Education
UPDATED: NELFUND receives 30,000 applications for student loan
UPDATED: NELFUND receives 30,000 applications for student loan
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has said 60, 000 students from Federal tertiary institutions have registered for the student loan scheme since the launch of the portal last week Friday.
Sawyerr, however, said that 30,000 students have successfully applied for the loan.
He said the agency will start receiving applications from students of state-owned tertiary institutions in three weeks.
The NELFUND boss urged heads of the state – owned institutions to start uploading details of their students on its portal.
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Sawyerr disclose this at an ongoing press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
The agency is working with 126 tertiary institutions for the loan scheme.
Sawyerr said over 9.5 million people have visited the portal since it was launched last week.
The student loan scheme will take off with 1.2m students as beneficiaries.
The loan, which is an equivalent of the tuition fees of the benefitting students, will be paid directly to their institutions.
But stipends would be paid directly to beneficiaries on a monthly basis to assist them buy other things that can make them comfortable while pursuing their education.
UPDATED: NELFUND receives 30,000 applications for student loan
Education
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abia State University (ABSU) branch has given the Abia State Government a two-week ultimatum to address its demands for improved welfare among others.
It threatened to shut down academic activities if its demands were not met.
During a press conference at Abia State University, Uturu, on Friday, Mrs. Happiness Uduk, ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator for the Calabar Zone, stressed the urgency of these demands.
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Uduk highlighted the government’s failure to fulfill commitments under the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement, which has led to stagnant salary scales and minimal welfare improvements over the past 15 years.
“ASUU members have been on the same salary scale for 15 years without any change. We urge the government to complete the negotiations initiated over 13 years ago, considering current economic realities such as inflation and exchange rates,” Uduk stated.
ASUU of ABSU gives Abia govt two-week strike notice
Education
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 21 and 22, 2024.
This board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
According to JAMB, 28,835 applicants who were not able to provide biometric verification during the main 2024 UTME took the supplementary exam.
In a similar vein, the board stated that students who were given a second opportunity to take the exam but were suspected of engaging in examination misconduct during the main UTME comprised the other category of candidates.
“The exercise, which recorded a huge success nationwide, was marked by heightened security measures put in place by the board to preclude any instance of examination infractions.
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“As such, some nefarious characters who had attempted to impersonate bona fide candidates were apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agencies for further investigation and prosecution,” the board noted.
It said it will continue to ensure that no candidate benefits from any acts of infractions through the deployment of state-of-the-art technology before, during, and after its examinations.
JAMB, therefore, urged candidates, in their interest, to refrain from engaging in any form of irregularity during their examinations.
The board also prohibited applicants from soliciting score upgrades from fraudsters or mutilating their result sheets to manufacture fraudulent result sheets with higher scores.
It also advised candidates to check their supplementary UTME results by texting UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019, using the same phone number they used to obtain their profile codes at the start of registration.
JUST IN: JAMB releases UTME supplementary results
Education
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
The Senate of the University of Abuja has appointed Prof. Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor, pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor.
The announcement was made on the university’s official Facebook page on Thursday.
Prof. Maikudi, a distinguished professor of International Law, previously served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) before this recent appointment. Her selection followed a nomination at the valedictory Senate meeting held on Wednesday.
Outgoing Vice Chancellor Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, whose tenure concludes on June 30, 2024, stated that Maikudi’s appointment is in a temporary capacity, effective after his tenure and awaiting ratification by the Governing Council.
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In her acceptance speech, Maikudi expressed her gratitude to the Senate members for their trust and support. “I want to extend my deepest respect and appreciation to you all for the strong support and unwavering commitment that you have accorded me,” she said.
Born on January 31, 1983, Maikudi is recognized as the youngest female professor of Law in Northwestern Nigeria and at the University of Abuja. She attended Queens College, Lagos, for her secondary education before proceeding to the University of Reading, where she obtained her LLB in 2004. She earned her LLM from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 2005 and later completed a PhD in International Law at the University of Abuja in 2015.
Prof. Maikudi joined the University of Abuja as a Lecturer II on September 4, 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2022.
UniAbuja names 41-year-old law professor Aisha Maikudi acting vice-chancellor
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