The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has stated that university education should not be cheaper than nursery school education. He said so at the maiden matriculation ceremony of the University of Africa, Toru Orua, in Sagbama Local Government Area of the…
Members of the Lagos State branch of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni Association have pledged to raise a N707.2 million fund for their alma mater. They made the pledge at the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association which was…
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) was established in 1973 to promote research by African and Diaspora scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities that can contribute to a better understanding of Africa and its place…
The world has already invented ways to end poverty, yet the best interventions are not being distributed at mass-scale. Can you design a business or NGO that solves one of the Distribution Challenges below? D-Prize funds new entrepreneurs who increase access to…
Donors have pledged US$2.3 billion towards financing education and addressing the global learning crisis. They made the pledge at the just concluded Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference held in Dakar, Senegal. EduCeleb.com gathered that the proposed donation is a substantial…
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has on Monday proposed the allocation of N126.302billion representing 12.07percent of the 2018 budget presented before the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is from the Year 2018 Budget proposal of N1.046trillion with which the governor pledged…
Senator Tijjani Kaura represents Zamfara North Federal Constituency at the 8th Senate. ABDUSSALAM AMOO recently interviewed Kaura who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Character Commission and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. He…
Tertiary institutions in Kwara State have received the sum of N378,426,018.04 as allocation for the fourth quarter of 2017, as approved by the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, who made this disclosure in a…
Jigawa State government has allocated 26.4% of its annual budget for 2018 to education, EduCeleb.com findings show. The state governor, Mr. Muhammed Badaru had presented a budget estimate of N134.17 billion for 2018 financial year to the state House of Assembly recently….
TETFund has provided about N300 billion on infrastructural development in universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Nigeria between 2011 and 2016 to bridge the gap in the infrastructural development. Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) was established as an intervention agency under…
