Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded scholarships to 12 lecturers from public tertiary institutions in Nigeria to undertake doctoral studies on science-related disciplines in France. The scholarships were awarded under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention (TSAS) programme. Speaking at a pre-departure briefing of the…
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By Aminu Ali Dan Baki A former Special Adviser to Nasir El-Rufai has proven to have more balls than Zayyad I. Muhammad, the purported author of a malicious piece, entitled: “Governor Uba Sani and Paucity of Funds”, the subject of this rejoinder. Maryam Abubakar, who also worked briefly with the Senator…
This Article Is Published as a Right of Reply -Editor By Obadiah Caleb The world knows that Malam Nasir El-Rufai openly and actively supported Senator Uba Sani’s candidature to succeed him as the governor of Kaduna state, though many believe it was an afterthought, following threats by the Muslim scholars…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has said the agency would boost its intervention projects in higher institutions in Plateau State in line with the pre-eminent status of the state in the North-Central zone. Echono made this known on Wednesday in Abuja…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…