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FG Allocates N940 Billion to TETFund in 2025 Budget for Education Development

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 2, 2025

The Federal Government has earmarked N940.5 billion for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in the 2025 budget to support workforce development and infrastructure improvements in the education sector. President Bola Tinubu, represented by Rakiya Iliyasu, Director of Tertiary Education

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Joseph Sarwan Tarka University gets NELFUND’s N136.7m students’ fees

Angel Ojonugwa January 23, 2025

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), says it has disbursed the sum of ₦136,786,650.00 to the Joseph Sarwan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue, for the 2,222 benefitting students of the institution. Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, Managing Director, NELFUND, disclosed this on Thursday, in Abuja. Sawyerr said that the disbursement of the fund

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NANS Urges Southern Students to Apply for Student Loan Scheme

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 20, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged students in southern Nigeria to take advantage of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to alleviate financial challenges in their educational pursuits. This appeal was made in a statement issued on Monday by Abdul-Yekinn Odunayo, the Clerk of the Senate at NANS National headquarters, in Abeokuta, […]

Tertiary institutions

Don advises governments on ensuring safer campuses

Angel Ojonugwa September 10, 2024

ILLORIN (Sundiata Scholar) – A Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ilorin, John Olorunmaiye, on Monday urged government at all levels to ensure safety on the nation’s campuses. Olorunmaiye, while speaking during the 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Kwara Branch of Nigerian Association of Mechanical Engineering in Ilorin, said