The Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership has decried the lack of financial openness in Nigerian universities, stressing that it is limiting funding, harming research quality, and damaging the credibility of the institutions. At the launch of its Transparency Survey Report in Abuja on Wednesday, the centre described the financial secrecy in universities as ‘a serious issue and a national …

The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono has said that there would be intervention by the Fund this year to ameliorate the high energy cost crippling teaching and learning in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The planned intervention will is to complement the efforts of the Federal Government in its plan to install solar energy panels in some …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has stressed the need for universities in the country to produce graduates equipped with the skills and mindset to tackle the pressing problems of the country head-on. Oyebanji charged universities to prioritise research efforts aimed at tackling critical challenges confronting the nation as well as producing graduates who are solution providers to drive sustainable …

The Vice Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Jonathan Babalola has expressed disappointment in the government for converting polytechnics into universities. Babalola stated that the craving for certificates among Nigerians was encouraging forgery. During the institution’s pre-convocation press briefing on Monday ahead of its 18th convocation ceremonies, the Vice Chancellor advised employers of labour to remunerate employees based …

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Thursday, warned members of the academia and the university community over matters of sexual harassment on campuses. The Federal Government noted that the Federal Ministry of Education would deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Education, …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it will storm tertiary institutions that proceed to implement fee hikes across their campuses. NANS executives warned on Friday in Lagos at a media conference that university management needed to obey the directive of President Bola Tinubu to halt fee hikes on their campuses. “We want to seize this moment to …