The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered (CNG) buses to Nigerian universities. The government began with the University of Abuja as part of efforts to cushion high transportation costs and promote cleaner energy use on campuses. The project, tagged ‘CNG-Sprout’, is the first phase of the ‘Project CNG Special Palliative Relief for Universities Transportation’ …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘President Tinubu signs bills …

The Presidency has described as “inaccurate and not correct” reports in the media earlier in the week that the Federal Government had increased tuition fees in federal universities. The University of Lagos, for instance, was reported to increased fees for undergraduates to between N100,750 and N190,250 for returning students per session, depending on courses of study with medical and dentistry …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has charged stakeholders in Ndokwa/Ukwuani ethnic nationality to close ranks to ensure the smooth take-off of the recently-approved Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, Delta State. This is even as he revealed that the Federal Government would soon announce the management team of the institution. Omo-Agege stated this in …