The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it spent nothing less than 23 billion naira on 912 research projects yet it had not yielded viable outcomes to move the country forward. TETFund representative at the validation workshop for the project, "Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West Africa",...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the issuance of provisional licences for the establishment of 12 private universities across the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has partnered Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) to establish and launch Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship For Africa (ARIFA) innovation platform in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono disclosed the development on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Abuja. ARIFA is aimed...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it spent nothing less than 23 billion naira on 912 research projects yet it had not yielded viable outcomes to move the country forward. TETFund representative at the validation workshop for the project, "Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West Africa",...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) which is conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the Council, Mr. Azeez Sani on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Sani explained...
Another Chibok schoolgirl has been rescued from Boko Haram captivity by troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno State. The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Monday 15 May, 2023. The rescued schoolgirl, identified as Saratu Dauda, and aged 25, was rescued by the ground...
A media organization, Signature TV, has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to probe some staff of the National Examination Council, NECO for engaging in examination scandals at a centre in Kaduna State. Making the call during the unveiling of Season 2 of Corruption...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the British Council have called for an overhaul of the Curriculum of Nigerian Universities to accommodate recent global reality. The development was announced at the British Council Workshop on Enhancing Curriculum and Pedagogical Approaches in Nigerian Universities held on Monday, March 25, 2024 in...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has said it has recommended termination of contracts and sanctions for erring contractors handling projects in institutions benefiting from its various interventions. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday, at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Procurement...
The longest serving Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has disclosed that he was an angry journalist and knew nothing about education when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him to head the ministry in 2014. He stated this during a send forth ceremony organised by staff of the ministry on Thursday,...