Barau Urges Hausa Youth to Preserve Culture
By Anayo Akwitti Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has urged Hausa youths in Ghana and across Africa to take an active role in preserving, promoting and modernising the Hausa language and cultural heritage. Barau made the call in Accra, Ghana, where he attended the 2026 World Hausa Day celebration organised by Hausa […]
Senate Expands Safe Schools Probe, Extends Panel’s Mandate
By Anayo Akwitti The Senate has expanded the scope of its investigation into the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI), bringing key education funding and social intervention agencies under scrutiny while granting its Ad-hoc Committee an additional three weeks to conclude its assignment. The decision followed a motion moved on Tuesday by Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, […]
Tinubu Approves Police Academy, N15bn Security Grant
By Oluwakemi Kindness President Bola Tinubu has approved a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, as part of efforts to strengthen security across the country. According to a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, […]
Senate Halts Hearing On ATBU Amendment Act Over Stakeholders Clash
By Idris Danladi The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has indefinitely adjourned its public hearing on the bill seeking to amend the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi Establishment Act. The bill is sponsored by Senator Shehu Buba Umar, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District. Tuesday’s session became heated as […]
ARCN Begins Process to Enlist Colleges in TETFund
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Dr. Abubakar Dabban, says the Council has commenced the process of enrolling all ARCN colleges into the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention scheme. He disclosed this during his maiden familiarisation visit to the Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa (FCHDK), in […]
Bogoro Faults Proposal to Convert ATBU to Conventional University
By Idris Danladi The former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, has described the proposed amendment to change Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, from a specialised to a conventional university as ill-informed and unnecessary. Professor Bogoro who stated this in Abuja while speaking with journalists, warned that the move could […]