FG approves disbursement of N5.1bn for Tetfund research
Jan. 17, 2024 The Federal Government on Wednesday granted approval for the allocation of N5. 1billion for research proposals in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund 2023…
TETFund: FG approves N683bn for disbursement, highest since inception, benefiary institutions now 36 – Official
Jan. 12, 2024 The Federal Government has approved a total sum of 683.4 billion naira as the 2024 disbursement for beneficiary tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, Tertiary…
NBTE seeks more funding, conversion of 60% of Nigerian varsities into Polytechnics
Oct.23, 2023 The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has advocated more funding and conversion of 60 per cent of Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics to bridge the gap in skills…
Exodus: 99,985 Nigerians left Nigeria to study in UK universities in 5 years
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says statistics indicate that no fewer than 99,985 Nigerian students left the country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and…
We’re addressing plight of lecturers on foreign scholarships – TETfund
Sept. 28, 2023 The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it is addressing plights of some Nigerian lecturers studying in foreign institutions under the TETfund Scholarship for Academic…
Increase in House Committees is to allow for better legislative oversight of the MDAs – Speaker
Sept. 20, 2023 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was…
TETFund: We’re here to inspect how N40bn was spent on project, programmes in Borno – Reps Committee tells Gov. Zulum
Sept. 5, 2023 The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing N2.3 trillion expended by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says the fund has spent over N40 billion on projects…
CBN monetary policies: TETFund considering suspension of foreign scholarships – ES
Aug. 16, 2023 The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy had created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition…
Why some graduates lack 21st century digital skills; can’t compete globally – TETFund chief
The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Mr Sonny Echono, on Tuesday, in Lagos, declared that Nigeria is grossly deficient in the graduates with requisite digital skills that…
Buhari approves disbursement of N320bn TETFund to tertiary institutions
April 6, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320 billion as the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) disbursement to tertiary institutions. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono, said…