Tag: Tertiary Institutions
NELFUND disburses N77 billion in Student Loans to over 396,000 Tertiary students
Of the total disbursed, ₦41.7 billion was paid directly to 210 tertiary institutions as tuition fees, while ₦35.3 billion was…
FG warns tertiary institutions against illegal admission
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa gave the directive in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy meeting of…
NELFUND: Investigations reveal how schools, banks are shortchanging students
The NOA's feedback shows how specific institutions have, in connivance with some banks, deliberately delayed payments to successful student applicants…
Tinubu approves new list of appointees into councils, boards of tertiary institutions
Recall that the Federal Government had withdrawn a list of members of the reconstituted governing councils released some weeks ago…
FG jacks up salaries of tertiary institutions’ lecturers by 25%
The increment cut across universities, polytechnics and colleges of educations. A letter from the Office of the Auditor General of…
N200m set aside monthly for tertiary institutions in Oyo
The Oyo State Government says it has set aside a N200 million special grant on monthly basis to assist state-owned…
Interventions in tertiary institutions is over N700bn – Minister
The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) allocated a total of N727,225,862,128.86 billion worth of investment to…
Salary Arrears: Oyo State-owned tertiary institutions issue 7-day ultimatum to govt
Trade unions in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions under the Joint Action Committee (JAC) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the…
Kebbi gov approves N400m for indigenous students in tertiary institutions
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved over N400 million for the payment of 2017/2018 registration fees for indigenous students…
Kogi Govt. tasks tertiary institutions on revenue generation
The Kogi Government on Thursday urged tertiary institutions in the state to look inward and outward for revenue generation as…
30 IDPs secure admission to tertiary institutions
The Coordinator, Uhogua Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benin, Mr Solomon Folorunsho, says 30 of the IDPs have been…
Tertiary institutions begin indefinite strike in Nasarawa
The Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions (JUTI), Nasarawa State Chapter, on Friday, embarked on an indefinite strike following the state…
Tertiary institutions to remain in Southern Kaduna – KDSG
The Kaduna State Government, says it has no plan to relocate its tertiary institutions located in Southern Kaduna because of…
Nasarawa Gov Dissolves Governing Council
Gov Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the dissolution of the governing council of the three state owned tertiary…
54 varsity students denounce cultism in Benue
No fewer than 54 students from various tertiary institutions in Benue have denounced their membership of cult groups. The students…
Kwara cuts subventions to higher institutions
The Kwara State Government says it has cut the subventions of seven tertiary institutions in the state from N3.6 billion…
Osun denies plans to scrap tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Deputy Governor of Osun state, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Tomori has again debunked the rumours of the alleged plan to…
Ambode charges New Governing Councils to resolve crises in tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday inaugurated the Governing Councils of the five tertiary institutions in…
Ambode appoints new Governing Councils in state’s tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for tertiary institutions in the…
Tertiary Institutions Undermine JAMB, Conduct Post-UTME
Mr Gunsling Yarlings, the Plateau NUT Chairman, has said that tertiary institutions’ insistence on conducting post-UTME was undermining JAMB’s function…
Protesting Workers Shut Edo Govt House Over Unpaid Salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Activities at the Edo State Government House were put on hold on Wednesday by protesting workers of the…
Tertiary institutions underutilised N22.3bn in 10 years
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Wednesday expressed regrets that institutions which benefitted from the N22.3 billion intervention fund…
Tertiary institutions yet to access N100bn intervention fund
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Thursday said the nation’s tertiary institutions had yet to access the over N100…
FG decries sentiments in tertiary appointments
The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Friday condemned agitations by host communities for localisation of appointment of heads…
Ogun spends N21.6bn on tertiary institutions in 3 years
The Ogun Government said on Saturday that it had committed N21.6 billion to subvention to its tertiary institutions in the…
NANS Urges FG To Ban Sale Of Handouts
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Kwara Chapter, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to ban the sale…
World Bank Gives FG $180m For ICT Training
The Federal Government and the World Bank have earmarked $180 million for the training of graduates of tertiary institutions in…
Fashola Suspends Honorary Degrees At LASU
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday attended the 17th Convocation ceremony of the Lagos State University, Ojo,…
Why Campus Violence Is On The Rise
An Islamic scholar, Imam Moshood Mamood, has blamed the alarming rate of violence in Nigerian tertiary institutions on what he…
Imoke Closes Eleven Tertiary Schools
The Cross River State Government has ordered the immediate closure of eleven private tertiary institutions operating in the state. …