By Festus Fifen. Appointed about 27 months after the Ministers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration were sworn-in, The newly appointed Secretary for Education, Hon Sani Dahir El-katuzu is hitting the ground running as he revealed that, Education Standard under his tenure will not be compromised. The New Secretary who stated this during his maiden... Read More
By Festus Fifen. As part of activities to Mark this Year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with the theme Orange The World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect” The Nigeria Police Force over the weekend activated the Orange Light Position in Nigeria Police Force Headquarters Building Louis Edet House Garki Abuja. In a brief lighting... Read More
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has allocated the sum of N1 billion each for the establishment of twelve additional Centres of Excellence (COEs) in tertiary institutions. Recall that under the 2020 intervention, 12 TETFund Centers of Excellence were established in universities. This year, 12 more Centers will be established evenly in 6(six) polytechnics... Read More
All ad-hoc staff involved in the conduct of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates have been fully paid by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The ad-hoc staff includes, 18,243 Supervisors, 887 Assistant Supervisors and 65,159 Examiners. The payment which commenced last week has been concluded. The Management... Read More
Plans are underway to begin Teachers Exchange Program with the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to develop digital literacy capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known in Abuja while monitoring the conduct of the Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination PQE organized by Teachers Registration... Read More
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has dismissed reports published by online newspaper, SaharaReporters, which accused the agency of malpractices in the conduct of staff promotion exercise and non-publication of disbursement of funds on its website. A statement signed by Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi – Acting Director, Public Affairs of TETFund on Sunday, said the reports,... Read More
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says N6,396,159,060.00 has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, made this known at the inauguration of the Fund’s National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) and Technical Advisory... Read More
The House of Representative Committee on Basic Education and Services has applauded the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for being proactive especially in the area of project implementation and monitoring across the 36 states in the country. In a statement,UBEC stated that the Chairman of the committee, Prof.Julius Ihonvbare gave the commendation at the... Read More
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51b to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. The 2021 remittance was in line with Prof. Is-haq Oloyede’s avowed commitment to prudent management of public resources. This commitment to probity coupled with the adoption of international best practices make for... Read More
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