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18 Jan
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has earmarked N25 billion for the upgrade of laboratories, workshops and equipment in the nation’s public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education (Technical).
18 Jan
Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Edo State, Prof.  Lawrence Ezemonye has called on the Federal Government to support the development of private institutions
18 Jan
For their professional accomplishments and uncommon services to their alma mater, members of the Baptist Academy Old Students Association (BAOSA) recently honoured 13 of their members.
18 Jan
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has officially acknowledged the conversion of Niger State University of Education, Minna, from a specialized institution to a conventional university. This transformation, started with the revalidation of the university by the NUC on September 28, 2023 as the 63rd state-owned university and the 270th university in the Nigerian University System.…
15 Jan
The Ogun State government has disclosed that about 45,000 persons applied for the recently concluded Ogun teach intern programme meant to employ 2,000 teachers.
15 Jan
A student of Lagos State University (LASU,) Edward Olutoke, has stressed the need for collaboration between postgraduate students worldwide
15 Jan
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to suspend institutions running unaccredited courses. This came on the heels of the Federal Ministry of Education’s suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry had blacklisted about 18 of the learning institutions…
15 Jan
President Bola Tinubu has named Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, mni, as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education. An esteemed alumna of the Federal Government Girls' College in Benin City and the Federal Government College in Ilorin, is among the first individuals educated at Nigeria's Unity Schools to achieve this high-ranking position…
15 Jan
As part of efforts to support indigent families in Edo State, a lawmaker representing Etsako Federal Constituency, Sunday Anamero, is set to pay examination fees for 10,000 indigent students in the state.
15 Jan
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved Nursing and Agricultural Science programmes for Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli, Delta State, at the undergraduate level.
15 Jan
A professor of Ethics and Intellectual Studies, Prof. Obiora Ike, has been appointed into the board of newly established Peaceland University, Enugu.
15 Jan
As cautious optimism trailed President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget into law, attention has shifted to ministries, departments and agencies expected to provide monthly performance reports to the Nigerian public.

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