National Body for Technical Education, NBTE, has approved the implementation of Open Distance and Flexible Learning, ODFL, for 25 out of 556 polytechnics under it. Adamu Kazaure, Executive Secretary of the NBTE, gave the approval on Wednesday at a meeting of rectors and the ODFL steering team on flexible skills development/tertiary institutions e-learning resource at the NBTE headquarters in Kaduna. Twelve programmes were slated for approval and include; science and laboratory technology, computer technology, statistics, accountancy and quantity survey, among others. Pointing out that polytechnics are hard pressed to meet the demands of the ever growing population of youth seeking…

Professor Abubakar Momoh, prominent Nigerian civil society leader and director general of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Electoral Institute, has died. Momoh, who sat on the board of several nongovernmental organisations, died early Monday, his associates said. His associate and lawyer, Abdul Mahmoud, confirmed the development. “It’s true, I have just spoken to his brother-in-law,” he wrote on his Facebook Page. Until his death, Momoh was dean of Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lagos State University, LASU. “Momoh obtained PhD in political theory and began his lecturing career in 1988,” his profile published by African Leadership Centre, says. He…