85% of Nigerian varsities lack hostels – TETFund
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, says 85 percent of public...
LASU VC race: Njonkama resigns from selection committee
One of the elected Lagos State University (LASU) Senate representatives on the Joint Council and Senate Selection Committee...
Scholarship and research in the digital age
By Saheed Aderinto
When social media began to take firm root as an alternative medium...
University students jailed for cybercrime
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced three university students to...
FULokoja set to establish medicine, engineering faculties
The Senate of the Federal University Lokoja has approved the establishment of Faculties of Engineering and Medicine in...
NECO: Zamfara, others in N2 billion exam debt
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that some state governments are owing the National Examination Council (NECO)...
NUC accredits 17 courses at Atiba University
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted accreditation to Atiba University, in Oyo State for the running of...
IBB university increases fees to over N200,000
Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State has announced an upward review in school fees for the 2020/2021 academic...
TETFund worried over absconding sponsored academic staff after training
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has lamented the growing cases of abscondment by academic staff of various...
Lagos to establish 2 additional universities
The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to deliver two additional universities. They are a university of education...
Kano appoints provosts at health science, nursing colleges
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has approved the appointments of Provosts of College of Health Science...
TETFUND proffers solution to farmers/herdmen clashes in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Professor Suleman Elias Bogoro has explained the reason behind frequent...
Court stops government from slashing salaries of medical doctors in academics
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Nigerian government from reviewing downward the salaries and...
Court orders reinstatement of 110 illegally sacked ABU Zaria staff
A Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered the authorities of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to reinstate 110...
Media coy trains African students on tech
Ayomide Ogunleye
A media group in Nigeria, Roundnews, has trained more than 30 African students...
TETFund to spend N300 billion on academic staff training
The Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund) said about N300 billion has been set aside in its budget this year...
Abuse video: Edo suspends principal, housemaster
The Edo Government has suspended the principal of a public Secondary School, Edo College, in Benin, after a...
Brothers battle for control of Lekki British International School
The Idehen brothers, children of Dr Abiodun Laja, the founder of Lekki British International Schools, have dragged each...
13-year-old Taraba varsity produces first PhD
The Taraba State University, Jalingo, has recorded its first Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) product 13 years after...
Worrying trend in poor SSCE and UTME results
By Usman Garba
A popular joke among teachers is that in student’s mindsets, poor grades...
