SANGO OTA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Vice-Chancellor of Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran, has appealed to the Federal Government to support private universities for enhanced development of human capital. Ojediran made the appeal at a news conference on
The federal government has announced plans to develop guidelines to address the 18-year age limit for university admission. The government also stated that the 18-year age limit does not apply to students taking WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, or other ordinary-level exams. Minister of Education Prof. Tahir Mamman, in his keynote statement at the Ministerial Session of […]
Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), has issued guidelines for the exclusion of Federal Universities and Research Institutions’ research funding from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Madein released a federal treasury circular in Abuja on Thursday, stating that the new standards will be adopted immediately. She stated that the
The National Association of Academic Technologists has given the Federal Government a 21-day deadline to pay the five and a half months of withheld salaries, among other demands, or its members will withdraw their services from universities. This ultimatum was one of the resolutions passed by NAAT at its 56th National Executive Council meeting in Taraba […]
The Federal Government has been urged by the Owerri Zone Academic Staff Union of Universities to stop paying lip service to public education in the country. Dennis Aribodor, the zone’s zonal coordinator, accused the federal government of underfunding public education in the country during a press conference on Monday in Owerri, Imo State. He also accused […]
The Ministry of Education has stated that it is striving to prevent another strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Folasade Biriowo, the ministry’s director of press, confirmed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday. “I can assure you that everything is being done to prevent the strike from happening. The […]
The Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives from the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). This comes just two days before another round of nationwide protests against the country’s hardships, which are being planned by some activist
The Federal Government has stated that plans are underway to ensure that former Nigerian presidents create functional libraries in schools across the country, as well as to encourage library endowment by private persons and corporations. When Professor Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, announced this in Abuja, he also disclosed that the National Policy on […]
The Federal Executive Council is proposing a bill that will direct 30% of Tertiary Education Trust Fund allocations to the Student Loan Scheme. The bill aims to amend Section 3 of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act No. 16, 2011, titled ‘Establishment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.’ Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued the Federal Government a fresh 14-day deadline to resolve outstanding issues. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke made this clear in a statement on Wednesday. Osodeke expressed frustration with the government’s lack of commitment and delay tactics. As a result, it has issued a 14-day ultimatum to President […]
Abuja, (Sundiata Scholar) – The Federal Government says the 115 Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) in the country will soon be unbundled into basic and secondary schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu made this known during the opening of the Annual General Meeting of Principals of Unity Colleges in Abuja on Tuesday. […]
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) have threatened an indefinite strike over outstanding salaries. On Wednesday, SSANU President Mohammed Ibrahim and NASU General Secretary Prince Peters Adeyemi issued a joint statement. The unions gave the federal government a
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, has criticised the Federal and Lagos State governments’ recent increase in school fees, calling it illegal. In July 2023, the federal government increased Unity School fees from N45,000 to N100,000 per term, representing a more than 120 percent increase. Similarly, the Lagos State Government stated over the weekend that the
The federal government has stated that the country’s 115 Federal Unity Colleges will soon be split into basic and secondary schools. Dr Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, said this during the Annual General Meeting of Unity College Principals in Abuja on Tuesday. The event was themed: “Entrepreneurship Education: A Panacea for Self-Reliance and
The Federal Government has allocated N47.5 billion for the first phase of upgrading 50 selected senior secondary schools (SSS) across the country. Dr Iyela Ajayi, Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), announced this yesterday during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Government Science Secondary School (GSSC) in
The federal government has mandated that third-party research grant funds for federal universities and research institutions be excluded from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This was revealed in a letter sent by Chris Maiyaki, Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), to Vice Chancellors. The letter, dated September 6, 2024, was
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has decried the use of students for political purposes. The student body stated that it would not allow its members to be manipulated for purposes contrary to the national interest. According to a statement issued by its President, Comr. Lucky Emonefe, NANS believes that the nation’s unity and stability […]
Senator Victor Umeh of Anambra Central Senatorial Zone has advised students in his scholarship program not to apply for the federal government’s student loan plan. Umeh made this statement yesterday during the Anambra Central Scholarship Programme in Awka, which benefited 223 students from various tertiary institutions across the zone’s seven local
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the opening of the application season for the 2024/2025 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP). The scholarships, sponsored by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), are intended to help promising individuals from low- and middle-income Commonwealth countries pursue higher education in the
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will resume talks on September 6 to clarify some of the concerns of university lecturers. Prof Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, made the statement following a closed-door meeting with ASUU’s leadership, chaired by President Emmanuel Osodeke. ASUU issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal