The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved a Post Graduate School for Salem University (SU), Lokoja, Kogi State.

With the approval, the university, which started operations in 2009, will commence its MSc, MBA, PGD and PhD programmes in September.

Its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Fuwape, in a statement, said the institution has also secured approval for four additional courses.

The newly approved programmes commencing in September, according to him, are Mass Communication with specialisation in Communication Arts, Media Studies; Sociology; English Language and History and Diplomatic Studies.

The new courses will run with the fully accredited programmes in the university.