The National Youth Service Corps has attributed the delay in paying corps members the new N77,000 minimum wage to a lack of “cash backing.” NYSC spokesperson, Caroline Embu, confirmed this on Monday in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH. “The cash backing is still being awaited,” she stated in a brief...
The Federal Government on Monday approved provisional licences for 11 new private universities nationwide, further expanding Nigeria’s higher education sector. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, announced this to State House Correspondents after the 24th Federal Executive Council meeting at the...
Ekiti State Government on Monday began a training programme for Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates in the state. No fewer than 3,000 candidates who obtained the free UTME forms, courtesy of the state government, would benefit from the training. The training is to improve the candida...
The federal government has said schools across the country have been given a deadline of nine months to implement the newly unveiled Minimum Standards for Senior Secondary Education. The Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Iyela Ajayi, who disclosed this...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has urged the Federal and State Governments to expedite the implementation of key policies affecting polytechnic staff across the country. This call was made in a communique issued after the association’s 75th General Executive Council (GEC)...
The vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, has confirmed that 2,973 students of the institution have benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), receiving a total of N372.28 million in financial assistance. According to the university’s bulletin released on Mon...
