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6 days ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND) has vowed to take action against sharp practices, adding that it is committed to ensuring its operation is fraud resistant. The Fund stated this after partnering anti-corruption, military, paramilitary and other relevant agencies on whistleblowing and early warning systems, real-time data verification tools, joint audits and risk assessment models.
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6 days ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 1.951, 811 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) while withholding 39,834 results. This is even as it revealed that 80 suspects are currently under interrogation for examination fraud as Anambra State tops with 14 suspects, Lagos, 9, Delta, 8, Kano, 7, Kaduna and Rivers 6 each.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the detailed performance report of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing that more than 1.5 million candidates scored below the 200 minimum admissible marks for university admissions in Nigeria.
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1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), Akintunde Sawyerr, has said the body disbursed N54 billion to 303 institutions, while N24 billion of the sum went directly to students’ bank accounts. He stated this in an interview with TVC on Saturday, following reports of mismanagement of funds earmarked for disbursement to students.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
A factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused Presidebt Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s son, Seyi, of interference in the affairs of the association. NANS President Atiku Abubakar Isah, who claimed to have emerged as the association’s leader during its national convention held on February 27, alleged that Seyi disrupted the association’s inauguration ceremony held on Tuesday in Abuja and threatened to kill him.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says no funds have been mismanaged, stolen, or are unaccounted for under the current student loan scheme. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had earlier on Thursday alleged that out of N100 billion the government released for the student loan, only N28.8 billion was disbursed while N70.2bn was diverted. The commission added that it had invited NELFUND and some managements of universities for investigation.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented operational licences to 11 newly approved private universities. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu during the presentation in Abuja on Wednesday, noted the growing importance of private universities as complementary partners to public institutions, particularly in catering to Nigeria’s youthful population.
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2 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The federal government has approved the transfer of current Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Retired Colonel Abdulmuminu Aminu, to Federal University Birnin Kebbi, while that of Kebbi, His Excellency, Ali Abubakar Jatau was transferred to Dutsin-Ma.The transfer is said to take effect immediately.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The federal government has approved the transfer of current Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Retired Colonel Abdulmuminu Aminu, to Federal University Birnin Kebbi, while that of Kebbi, His Excellency, Ali Abubakar Jatau was transferred to Dutsin-Ma.The transfer is said to take effect immediately.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Chidimma C. Okeke
The federal government has announced that there is an increase in enrolment into nursing programmes from 28,000 enrolees to 115,000 enrolees annually. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Folasade Boriowo. She said the development is a testament to transforming healthcare education. SPONSOR AD“In a ground-breaking leap for Nigeria’s healthcare and education sectors, Nigeria has reached a transformative milestone in healthcare education.
