Beneficiary institutions in Nigerian higher education are to benefit from the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention of N198 billion, representing 62 per cent of the approved N320 billion by the government. The TETFund Acting Director of Public Affairs, Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi, made this available to the...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration will continue to provide necessary financial support to strengthen the capacity of the state-owned university to rank one of the best in the country. Fubara said this at the 35th convocation of the university in Port Harcourt on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has awarded a N2 million scholarship grant to 10 brilliant indigent students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, Branch Chairman of the union, made this known in an interaction with newsmen on Saturday in Zaria. Jibril...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has inaugurated a N1 billion 2,000 capacity Central Library Complex at Bauchi State University, Gadau. Speaking during the inauguration of the project on Friday, Arc. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the fund, said the project was approved under the Years...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has appealed to the Federal Government to ensure an upward review of the budgetary provisions for education in the 2024 appropriation bill before the National Assembly. ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said this at a news conference, ahead of the union’s...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has been ranked as the disclosed that the ninth Best Value University for International Students among the 149 universities in Nigeria by a global .students platform. According to a Unilorin Bulletin issued on Tuesday, the ranking was published by Study Abroad Aide, a...
The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is flexing muscles over 11 months of unpaid salaries. Its Chairman, Comrade Ade Arikawe, told a news conference on the school’s campus on Tuesday that members were no longer able to discharge...
Some graduate and undergraduate law students of Baze University, Abuja on Monday urged the management of the institution to urgently resolve five-year law admission imbroglio as soon as possible. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Council of Legal Education recently imposed a five-year moratorium ban...
Many lecturers in the nation’s universities have expressed worry over the shortage of manpower in universities across the country, saying that the situation has posed a serious challenge to education system. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the South East Zone revealed that many lecturers...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the Medicine and Surgery degree programme of Veritas University, Abuja, its vice-chancellor, Prof. Hyacinth Ichoku said in Abuja on Saturday. Veritas University is owned by the Catholic Church. Speaking at the 12th convocation of the institution and the conferment of degrees...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated new 70 operational vehicles for the National Examination Council (NECO) for enhanced conduct of the Council’s examinations by ensuring the security and timely delivery of examination materials to numerous examination centres nationwide. Also, commissioned was the multi-million...
The outgoing Vice Chancellor of Bingham University, Prof. William Qurix, has attributed the unprecedented growth in the students population between 2018 and 2023 to team work and dedication by the staff and management. Qurix, who said this at a valedictory meeting with members of staff, noted that the...
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated six TETFund-sponsored projects worth N2.8 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State. Inaugurating the projects, Mr Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, said the structures would enhance teaching, learning and improvement of academic standards in the university....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to ensure the 100% implementation of the country’s annual budget, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the country’s budgeting agencies to separate the budget of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) from Nigeria’s annual budget. ...
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Wednesday said that the emigration of Nigerians to developed countries contributed to the underdevelopment of the country. Oloyede made the assertion at the 17th Convocation lecture of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, titled -‘Mainstreaming Uncertainty:...
By ARMSTRONG ALAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has condemned the killing of a 500 level student of the institution by assailants while trying to steal his phone. Recall that the final year Geology student, Joseph Agabaidu, who...
The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has directed that the new fees introduced by the institution be put on hold until further notice. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and made available to newsmen on...
Management of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have announced the promotion of 48 of its academic staff members to the rank of professors. The bulletin issued on Monday by the university stated that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, disclosed this at a meeting he held with the new professors...
Academic activities were on Monday grounded at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), following the students’ protest against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the university had released a new schedule of fees that would take...
The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Monday. In the...