FG cancels foreign trainings for Nigerian scholars The Minister of Education, Dr. Mauruf Alausa, announced that the Federal Government has decided to cancel foreign training programs for Nigerian scholars. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a three-day conference organized by the British Council in Abuja on Tuesday, Alausa stated that scholars would now receive training within Nigeria. The theme of the conference is "Building Sustainable and Relevant Tertiary Institutions and Systems in Africa." The minister stated that the Federal Government would invest significantly in building simulation labs and developing the country’s universities. “We have...