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Chidimma UCHEGBU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N5,128,180,623.63 for the funding of 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) 2023 Grant Cycle. This is in continuation of efforts aimed at boosting Research and Development for economic and technological…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified 747 Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the 2024 UTME exercise scheduled to begin on Monday. The board made this known in a Bulletin issued in Abuja by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor(PAC), Dr Fabian Benjamin. The board had…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has called for improved support of relevant stakeholders to improve on basic education delivery in the country. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, made the call during the annual capacity-building workshop for directors of social mobilisation from the 36 SUBEBs and…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Friday, during the Fund’s Strategic planning meeting with heads of…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Bauchi State government has solicited support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), for its state-owned institutions to train technical manpower in agriculture, oil and gas and other fields critical to national development. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who made the appeal during a visit to TETFund…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that the list of 100 fake professors circulating on the social media, and also published by some national dailies and television stations, is fake. It said the purported list was not released by the Commission. The social media and some national…

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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal government has said that civil servants found to have colluded with unscrupulous elements to foster the presence of illegal universities and award of fraudulent degrees to secure graduate jobs in Nigeria, will be penalized. It said such penalties would, however, be administered in accordance with the…

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