The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Tuesday, directed the upgrading of the Government Secondary School, Kabusa, Apo area of Abuja. During inspection Wike said the school was below the acceptable standard. The minister gave this directive during a flag off of construction of 9.8 kilometre Kabusa – Takushara access road in Apo, Abuja. While decrying the present position of the Government school he directed the procurement department to immediately commence the process of upgrading the school to the required standard.

The National Youth Service Corps has announced that changing of name will no longer be a requirement for married female corps members seeking redeployment to join their spouse. This is contained in a circular signed by the service’s Director Corps Mobilisation, Abubakar Mohammed, and issued to directors, Ag. Directors, State and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Coordinators across the country.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETTFund) said that from January 2025 the agency will stop all foreign scholarship funding for Nigerian academics under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) scheme. The academic Funding agency made this known yesterday in a statement by its spokesperson, Abdulmumin Oniyangi.

The Federal Government (FG) has disclosed the suspension of foreign training programs for scholars in order to redirect resources to enhance and promote domestic training initiatives and reduce dependence on international education.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened to shut down all public polytechnics nationwide over inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. ASUP Chairman, Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullahi hints on commencement of an indefinite strike from 2nd December.

President Bola Tinubu has urged for the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure that out-of-school children in Nigeria are kept in classrooms. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, stated that Tinubu made the remarks during a courtesy call with Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, on the sidelines of the G20 leader’s summit.