By ABAH SUNDAY ADAH, Abuja Nigeria’s sole administrator of education tax proceeds for educational institutions of higher learning in the country, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has reaffirmed its readiness to partner with the Innovation Start Ups centre of excellence, otherwise known as Innov8 Hub, in Abuja for practicalContinue Reading
By Philomena Chukwuma Ebere Following the expiration of the first three year term tenure of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Chairman, and sixteen other members, of the Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved re-appointment of the 17-ManContinue Reading
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja In pursuit of result based education and academic excellence in Nigeria’s institutions of higher learning, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed readiness to expand the frontiers of its partnership with the United Kingdom, especially in the areas of research development and Information and CommunicationContinue Reading
By ABAH SUNDAY ADAH, Abuja Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday inaugurated a steering committee for its ongoing digitisation of thesis project, first of its kind in the life of the Fund. Explaining the rationale behind the move in his inauguration remarks, the Executive Secretary, Arc. Sunday Echono,Continue Reading
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