Tag: universities
TETFund begins employability scheme in varsities
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund on Monday announced the commencement of the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking...
FEC approves licences for 12 new private universities
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Nigeria has approved the issuance of provisional licences for the establishment of...
FUOYE to hold 5th, 6th combined convocation
Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has concluded plans for its 5th and 6th Combined Convocation ceremony for...
Vanishing values of Nigerian universities
By Samuel Ogundele
Universities are special knowledge factories for self-actualisation and the promotion of the...
Nigeria: A country of cheap tertiary education
By Sunday Wale Adeniran
I was surprised when my claim that Nigeria offers one of...
FG failed to release of over N50b to universities – ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) during the weekend decried federal government's insincerity to honour its pledges to...
ASUU seeks 10 year delay in allowing new public universities access...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to bar state governments proposing to...
TETFund to disburse N292.7bn to higher institutions
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the sum of N292.7 billion for disbursement to select public...
This is the worse time to be a vice-chancellor – Salami
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Professor Lilian Salami has lamented the pitiable situation of the...
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...