FEC Approves N145bn Electrification Projects for UNILAG, UNN, Six others
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Thursday approved ₦145 billion for electrification projects in eight federal universities and one teaching hospital.
FG Frowns at Multiple Accreditation Bodies to Varsities , says Practice Unacceptable
The Federal Government has expressed dissatisfaction with the current multiple accreditation bodies to universities, saying the practice where over 25 professional bodies seek to accredit courses in universities at the expense of the institutions is unacceptable.
ES Constitutes Committee on Review of Private Varsities Establishment, Operations Guidelines
The Executive Secretary, NUC, Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, FCVSN, on Tuesday, 29th July, 2025, inaugurated a 13- man committee, with the mandate to review the guidelines governing the establishment and operations of private universities in Nigeria.
TETFund Sets Up Committee on Agric Intervention
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund has also assembled a team of experts to commence the selection of 10 beneficiary universities for the establishment of mechanised commercial farms and livestock operations in its 2025 intervention.
TETFund Mulls Solution to Energy Crisis in Tertiary Institutions
In the face of the energy crisis and soaring costs, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commenced deliberate moves to ensure uninterrupted power supply in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The intervention agency had accordingly inaugurated a...
Prof. Ribadu Calls for More Innovations in Nigerian Varsities
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, FCVSN, has called for more innovation in the Nigerian universities as a way of being relevant in the 21st century, stressing that universities must evolve from being just degree-awarding institutions to being drivers of innovation, skills and national progress