27 July 2026

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Senate Steps In as ASUU Strike Threatens to Shut Down Universities

The Senate has intervened in the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), moving to prevent a full-scale shutdown of academic activities across Nigeria’s public universities. Members of the Senate Committees on Labour, and on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, met behind closed doors with ASUU’s national leadership at the National

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Ugwunna Solicits Support for Private Schools

Elder George Ugwunna, the Executive Director of Global Model Academy, Bagusa, Dei Dei, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has urged the Nigerian Senate to enact legislation that supports private schools in Nigeria. He stated that private schools have more enrolment than public schools in certain areas, therefore appealing to the Senate to provide grants that can

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Senate Approves Establishment of Federal University in Jigawa
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Senate Approves Establishment of Federal University in Jigawa

The Nigerian Senate has approved a bill upgrading the Federal College of Education, Gumel, in Jigawa State, to a full-fledged Federal University of Education. The move is part of broader legislative efforts to expand access to higher education nationwide. Alongside the approval for Gumel, the Senate also passed legislation for the upgrade of the Federal

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Senate Passes Bill to Establish PSC Training Institute
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Senate Passes Bill to Establish PSC Training Institute

The Nigerian Senate has passed a Bill seeking to establish a dedicated training institute for the Police Service Commission (PSC), aimed at enhancing institutional oversight capacity and professional development within Nigeria’s internal security framework. Titled the Police Service Commission Training Institute (Establishment) Bill, 2024 (SB.564), the legislation proposes the creation of a specialised centre for

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