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NANS Commends NELFUND for Including Private Institution Students in Loan Plan

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 17, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has praised the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer, for making it possible for students of private institutions to be part of the loan programme. According to a Friday statement signed by

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FG Grants Operating Licences to 11 New Private Universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 1, 2025

The federal government has issued official licences to 11 newly sanctioned private universities to help expand access to quality higher education in the country. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, stated during the licence presentation ceremony held in Abuja on Wednesday that this move followed the approval granted by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Among

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FEC gives approval for 11 new private universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 4, 2025

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has granted provisional licences for the establishment of 11 additional private universities. This latest approval raises the total number of private universities across the country to 150. Currently, there are 125 public universities nationwide. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, who disclosed the approvals following the FEC

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ASUU expresses concern over rise in number of first-class graduates from private universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 29, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has voiced concerns about the increasing number of first-class graduates emerging from private universities in Nigeria. ASUU’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, described the trend as troubling, warning that it could compromise academic integrity if adopted by public universities without adequate regulation.

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FG to probe 107 private universities over award of fake degrees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

The Federal Government has announced that it will launch an investigation into the award of fake degree certificates by some private universities in Nigeria. The move follows a journalist’s investigation, which revealed certificate racketeering in adjacent Benin Republic and Togo. In the last 15 years, at least 107 private institutions have been formed. The Federal

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ASUU Promises To Oppose TETFund’s Involvement With Private Universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 11, 2023

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is a fund that supports the country’s private universities. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has sworn to oppose any move by the federal government to include these schools as beneficiaries. At a two-day interactive meeting between TETFund and the unions of beneficiary institutions, Professor Emmanuel