President Bola Tinubu has announced that the Federal Government allocated N940.5 billion to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in the 2025 budget to strengthen manpower and infrastructure development in Nigeria’s education sector. Tinubu made the disclosure on Saturday at the 42nd Founders’ Day and 33rd Convocation Ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Minna […]

JAMB has announced that registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) will begin on January 31, 2025. This decision followed a roundtable meeting held on January 24 with financial institutions and other stakeholders, which was chaired by Mufutau Bello, JAMB’s Director of Finance and Accounts. Bello confirmed that UTME […]

Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has championed the need for online universities as a transformative solution to Nigeria’s educational crisis. Speaking at Nexford University’s 2024 graduation ceremony in Lagos, Obi described online education as a scalable and sustainable way to provide high-quality learning opportunities for millions of Nigerians. “Our universities cannot keep up […]

The Lagos State University School of Basic and Advanced Studies (LASUSBAS) hosted its 2024/2025 Academic Session Orientation Programme, celebrating the admission of over 1,000 new students—a record-breaking milestone in the School’s history. In his opening remarks, the Director of LASUSBAS, Prof. Yunus Dauda, commended the visionary leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM, […]

The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has unveiled an ambitious ₦2.5 trillion budget proposal for 2025 during a presentation to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions, TETFund, and Basic/Secondary Education. Highlighting the transformative potential of education, Dr. Alausa emphasized the ministry’s commitment to driving national development through innovation and inclusivity. In his […]