{
  "id": 3646849,
  "title": "FG halts foreign scholarships, redirects funds home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/fg-halts-foreign-scholarships-redirects-funds-home-3646849",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T01:18:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/fg-halts-foreign-scholarships-redirects-funds-home/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Federal Government is reviewing its foreign scholarship and bilateral education arrangements as part of efforts to eliminate unnecessary expenditure and redirect public resources towards strengthening Nigerian tertiary institutions, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said. Alausa said the government could no longer justify spending scarce public funds to send students abroad to…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FG halts foreign scholarships, redirects funds home",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/fg-halts-foreign-scholarships-redirects-funds-home",
        "published": "2026-08-27T01:18:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}