Federal Government’s Learning, Uniting, Modernizing, Innovation, Nuturing, Accelerating and Harmonizing (LUMINAH) 2030 initiative is a beacon of hope for millions of Nigerian girls and women. This laudable program aims to empower over one million underserved girls and women by 2030 through education, vocational training, and leadership development. Girls and...
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Federal Executive Council (FEC) has instituted a seven-year prohibition on creating new federal tertiary institutions. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Wednesday following a council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. “This moratorium covers all federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education,” Alausa stated,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa and the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suiwaba Sa’id Ahmed, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education, have expressed immense pride and admiration to commend Miss Nafisa Abdullah Aminu, a 17-year-old student from Yobe State, for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has revealed that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions would be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by next year. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known after...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government has declared that any admission into tertiary institutions conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) is illegal. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this declaration at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has officially fixed the minimum entry age into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions at 16. Education Minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this declaration on Tuesday while speaking at the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja. The Minister...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has inaugurated a high-powered Ministerial Committee to drive the commercialisation of research outputs from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The Research and Innovation Commercialisation Committee (RICC) was inaugurated in Abuja on Tuesday by the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa. Alausa said the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, has called for dialogue and unity to resolve the ongoing teachers’ strike in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for primary school teachers. Alausa acknowledged the concerns raised by the Nigeria...
House of Representatives Committee on University Education has invited Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Alausa, to address allegations of indiscriminate sacking of university vice chancellors and dissolution of governing councils. Committee Chairman Rep. Abubakar Fulata announced the invitation, citing petitions against the minister, which highlighted concerns over the stability...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government is set to build eight state-of-the-art medical simulation centers across Nigeria to enhance medical education and training. To oversee this initiative, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has inaugurated a 19-member Implementation and Monitoring Committee for Medicals Simulation Centers, chaired...
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to fully transitioning to Computer-Based Test (CBT) examinations for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and other exam bodies by 2026. Dr Alausa made this known while monitoring the conduct of WAEC’s CBT examinations in Abuja on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– The Minister of Education, Hon. Mahmoud Tunde Alausa, has officially flagged off a two-week Train-the-Trainer Workshop for 600 Tsangaya and Islamiyya teachers across the North East region. The workshop, organized by the Nigeria Arabic Language Village (NALV) in collaboration with the North East Development Commission...
The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa says 24 federal institutions have been powered by solar energy under the “Energising Education Project’’ of President Bola Tinubu led administration. Alausa, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Collaboration Agreement Signing Ceremony with the Vice Chancellors of beneficiary institutions added...
The Federal Government has upgraded 38 federal and state technical colleges as part of a broad reform to equip Nigerian youths with internationally competitive skills. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the 2025 Quarterly Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative...
The federal government has announced a five-year suspension of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) programme to promote student growth, prioritise welfare, and strengthen Nigeria’s education system. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known in a statement released in Abuja on Saturday by the Director of Press and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigeria’s higher education landscape has expanded once again as the Federal Government approved 11 new private universities, raising the national tally to 295 institutions. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, presented provisional licenses to the new universities in Abuja on Wednesday, urging them to...
The federal government has announced the discontinuation of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by newly elected officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). He described the BEA programme...
By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has been hailed for breaking barriers in Nigeria’s education landscape by providing full support for 501 physically challenged candidates writing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, across 11 specialized centres nationwide. Minister of State for Education,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced a N110 billion investment towards enhancing the study of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing in 18 universities across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known while inaugurating the...
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has announced the release of ₦50 billion by the Federal Government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday by Director Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Folasade...