A member of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) Board of Trustees, Umar Farouk Lawal, has challenged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to provide evidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered tertiary institutions to increase tuition fees. Lawal, who represents students on the NELFUND board, made the demand while reacting to Atiku’s comments about the…
The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State, has sanctioned a lecturer over alleged examination malpractice. The university also expelled six students who took part in the misconduct and withdrew nine others over poor academic performance and registration issues. The institution announced the decisions in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Uredo…
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board has fixed September 10 as the deadline for registration for its 2026 November/December certificate examinations. NABTEB announced the deadline in a statement issued by its Assistant Director, Media and Protocol, Uchechukwu Olisah, in Benin, Edo State. Registration for the National Business Certificate, National Technical Certificate, Advanced National Business…
The Federal Government has approved N10 billion for the 2026 National Research Fund grant cycle of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The allocation represents a 64.2 per cent increase from the N6.09 billion approved for 174 research projects under the 2025 cycle. TETFund announced the development in its 2026 National Research Fund Grant Cycle Call…
Kidnappers who abducted National Youth Service Corps members have demanded N20 million for each victim. The corps members were travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja when the gunmen attacked them. The incident occurred along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victims were returning after completing their three-week orientation exercise…
The management of Kaduna State University has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU chapter, to suspend its two-week warning strike and return to negotiations. The university said the intervention of the Kaduna State Government had created a fresh opportunity to resolve the lecturers’ grievances. The appeal came on Friday, barely 24 hours…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended the deadline for candidates offered admission from 2021 to date to accept or reject their outstanding admission offers. The new deadline is September 30, 2026, giving affected candidates additional time to regularise their admission status. JAMB had earlier set August 31 as the deadline for the exercise….
Lecturers at Kaduna State University have begun a two-week warning strike over unresolved issues concerning salaries, allowances and university autonomy. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU chapter, announced the strike on Thursday. The decision followed an emergency meeting with members of the union. ASUU-KASU said the Kaduna State Government failed to address some of…
The Federal Government has launched a ₦365 million annual prize to reward outstanding research by students in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The Tertiary Institutions National Laureate Prize will recognise research that offers strong commercial, industrial or developmental value. Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, announced the scheme on Thursday during a briefing with the Nigeria…
The Federal Government is reviewing its foreign scholarship and bilateral education arrangements as part of efforts to eliminate unnecessary expenditure. The government will redirect public resources towards strengthening Nigerian tertiary institutions. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the government could no longer justify spending scarce public funds to send students abroad to study…
