In agriculture, Sen. Sani promises “a well-developed, productive system of innovative and technologically driven agriculture, able to serve food needs and service the industrial sector”, and also to work very hard to ensure food security by encouraging investment in food production and processing, and manufacturing of agricultural implements in Kaduna…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government has approved the sum of N4,736,782,352.21 for the award of 219 research grants to successful participants under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) programme for the 2021 grant cycle. This followed the report of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening and…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the textbooks on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said the publications would end the dominance of foreign…
The GE Foundation Wednesday announced a donation of $100,000 to provide immediate relief to Nigeria after several months of heavy rain and devastating flooding. The donation will fund the international humanitarian agency CARE to support local emergency response authorities and volunteers in Kogi State. Specifically, the donation will help address…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved the commencement of registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from January 24, 2023. It will end on February 14, 2023. The Board also fixed March 16, 2023, for the conduct of its optional mock-UTME. This is…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has expressed the readiness of the Fund to replicate innovation hubs projects in public universities and other higher education institutions in the country. Echono, made this known at the opening of TETFund Alliance for Innovative Research…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Following the introduction of the Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System (IBASS), by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the agency on Monday, commenced training of all administrative staff of tertiary institutions to keep them abreast of the workings of the new platform The training which was held…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal Government has expressed concern over the low number of convictions recorded in cases of examination malpractice in the country. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Andrew Adejoh, made this known on Friday in Abuja at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice in Nigeria organised…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned public universities in the country against abridging the semester following the recent strike that rocked the nation’s university system. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, who made this known at a media parley on Wednesday in Abuja, said some universities…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has called for the review of relevant civil service laws to address the lacuna bothering the death of staff on the eve of retirement. Oloyede made the call in Bwari, Abuja at the retirement ceremony…