Dr Abubakar Adamu Dabban, the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), has stated that the federal government (FG) is prepared to tackle the issues faced by agricultural research institutes and federal colleges of agriculture in the country. While on a visit to the Federal College of Freshwater Fisheries Technology and the
Senator Sunday Katung (PDP–Kaduna South) has awarded scholarships worth N40 million to 400 indigent students from his constituency to support their tertiary education. Each beneficiary received N100,000 through the Sunday Marshall Katung Foundation, which managed the disbursement of the funds. Speaking at the presentation ceremony in Kafanchan on Saturday, Katung, represented by Bature Likoro, chairman
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reopened its online portal for 48 hours after 203 tertiary institutions failed to upload their students’ data for the 2024/2025 loan application. According to a statement by the Fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the portal will be open from midnight on Sunday, October 12, to midnight
The Federal Government has launched a new effort to stop the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from going on another nationwide strike. Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, said President Bola Tinubu has ordered that every step be taken to keep students in school and end recurring disruptions in the university calendar. Alausa
The Federal Government has given all tertiary institutions in Nigeria 30 days to submit detailed reports on unutilised funds received from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, issued the directive during a meeting with heads of universities, polytechnics, and colleges in Abuja. He said many schools have left important
Private school owners in Ogbomoso North, Oyo State, have raised alarm over what they called the crippling impact of multiple taxation on their operations. The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), in a statement signed by its chairman, Wale Ojewumi, urged governments at all levels to stop seeing them as rivals and instead
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) annual report for the 2024 financial year reveals that 38 tertiary institutions in the country received queries regarding allocations made to them by the fund. The document noted that the queries “were a result of anomalies observed in the financial retirements submitted by the beneficiary institutions to the fund.”
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has inaugurated the governing board of the state’s new Education Trust Fund, saying it will help bridge gaps in the education system. Speaking at Government House in Lafia on Wednesday, Mr Sule said the fund was created to support the wider needs of the sector beyond basic education, which is
Students of the Lagos State College of Health Technology have given the institution’s management 48 hours to reverse a recent tuition fee increase or face mass protests. The ultimatum, issued recently, was contained in a statement signed by the Students’ Union Government (SUG) president, Akolade Omotuyi, and general secretary, Favour Animashaun. The union described the
itel Nigeria has committed N4 million to a back-to-school programme aimed at supporting education in local communities, it said on Tuesday. The initiative, Love Always On, in partnership with the Ise Omoluabi Foundation, provided pupils at Omolaiye Community Primary School, Ikorodu, with essential items, including bags, pens, exercise books, and mathematical sets. itel Mobile Nigeria’s
