Chidimma UCHEGBU The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has pledged support for measures that will improve the employment of graduates in the county. Echono made the pledge at an Implementation Support Workshop for the National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities in Abuja on…
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Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu At the senate confirmation hearing for Yemi Cardoso, successor to Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and his deputies, the President of the Senate, Obong Godswil Obot Akpabio, took time to ask a question which many Nigerian consider very pertinent to the stability…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade and recognition of Niger State College of Education, Minna, to a University of Education. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, made this known during a visit of Niger State governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, to the headquarters of the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has inaugurated an ad hoc committee on the establishment of central multipurpose laboratories in select universities in the country. Inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, said the move was part of efforts to provide…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said that parents would no longer be allowed to choose courses for their children living with disabilities, seeking admissions into tertiary institutions. Oloyede was reacting to the comment by the National President of the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Osun State Governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has sought the support of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to strengthen the infrastructural development of tertiary institutions in the state. Adeleke was speaking during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono in Abuja on Friday. The…
The Nigerian Senate under the leadership of His Excellency, Senator Godswill Akpabio is stable and harmonious and cannot be distracted by the innuendo of the merchants of political tar brush by what appears to be a syndicated media attack from outside the precincts of the National Assembly Hon Eseme Eyiboh,…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated Dr. Ike Neliaku on his election as the new President of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). In a congratulatory letter issued to the new NIPR president, Senator Akpabio said the election of Dr. Neliaku by his colleagues reflected their…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Nigerian teachers have been urged to engage in lifelong learning to remain relevant to learners’ aspirations in a fast-changing global environment. This was contained in the recommendations arising from the 2023 Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Online Annual Conference of Registered Teachers. The recommendations, made available to…
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…