As part of efforts to revamp tertiary education in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari, over the weekend approved the disbursement of N208 billion to federal universities for infrastructural development.
The fund which was approved under the 2019 intervention of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) is to address the deficiencies in all the segments of the nation's educational system.

The Management of Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekti has reacted to the allegation of sexual misconduct involving one of its lecturers from the Department of Accounting, Dr O.O Aduwo. In a statement signed in Ado Ekiti on Saturday by Mr Bode Olofinmuagun

The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has inducted the wife of late Chief MKO Abiola, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Dr Stella Adadevoh, and wife of Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame. The Director-General of the Centre, Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta, spoke in Abuja during the induction ceremony of 22 female icons into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame.

Following the 19th Policy Meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), the agency has pegged the score of 160 as the cutoff mark for admissions to tertiary institutions in 2019. The approved score is the national minimum benchmark for admission into public universities.

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Monday warned tertiary institutions in the country against enrolling unqualified graduates in the scheme.

The leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday, called on Nigerians to pressurize the Federal Government to honor their agreement to forestall fresh indefinite strike.