We’re Fine-Tuning Student Loan, Says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the much-awaited Student Loan Scheme and other programmes of his administration which ought to have commenced are being fined-tuned. “The Student Loan Programme will commence. There will be employment benefits for our graduates. The social security programme for the elderly and vulnerable will commence. We are fine-tuning all of that,” the President said on Monday at...
Neya Kalu Foundation Donates Study Materials To St. Saviour’s School Ikoyi
Founder of Neya Kalu Foundation (NYF) and Publisher of The Sun Publishing Limited, Neya Kalu, has donated boxes of various science study items to St.Saviour’s School, Ikoyi. She made the announcement at the launch of a Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Project called FEMGINEERS, on Wednesday. It is designed to promote the study of sciences among young girls, stimulate the study...
NASU Requests Payment Of Withheld Salaries
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has asked the Federal Government to pay the four months withheld salaries of its members. The union threatened to embark on strike over the non-payment of the withheld salaries. The union accused the Federal Government of favouring the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by paying four of the eight months...
Students Loan: FG Updates New Date Explains Delay In Take-Off
The Federal Government has stated that the Nigeria Education Loan Fund portal for eligible students would open in March. The Executive Secretary, NELFund, Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja, urged eligible students to register to access the fund. President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2023, signed the Access...
Withheld Salaries: SSANU, NASU Threaten Strike
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities should the government fail to release the withheld salaries of members. The salaries were seized by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari during their strike in 2022. The unions,...
NECO Releases 2023 SSCE External Results
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results. The examination body also said that it blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination centre in Borno state for being involved in examination malpractices in the 2023 SSCE external. NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi disclosed this while briefing...
National Image Consult Denies Scam With Scholarship Scheme
An educational consultancy firm, the National Image Educational Consult has denied scam with its scholarship scheme, saying such allegation is a campaign of calumny against the project. This is in response to a report to the Nigerian police that the claim of the promoters, of offering scholarships to students to study at designated universities and polytechnics is untrue. However, reacting to...
UNILORIN Expels 14 For Examination Misconduct, Others
The management of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, has expelled 14 students over alleged misconduct and involvement in examination malpractices. The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The names of nine of the expelled students were published in the weekly bulletin of the university which was released by the Information Unit of...
FG Commences Payment Of ASUU’s Withheld Salaries
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson, ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, who confirmed the developmentnon the record, said, “Yes, it...
Schools Renovated By Sen. Kalu In Abia North Set For Commissioning [See Dates]
![Schools Renovated By Sen. Kalu In Abia North Set For Commissioning [See Dates]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Orji-Uzor-Kalu-Projects--640x395.jpg "Schools Renovated By Sen. Kalu In Abia North Set For Commissioning [See Dates]")
Various school projects completed by the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu are set to be commissioned to aid teaching and learning in benefitting schools. The school renovation covers five local governments in the senatorial district. In Umunneochi, the schools renovated include, Mbala Central School, Lokpanta National School and Nneato Central School. They will be commissioned between February...
