By ABAH ADAH, Abuja For the year 2022 annual direct intervention by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund) is to disburse N1.4 billion to public universities in the country. This follows the approval of the guidelines of the 2022 intervention budget for implementation byContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike by 12 weeks. The decision was reached after a meeting of the union’s national executive council (NEC) on Sunday at its University of Abuja secretariat. In a statement issued after the meeting, Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU president, said theContinue Reading
Around 10,842 violators of residency and labor laws and border security regulations have been arrested in various regions of the Kingdom within a week. The arrests were made during joint field campaigns carried out by various units of security forces and the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) during the periodContinue Reading
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve lingering issues to end the ongoing strike. The Chairman of the committee, Prof. Samuel Edoumiekumo, said this in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By AbdulAzeez Mantu & Philomena Chukwuma Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is insisting that all research proposals by lecturers and other scholars will be subjected to an anti-plagiarism test before being consider for funding of the agency. This was made known by TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, in Abuja onContinue Reading
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja The Tetiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has appealed to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) and other relevant players in the educational sector to continue playing the role of advising and promoting stability in the Nigerian university system. The Executive Secretary, TETFUND, Arc. SundayContinue Reading
Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has called for more investment in primary and secondary schools to enhance the pursuit of purposive tertiary education, tailored towards meeting the needs of the society. Echono, who spoke, while receiving education correspondents on a visit to his office,Continue Reading
By MK. Aliyu One time Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Provost, Nigerian Defence Academy, Professor Shehu Usman Abdullahi has passed on. The former Vice Chancellor, according to a statement by the University’s Muslim Forum died yesterday in the night but was buried this morning after Eid prayerContinue Reading
The parcel of land located in the highbrow Maitama area of Abuja was offered to Buhari at the cost of N5million in a lease term agreement for 99 years, The Street Journal reports. The so-called anti-corruption fight of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has further been dragged to the mudContinue Reading