FG, ASUU Sign Historic Deal, Pledge End to University Strikes
After 16 turbulent years of uncertainty, renegotiations, broken promises and repeated industrial actions, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Wednesday signed what both parties hailed as a landmark agreement that signposts a turning point for the nation’s university system. At a ceremony in Abuja that was marked by […]
Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education to get N2.5bn, N2Bn, N1.8Bn Respectively for Research
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced a massive funding intervention for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, with each university set to receive over N2.5 billion in the 2026 intervention cycle, in what the Fund described as a deliberate push to deepen research, innovation, and infrastructure development across the sector. Polytechnics would receive N1.87 billion each, […]
NEITI urges urgent policy safeguards as states Record Highest FAAC Disbursement in Q3 2025.
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed that the country recorded its highest-ever Federation Account disbursements in the third quarter of 2025, with a total of N6.0 trillion shared among the three tiers of government. The landmark figure, which includes 13 per cent derivation payments to oil-producing states, was disclosed in NEITI’s Quarterly […]