FIRS Remits N251bn Education Tax In Ten Months - TETFund         The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected N251 billion education tax in the first 10 months of year 2020 and remitted same to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) within the period. The Chairman, Board of...

Finance Bill Proposes Tax Reliefs For Donors To COVID-19 Funds       More highlights of the Finance Bill 2020, approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, were unveiled yesterday at a virtual National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Presenting the bill...

Defence Minister Hails Tetfund's Research and Development Foundation     The Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has promised sustainable funding of the Military Industrial Complex to empower it to perform its statutory mandate. This according to the Minister will be driven by continously leveraging...

Monguno Supports TETFund’s Bid to Establish Research and Devpt Foundation     The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Mohammed Monguno (Rtd) has thrown his weight behind the call by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for the establishment of a National R&D Foundation to ensure sustainable funding...

Budget 2021: FG Earmarks N152bn For Electricity       The Federal Government is to pay power generation companies through Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, NBET, the sum of N152.416 billion in 2021. According to details of the 2021 budget now before National Assembly, this forms one of the largest...

Inside Stuff: Before NASS Creates 80 Varsities, Polys, COEs  By Martins Oloja Our obsession with breaking political stories may have taken some steam out of a remarkable public policy story on tertiary education last Friday. Specifically, continued coverage of the content of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s...