Federal government has taken the decision to end funding of professional bodies/councils from its statutory budget as part of its measures to conserve more revenues for other expenses. The Presidential Committee on Salaries (PCS) took the decision at its 13th meeting that was recently held in Abuja. According to a circular that was signed by director-general of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, the presidential council approved the discontinuation of budgetary allocation to the professional bodies/councils effective 1st January, 2024.

The Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, NUC, Professor Abubakar Abdulrasheed, has quit office as the NUC boss after tendering his resignation latter. The NUC boss made his decision known today at the commission headquarters after he just approved the license for the kogi state University, Kabba, Kogi state.

According to reports, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed that it was considering a “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) initiative for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations.

Following the passage of the Student Loan Act and subsequent comments from professionals in education about its implication, the Federal Government has finally disclosed that it can no longer foot the universities bill. This was made known by, Andrew David Adejo, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education yesterday in Abuja while shading more light on the details of the student loan Act that President Tinubu signed into law on Monday.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had yesterday signed a student loan Bill into law, thereby guaranteeing students interest-free credit for their studies. The president during his campaign in the build-up to electioneering had promised that if elected into office will propose a student loan Act that will guarantee Nigerian indigenes have access to loan facilities for study. Accordingly, less than a month into office, president Tinubu ensured that such a promise has come to pass as described by one of his aid, Dele Alake, it was the “fulfillment of one of his campaign promises to liberalize funding of education.” The Students Loan Act is Tinubu's second piece of legislation signed into law after assuming office on 29th May 2023. The bill is to let Nigerian students have access to interest-free loans to study which will be payable after the study.

No fewer than 20 officials, allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice have been arrested by the West African Examination Council, WAEC, in its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for school candidates. The Council said that the arrests were made in various parts of the country. The Head of National Office (HNO) of Council, Mr Patrick Areghan disclosed this on the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out in some schools on Thursday in Lagos.