As controversy deepens over the alleged mismanagement of the Federal Government’s student loan scheme, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, will today (Tuesday) meet with Vice-Chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions accused of misappropriating funds disbursed through the scheme. Top on t...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In this year’s UTME, over 1.5 million out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 in the just-concluded exam. This w...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N53.98 billion to 516,212 students as loans. NELFUND’s Executive Director (Operations), Iyal Mustapha, made this known yesterday at a stakeholders’ engagement and technical workshop on system automation and the loan application process in Abuja....
Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abdullahi Ribadu, and four other top officials have been accused of contempt of court. They allegedly disobeyed a court order to reinstate a former staff member, Mr Kunle Rotimi, and provide him with all denied entitlements. The ord...
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has said the government has upgraded about 38 federal and state technical colleges as part of ongoing reforms to equip youths with internationally competitive skills. Alausa announced this at this year’s quarterly citizens and stakeholders’ engagement on the...
Famous Nigerian singer, Davido, has spoken about the striking resemblance between his twin son and late Ifeanyi. The singer, who made the disclosure during his appearance on Apple Music 1 with Ebro Darden, described the resemblance between his twin boy and his late son, Ifeanyi, as scary. Recalls that I...
