Tinubu Departs For Saudi-Africa Summit

Favour Ozioma Ogbodo President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday leave Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Saudi-Africa Summit. The summit is scheduled for November 10, 2023. This was didisclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday. He said the president’s participation in the summit aligns…

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Quantity Over Quality: Rise of Nigeria’s Poorly Funded Tertiary Institutions Raise Concerns

In recent times, there has been an upsurge in the establishment of government-owned tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This trend has brought to the forefront, the debate on whether the focus should be on quantity or quality. Gom Mirian writes that while some stakeholders believe that more institutions are needed to cater for the increasing number…

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TETFund, REA Collaborate to Power Up Nigerian Universities, Tertiary Institutions

Gom Mirian In a bid to address the persistent issue of power outages in Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced its readiness to collaborate with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to ensure uninterrupted power supply to educational institutions across the country. Speaking when a delegation from REA…

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NASENI, Agric Ministry To Partner on Improving Agro-Industrialisation, Climate Change Mitigation, Others

Juliet Jacob Ochenje The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have commenced discussions on how to deploy existing technical competencies and other resources to meet agro allied-industries development targets, climate change mitigations and smart solar irrigation to improve dry season farming. The trio of…

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