities: vice-chancellor’s office as an administrative officer I (Legal); faculty officer in the faculties of arts and medicine respectively.

“She also served in the establishment unit in charge of council affairs; Postgraduate School as Secretary; Academic Secretary in the Academic Affairs Unit as well as member and secretary to various committees in the university.”

On her part, Dalhat took over from Ahmed Ibrahim.

Until her appointment, Dalhat was the immediate deputy bursar and headed the department as acting bursar.

She holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a master of Science degree in accounting and finance from ABU Zaria.

She joined the service of the university in 2006 as an accountant II in the bursary department and rose through the ranks to the position of deputy bursar.

Dalhat also served as a member of various committees in the university and equally served as a part-time lecturer with publications and supervised postgraduate diplomas.

With over 16 years of practical experience in accounting and finance, Dalhat is a member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, and the Chartered Institute of Information and Strategy Management.