•Flags of Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) countries The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finalised plans to relocate its institutions and agencies currently based in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, following the formal withdrawal of the three countries from the regional bloc. This decision was...
•Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed A coalition of groups, including Lawyers for the cause of Bauchi (LAWBA), Bauchi Gari Ya Waye Group, and the Human Rights Community in Nigeria (HURICON), has expressed grave concern over the desecration of traditional institutions in Northern Nigeria. The group noted that the traditional institution is bein...
Sixteen more state-owned tertiary institutions have been onboarded for the student loan scheme under the coordination of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. In a post on X, the fund via its official handle, @NELFUND noted today that the addition of the 16 institutions brings the total number of registered state-owned institutions to 86. NELFUND ...
•Prof Tahir Mamman The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman, has made a U-turn in his earlier statement, where he directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions. Mamman today, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced that only ...
The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund today said 12 state government-owned tertiary institutions have been onboarded to the student loan application pool. A statement signed by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, noted that the onboarding followed the successful submission and verification of data comp...
•Tertiary institution students The Management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has announced a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loans for state institutions due to low data submissions. A statement by the Head, Media and Public Relations, Nasir Ayitogo, today, said the decision was necessitated by the fa...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will hold a Policy Meeting on Friday, July 18, 2024, to deliberate on the admission cut-off marks for tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic year. The meeting, which will be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, is expected to set the [&hell...
•National Universities Commission building, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has blamed the proliferation of illegal degree awarding institutions on parents whom he said had placed a premium on university certification. The Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Chris Maiyaki, said this today in Abuja during an interview with the News ...
•Indecent dressing on campuses In their bid to curtail the rising trend of indecent dressing among students on campuses, tertiary institutions have come up with various measures. Students of tertiary institutions, in their quest to align with the trending fads and fashion styles, often go to classes in skimpy and tattered dresses considered to...
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