Tertiary Institutions

The Federal Government has released ₦50 billion for the payment of earned allowances to academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities, fulfilling a key promise made by President Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed by the…
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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has revealed that an investigation by its Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers (COMO) uncovered unethical practices by some tertiary institutions, in collaboration with certain banks, that…
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The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has directed all federal tertiary institutions granted staff recruitment waivers to advertise the available vacancies publicly. In a statement released in Abuja to the media on Thursday,…
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has commended the weekend’s directive by the Federal Government instructing all Federal tertiary institutions to publish their budgetary allocations, other financial information and institutional data online,…
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The Federal Government has directed all Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts of its tertiary institutions to publish key institutional data on their official websites for public consumption with immediate effect. To comply with this…
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The Kano State Government has approved a 25 per cent and 35 per cent salary increase for academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions, effective March 2025. Commissioner for Information, Abdullahi Waiya, confirmed this on…
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Dr Abbas Tajuddeen, says Zaria Federal Constituency will get seven additional federal institutions in 2025 budget. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tajuddeen disclosed this during Ramadan…
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A Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating alleged certificate racketeering in tertiary institutions has urged the Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission and other relevant agencies to intensify…
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the approval of N20,075,050,006.55 loans for disbursement to 192,906 students in public tertiary institutions across the country. NELFund said on its X (formerly Twitter) handle…
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has signed an Executive Order increasing the retirement age of academic staff in state-owned tertiary institutions to 65 years, provided eligibility requirements are met. The Commissioner for Education,…
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