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The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said it has so far disbursed over N10 billion in loans to 40,000 students across the country. Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television. He disclosed that 370,000 students have registered on the NELFUND…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has warned of a possibility of shutting down Polytechnics nationwide by next week, if demands made to the Federal Government are not looked into. This warning was handed out by the Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter of ASUP at a press briefing on Tuesday. During the briefing, Chairman, Academic Staff…

Academic Activities in all Nigerian Universities is set to experience another shut as the branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide have commenced consultative meetings to take a position on the consequences of the ultimatum earlier issued by the Nigerian government. Sources within the leadership of the union noted that ASUU chapters…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday, said that four corps members who absconded from their duty posts would repeat the service year. The State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Chinwe Nwachuku, said this in Gombe, during the Passing-Out Parade of 2023 Batch “C” Stream I corps members. Nwachuku said that the service year of three…

Covenant University has once again secured the top spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. The ranking, which evaluates universities across various performance metrics, placed the Ota-based institution ahead of other leading Nigerian universities, reaffirming its position as a leader in higher education. The rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries,…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it. Prof. Timothy Namo, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos. Namo said that the union…

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the occasion. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Magdalene Ajani on Friday, said Dr. Tunji-Ojo praised the patient and hardworking Nigerian men and women, stating that their sacrifices will not…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to resolve several lingering issues. ASUU is seeking the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement of 2021, as well as the release of withheld salaries due to the 2022 strike…

2023 BATCH ‘C’ STREAM I WINDING-UP/PASSING-OUT: APPROVED PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES I am pleased to inform you that the Director-General has approved the Passing Out of the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream I Corps members for Thursday, 10th October, 2024. The programme will be low-key. (a) Release of Passing-Out Corps members by Employers (b) Job Awareness and…

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within three weeks. The unions are demanding, among other things, the payment of four months’ withheld salaries,…