ShareAluta News The Federal Government has inaugurated the recently constituted governing councils for federal tertiary institutions in the country. They include governing councils of federal universities, federal polytechnics and federal colleges of education. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, while inaugurating the councils in Abuja on Thursday, urged councilContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The Borno government has released N507 million to cover the cost of external examination registration fees for 25,075 indigent students in the state. Lawan Wakilbe, the Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, stated this during the disbursement exercise on Wednesday in Maiduguri. He said the fund wouldContinue Reading
ShareJune 2, 2024 Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has approved a 50 per cent reduction of the registration fees of all the students studying in Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna. This largesse was part of his efforts to ease the burden on parents following the removal of fuel subsidy. The Pro-Continue Reading
ShareMay 31, 2024 The Niger Government has slashed the tuition fees of its university of education (Abdulkadir Kure University) by 50 per cent, toward reducing the burden of fuel subsidy removal on the students and their parents. This is contained in a statement signed by Prof Muhammed Yahaya-Kuta, Pro-chancellor ofContinue Reading
ShareMay 30, 2024 The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it plans to start entertaining loan application from students attending state-owned tertiary institutions on June 25. The Managing Director, NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr said this at a news conference on the Post-Application Launch in Abuja on Thursday. Sawyerr also saidContinue Reading
ShareMay 20, 2024 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the union to reposition the nation’s tertiary institutions. The union decried the neglects of its demands by the past administrations, saying the lingering crises that led to seriesContinue Reading
ShareMay 17, 2024 Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved recruitment of 7000 teachers into public primary schools in the state. The government also approved recruitment of 100 caregivers in special schools across the state. Dr Nureni Adeniran, Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), who disclosed this inContinue Reading
ShareMay 9, 2024 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted on negotiating the salary of its members with the Tinubu-led administration, thereby, rejecting the N35,000 wage award. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in Ibadan on Thursday at the inauguration of the secretariat of the UniversityContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News May 4, 2024 The Congress of University Academics (CONUA), University of Abuja Chapter has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Chairman, CONUA, University of Abuja Chapter, Prof. Abdul Buba, said this when the groupContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 21, 2024 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its accredited officials for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination must remove her headgear. The officials, at one of the examination centres in Lagos, had insisted that removalContinue Reading
