Nigerian Universities

By ThankGod Inalegwu The Federal Government has approved 50,000 additional mobilisation slots for the 2026 cycle of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as part of efforts to reduce the growing backlog of Nigerian graduates awaiting…

The Federal Government has disclosed that it has concluded plans to empower polytechnics in Nigeria to award degrees as part of the government policy aimed at ending the Higher National Diploma (HND)/degree dichotomy which has greatly…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its 10-day-old warning strike. The suspension of the strike was announced by the National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna in  a press conference on Wednesday at the ASUU…

The Federal Government has announced the approval of establishment of nine new private universities in various parts of the country. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa after the Federal Executive Council (FEC)…

President Bola Tinubu has approved an annual direct disbursement of N2.8 billion for each university, N1.9 billion for polytechnics, and N2.1 billion for colleges of education as part of a N700 billion allocation to…

A civil society organisation, the Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has called on Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities who failed to defend their 2025 budget to do so ahead of the passage of the Appropriation…

The new minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa has announced the reversal of the 18 years mark for entry into Nigerian tertiary institutions. With the reversal, 16 years is now the minimum age for entry into Nigerian…

The Federal Government has announced that it has commenced payment of outstanding salaries  of members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU) as  well as the  and benefits to retirees under the Nigerian Union of…