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12 Smart Schools set to begin operations next month — FG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 21, 2024

The Federal Government is prepared to present 12 Model Smart Schools throughout the federation’s six geopolitical zones, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said yesterday. Dr Hamid Bobboyi, the Commission’s Executive Secretary (ES), dropped the hint during an

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FG to recruit 3,500 teachers for unity colleges

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 15, 2024

Dr. Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, has announced that the Federal Government will recruit 3,500 teachers for Unity Colleges. He said that the recruitment would improve the country’s educational standards. Sununu spoke at the National Senior Secondary Education Commission’s two-day national stakeholders’ forum on Senior Secondary

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FG approves 22 more state-owned institutions for student loans (Full List)

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 14, 2024

The Nigerian government has approved 22 more state-owned tertiary institutions across the country to apply for student loans. The institutions were cleared on Wednesday, August 14, by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the body in charge of handling all loan requests, grants, disbursement, and recovery. In a statement posted on X, NELFUND stated that the

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FG revokes two smart school contracts in Kebbi and Bayelsa

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 14, 2024

The Federal Government claims it has revoked the contract for constructing a smart school in Kebbi State and granted it to a different contractor. Dr Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, also revealed that the construction of a smart school in Bayelsa State is being revoked. Sununu made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja, while […]

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FG releases JSS1 admission list into unity colleges 

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 14, 2024

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the release of the 2024/2025 admission list for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS1) at the 115 Federal Unity Colleges around the country. Mrs Folasade Boriowo, the ministry’s Director Press and Public Relations, issued a statement to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. ”Following the announcement of successful conduct of the

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Rector: FedPoly Nekede staff call for fresh recruitment process

Angel Ojonugwa August 12, 2024

OWERRI (Sundiata Scholar) – Six senior staff members of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Owerri, Imo, have called for the conduct of a fresh interview process for the recruitment of a new Rector for the institution. According to them, they have notified the Federal Government over the flawed process of recruitment of a new rector […]

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FG dissociates self from purported Same-Sex marriage school debate

Angel Ojonugwa August 12, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Federal Ministry of Education has disassociated itself from a purported school debate organised by the Creative Africa Initiative, titled “Same-Sex Marriage Should be Legalised in Nigeria.” In a statement on Saturday, August 10, 2024, the ministry’s director of press and public relations, Folasade Boriowo, said the organisation forged

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FG to reverse merger of technical and science colleges

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 9, 2024

The federal government has announced intentions to unbundle the merger of the country’s federal technical colleges and science schools. This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, during a one-day stakeholder meeting on the Challenges and Issues Affecting Technical Colleges in the country. Mamman voiced dissatisfaction with the merger of

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FG disburses N2.5 billion tuition fees for 22,120 students in 12 institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 3, 2024

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund announced it has disbursed more than N2.5 billion in tuition fees to 12 institutions throughout the country. Nasir Ayitogo, the Fund’s spokesman, said in a statement issued Friday in Abuja that the exercise benefited 22,120 students. According to Mr Ayitogo, the gesture was consistent with President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to

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FG applauded for giving approval to colleges to run degrees, NCE

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 3, 2024

Okey Reuben Okechukwu, Provost of Federal College of Education Technical, Isu in Ebonyi State, has praised the Federal Government for implementing the Dual Mode Act, which allows the country’s colleges of education to offer both degree and NCE programmes. The measure, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2024, allows Colleges of […]

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FG issues circular to VCs ahead of nationwide protests over protection of staff, students, and infrastructure

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

The Federal Ministry of Education has issued a directive to all Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities, emphasising the importance of protecting staff, students, and public infrastructure within their institution ahead of the nationwide protests on August 1. The circular, issued by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and signed by Acting Executive Secretary

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Nigerian government reduces allowances for foreign scholars

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 24, 2024

The Nigerian government has reduced the allowances of foreign scholars studying under the Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) Scholarship by 12.7 per cent. The scholars are now stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among other countries. The cut in allowances was disclosed in a memo released by the Nigeria government. The Federal Government clarified in a memo

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Economic Hardship: Stranded foreign scholars’ allowances slashed by FG

Angel Ojonugwa July 24, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholars) – The federal government has slashed the allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7%. The announcement was made through the Federal Ministry of Education, with the reduction attributed to the current economic crisis bedevilling the country. The development comes following

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FCT security tightened as SSANU, NASU converge for protest

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – There is heightened security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and those of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) gathered for a protest on Thursday. Reports that a few of the demonstrators were on the premises of the Unity […]

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2022 strike:;CONUA demands payment of outstanding salaries, other benefits

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

BENIN (Sundiata Scholar) – The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has called on the Federal Government to pay outstanding salaries, promotion arrears, and other benefits owed to its members.The congress made the call in its communiqué read at the end of its Second National Executive Council meeting on Sunday in Benin. The communique read by […]

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FG denies plans to hand over universities to private investors

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The federal government has disputed claims that it is selling public universities to private investors. Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, stated that there has been misinformation about one aspect of the ministry’s strategy regarding tertiary education. The minister declared this during a meeting with heads of agencies, parastatals, and directors at the

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FG vows to support victims of Jos school collapse

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

The federal government has said that it will help the victims, relatives and communities affected by the collapsed school building in Jos, Plateau, on Friday. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the ministry’s spokesperson, Folasade Boriowo. “We urge the relevant government agencies, including the National

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OAU SSANU joins nationwide protest over withheld salaries

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

ILE IFE (Sundiata Scholar) – Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch, on Tuesday staged a protest over non-payment of their four months withheld salaries. The Chairman of the branch, Dr Taiwo Arobadi, while addressing members during a one-day protest at the university Campus in Ile-Ife, said

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Tinubu’s government will enhance the standard of education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 11, 2024

According to Chief Bassey Esin, a member of the Governing Council at Federal University in Kashere, Gombe State, President Bola Tinubu’s administration improve education standards in the country. Esin added that the launch of the student loan plan, a core policy of the President’s admittance under the Renewed Hope Agenda, demonstrated Tinubu’s

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Withheld salaries: SSANU members protest at Nigeria French Language Village Badagry

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

BADAGRY (Sundiata Scholar) – Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), on Tuesday staged a protest against non-payment of withheld salaries by the Federal Government. reports that the protesters carried placards with different inscriptions such as, “Pay us our arrears of 25 to 35 per cent salary