Students of tertiary institutions who have successfully applied for the Federal Government’s loan scheme and who are starting fresh academic sessions will begin to receive credit alerts from next week, said NELFUND. “The people who are going to first receive alerts as early as next week are the people who are about to start a…

Barring last-minute interventions, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions, NASU, will commence a protest in the nation’s capital Abuja on Thursday. The protest which is expected to kick off from the Unity Fountain Abuja by 8am will see the affected staff matching to…

I have the directive to inform all students that the rector has graciously approved the opening of students portal for Registration All students are expecting to complete their payment and registration on or before the stipulated date with a penalty of six thousand naira only(N6,000). Any students that did not comply with the above directive…

The Lagos State University(LASU) Career Development Centre in conjunction with the Association of Management Technology Students, Department of Management Technology, has organised  a one-day training for students. The event which on the school’s main campus in Ojo, Lagos, was aimed at expanding students’ career horizon. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello,  stressed the importance of project management…

Akintunde Sawyerr, the managing director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), says over 110,000 applications have been received for the student loan scheme. Sawyerr was at the ceremonial launch of the student loan application portal at the statehouse council chambers in Abuja. He said 160,000 students had registered for the scheme while over 110,000…

Thousands of students at the University of Ibadan have protested against a hike in school fees and other issues. As early as 8 a.m., the visibly angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff were locked outside the gates. After blocking all…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has onboarded Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, as a beneficiary institution for the student loan. In a statement On Tuesday, NELFUND announced that 22 new state-owned tertiary institutions had been added to the program, enabling their students to apply for loans. The statement reads, “The Management of Nigerian Education Loan…

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has set a new qualifying exam as a condition for polytechnic graduation. Idris Bugaje, the board’s executive secretary, says polytechnic students must now undergo a “mandatory skills qualification” (MSQ) to graduate. The NBTE boss, who spoke at the board’s head office on Monday in Kaduna, said the policy…

Candidates who sat for the 2024 UTME and scored 120 and above are eligible to apply. Such candidates are required to ensure that they do a change of institution to the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan as the first choice. They should also ensure that they upload their O’Level result on JAMB CAPS at the…

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for Unity Schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, made this known during a press briefing on the outcome of the examination on Tuesday. Recall that this year’s examination was written on Saturday, June 1,…