Tag: Tertiary Institutions
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. …