By Waziri Isa Adam The Chairman, Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Imam, has disclosed that the Fund will spend not less than N300 billion to address Five critical areas of Intervention in 2021. The Board Chairman made the disclosure Tuesday at Le MeridianContinue Reading
By Henry Umoru, Abuja President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has hailed Professor Maimuna Waziri on her appointment as the third Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State. In a statement he personally signed yesterday in Abuja, Lawan said, “I congratulate Professor Maimuna Waziri on her appointmentContinue Reading
Terminates Lecturer’s appointment for sexual harassment The Kaduna State University (KASU), has approved the promotion of 12 lecturers to the rank of Professor and eight others to the rank of Associate Professor. The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, who made this known in a statement in Kaduna recently,Continue Reading
By Garba M. Muhammad Renowned professor of Analytical Chemistry, Maimuna Waziri has beaten 48 other contestants to emerge as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State. This was made known in a statement obtained by Education Monitor. According to the statement which was signed by the institution’sContinue Reading
Judgement is a triumph of the rule of law- Obaseki By Samson Yaki The Director General of Edo State Liaison Office Abuja, DCN Festus Osagie Osaigbovo has joined other well meaning people of Edo State to congratulate the Governor of the state, His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Enogheghase Obaseki, over theContinue Reading
By Waziri Isa Adam The University of Abuja has entered into a partnership with Diabetes Africa, a network of health professionals, to establish a top-class educational programme on Diabetes Education that will improve the quality of care offered to diabetes patients across Africa. A statement issued by Head, Information andContinue Reading
By Hajj Wazz Messiah Adam Nigeria’s President of Japan Alumni Association, Professor Muhammad Dauda, has been appointed Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, University of Maiduguri. A letter conveying the appointment, signed by the Registrar of the University, Tijjani Bukar, dated 29th, December, 2020, partly read, “I writeContinue Reading
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “probe allegations that ₦3,836,685,213.13 of public funds meant for the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, and National Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen.” SERAP in a statement issuedContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, has sanctioned 240 members for enrolling into the federal government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) initiative opposed by the union. The resolution, which was arrived at during the ASUU-UNILAG congress held on December 29, 2020, wasContinue Reading