The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), has lauded the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, for suspending everything bout Nigeria Air and the clandestine concession of airports by the failed Muhammadu Buhari regime. Speaking in statement signed by its spokesman, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, made available to journalists…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the Horizon Europe Project. Tope Toogun,…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Pierre Gomez, made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the acting Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, on Monday in Abuja. Gomez, who commended Nigerian for laying the foundation of university education in…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has urged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to establish e-library, entrepreneurship training centres in higher education institutions in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, in Abuja, weekend, also…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a One-Day Stakeholders Engagement on Emerging Issues…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has disclosed that the University has redesigned 30 per cent of the new Core Academic Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) for Nigerian universities to boost skill acquisition of students and employability of graduates. He also revealed that the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has said the third edition of online conference of registered teachers in the country will hold from 30 to 31 August 2023. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, Thursday met with the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa, over the implementation plans for the successful execution of the Diaspora Research Centre for Development project. The meeting was held as part…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that over two million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have access to online academic resources through the deployment of Blackboard learning platform. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known at…