The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of funds under the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund designed to strengthen staff welfare, institutional productivity, and innovation across Nigeria’s tertiary education system. This is contained in a statement made in Abuja on Thursday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Folasade Boriowo….
Nigeria’s long-awaited steel revolution may finally be taking shape as the Federal Government on Wednesday announced the signing of a $400 million cooperation agreement with Stellar Steel Company Limited, a Chinese-backed firm, to establish a major steel plant in Ewekoro, Ogun State. The deal, signed in Abuja between the Federal Ministry of Steel Development and…
The Federal Government has commenced a nationwide revenue recovery exercise aimed at boosting inflows into the Federation Account and plugging financial leakages across key revenue-generating agencies.This formed the crux of a meeting held on Monday, October 20, 2025, at the headquarters of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in Abuja, where it’s Chairman, Dr….
The Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday, October 13, commence a two-week warning strike after the ultimatum issued to the Federal Government elapsed. The announcement was made by the National President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, at a press briefing at the University of Abuja. The renewed standoff between ASUU and the…
Dr John Ogi, a senior lecturer with Moses Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State has slammed the Federal Government over plans to stop the remuneration of the striking lecturers. Reports stated that the Federal Government warned that the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will trigger the enforcement of no-work-no-pay policy. Reacting,…
The Federal Government has issued a 30-day ultimatum to all tertiary institutions across the country to fully utilise their unaccessed and unspent education intervention funds or risk losing them. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, gave the directive during a strategic meeting with Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, Bursars, and Procurement Officers held in Abuja….
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the Federal Government’s last-minute appeal for the union to suspend its proposed warning strike, saying the intervention came “a little too late.” ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, stated this on Thursday while speaking with the newsmen, accusing the government of failing to act promptly on the union’s…
The Federal Government said it has commenced the final phase of negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other tertiary education unions. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, during a meeting of the Technical Working Group on Conditions of Service of ASUU. Dr. Alausa expressed optimism…
The federal government has set up the Mahmud Yayale Ahmed–led Expanded Negotiation Committee for Tertiary Institutions to enhance discussions with academic and non-academic unions across universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said the new committee was established to harmonize all…
The Federal Government has declared that the country is on the right track under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the nation marks its 65 years of independence. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and the Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in their remarks at a World Press Conference…