The bill was sponsored by Sen. Jibrin Barau (APC -Kano ). Barau in his lead debate said that there was the need to have strong system in the educational sector with establishment of more institutions for training of teachers. According to him, the objectives of the proposed Federal University ofContinue Reading
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Alumni Association have consolidated their partnership to foster development in higher institutions. Over the years, the relationship between the two parties has been a symbiotic one. However, to further consolidate this, a team of the National Executive CommitteeContinue Reading
The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has affirmed the Fund’s commitment to the development of technology in the African sub-region. Echono stated this when the African Union Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Mohammed Belhocine along with officials from the Pan African UniversityContinue Reading
A don and Professor of Mass Communication and Media Technology at the Lead City University (LCU), Ibadan, Prof. Taye Babaleye, has recommended that the government should make practical agricultural science a compulsory course in all secondary schools in the rural areas of the country. This was as he also suggestedContinue Reading
Dr Abdulsalam Salman, the Librarian, Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, says the library will introduce Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to address the challenges of staff shortage in the Dept. Salman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that introduction of robots was one of the ways of digitalisingContinue Reading
The Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has approved the demotion of three professors for alleged academic-related infractions. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Muhammad Ja’afaru, made this known at a three-year anniversary of Prof. Abdullahi Tukur, MAU’s Vice-Chancellor, on Saturday in Yola. He said the action was subject to disciplinary processesContinue Reading
The newly-established private university in Borno, Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, has appointed Prof. Abubakar Kundiri as its pioneer Vice Chancellor. A statement on Saturday in Maiduguri by the institution’s Registrar, Mallam Bukar Usman, said the appointment is with immediate effect. “In accordance with the First Schedule Section 3 (4) of theContinue Reading
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi on Saturday announced that the Federal Government is set to take over the King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi. Umahi, who made the disclosure in Uburu during the maiden matriculation ceremony of the institution, noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the modalitiesContinue Reading
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund) has urged polytechnic lecturers who are already on the punishment list of the Fund for failing to attend conferences in the past after collecting the money meant for that to utilise such funds to sponsor themselves to the forthcoming training conferenceContinue Reading