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FUTMinna Postpones Resumption for 2024/2025 Academic Session

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 25, 2024

The Federal University of Technology, Minna has announced a postponement of the resumption date for the 2024/2025 academic session. The university stated that academic activities are now scheduled to begin on Monday, 20th January 2025. This decision was taken to ensure a more conducive

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BUA donates 108-bed hostel to FUTMinna

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 1, 2024

The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) has donated a block of hostel accommodation to the Federal University of Technology in Minna, Niger State. The project, which is being carried out under the philanthropic initiative of BUA Group Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu, is anticipated to provide hostel accommodation for undergraduate students on the university’s

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FUTMinna pro-chancellor urges FG to adequately fund public varsities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 23, 2024

Prof. Olu Obafemi, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has urged the federal government to appropriately fund the country’s public universities. Mr Obafemi, a well-known poet, made the plea during a public lecture hosted by the University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities […]

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ASUU commences nationwide consultation with members

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

Since President Bola Tinubu’s administration took office in May 2023, the Federal Government, according to Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has not implemented all of the agreements it made with organised labour, particularly with ASUU. In an interactive session with reporters this past week at the

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FUTA, OAU, FUT-MINNA get highest number of approved proposals in N5.1b TETFund research grants

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

The universities with the most accepted proposals for research grants from the N5.1 billion Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) include Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, and Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-MINNA). While 17 proposals were approved for FUTA, both OAU and FUT-MINNA had 16 proposals

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FUTMinna set to graduate 7,312 students in combined convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 24, 2024

At the Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna), which is set to graduate 7,312 students during its 31st and 32nd combined convocation for the 2020–2021 and 2022–2023 academic sessions, Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor, has announced that no less than roughly 189 undergraduate students will receive First Class Degrees in various disciplines. It was also […]

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Professor Abdullahi Mohammed Appointed as New Deputy VC of FUTMinna

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2023

Prof. Abdullahi Mohammed has been confirmed as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) by the Federal University of Technology, Minna, according to the Appointments and Promotions Committee (A&PC). This was confirmed at the university’s 87th meeting, which was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at the Senate Chamber, Main Campus, Gidan Kwano. The statement was

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Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA) Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 29, 2023

The list of qualified applicants for the first-degree programmes offered by the Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA) for the 2023/2024 academic year was just released. You should read this immediately if you were one of the candidates who took part in the FUTMINNA post-UTME screening exercise. Public access to the FUTMINNA undergraduate entrance list […]