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British High Commissioner, The Deputy and the scholars at the pre- departure reception The British Government has awarded 82 Nigerians the prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to study a wide range of postgraduate programmes in the UK in 2024. This is

There is a huge educational crisis in northern Nigeria. The country can no longer paper over this fact. Tens of millions of children are out of school for no fault of theirs. For many years, the Northern establishment chose not to prioritise

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has raised the alarm that some people the Fund has described as ‘impostors’ “are blackmailing the Fund, seeking a bailout from the Fund for foreign education pursuit under the platform of TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff

In what has been described as the epitome of personal integrity, a former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lanre Laoshe, has paid the N1,200 student loan he collected between 1976 and 1979, with the sum of N3,189,217.00. To determine the

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced that Nigeria has finally been admitted into the World Skills International (WSI). The Head, Media Unit of NBTE, Mrs Fatima Abubakar, who disclosed this development in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday

The South East Caucus of the National Assembly has protested against the reported non-inclusion of tertiary institutions from the zone in the federal government student loan scheme. In a statement issued Sunday (yesterday, August 25), by its leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, and

The Anambra Government has banned all social events, weddings, shows and entertainment on public school premises. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the State Commissioner for Education who gave the order in a statement signed and issued in Awka today, Saturday, August 24, by the

Rep. Terseer Ugbor (APC-Benue), has warned against politicising the disbursement of loans to students of tertiary institutions in the country. Ugbor, who represents Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue, in a statement on Friday, demanded openness and transparency in the management and disbursement

The Federal Government will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Monday to address the strike notice issued by the union. Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this while fielding questions

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, revealed on Friday that over 22,500 Nigerians are currently using fake certificates obtained from Benin Republic and Togo between 2019 and 2023. He stated that more than 21,600 of these certificates were acquired from unaccredited