Tag: universities
FULL LIST: NELFUND disburses N2bn student loan to 6 varsities
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has released the list of six institutions that have received its disbursement of N2,026,163,340 as institutional fees.
NELFUND released...
Electricity tariff: Reps seek universities’ removal from Band A
The House of Representatives says it would ensure that federal universities across Nigeria are removed from the Band A electricity tariff plan to lessen...
Varsities decry high electricity bills
Federal University of Lafia (FUL) in Nasarawa State and the Federal University of Health Sciences (FUHS) in the Otukpo area of Benue State have...
Minister bows as varsities, polys, colleges to admit under 18
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mammanm has granted requests by heads of tertiary institutions to allow candidates who are 16 years of age...
FG: We’ve no plans to hand over universities to private investors
The Federal Government says there is no plan to hand over public universities to private investors.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this...
FG’s education loan available for state varsities’ students in 3 weeks
The federal government has declared that students of state universities will have access to the education loan in the next three weeks.
The Managing Director...
FG orders VCs to appoint deputies as acting administrators
The Federal Government has directed outgoing Vice-Chancellors (VCs) in federal universities to nominate their deputies to temporarily serve as acting Vice-Chancellors.
The government gave the...
Withheld salaries: SSANU ends warning strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the end of its seven-day warning strike, to give more room for government to...
NUC: No fake professors in Nigerian universities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has dismissed reports of fake professors in Nigerian universities.
The NUC said this in a statement issued by its Acting...
FG bans 18 foreign universities over fake degrees
The Federal Government has banned 18 foreign universities from operating in Nigeria for violating the country’s Education Act.
The ban was announced in a statement...
