An activist, Mr Tukura Kwayi, says it is not true that authorities at Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) extort students, particularly those on postgraduate programmes. Kwayi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. According...
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano has proposed a mandatory drug test for prospective couples as part of measures to reduce drug abuse in the state. The NDLEA Commander in Kano, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has urged parents and guardians to warn their children and wards not to partake in a planned protest by a “shadowy group” against its operations. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, gave the warning in a statement made available...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has shown its commitment to education equity by disbursing N507,654,000 to cover the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees for 25,075 final-year students in public schools across the state. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner of...
A part of the ceiling of the Amphitheatre of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, collapsed on Thursday injuring eight students. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that students were at the time of the incident receiving a morning lecture at the venue at Oduduwa Hall....
The inauguration of the newly-elected President of Students’ Union Government (SUG), University of Ibadan, Bolaji Aweda, was, on Monday, greeted by protests over tuition fee hike by the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the inauguration of Aweda and other executives was going on,...
At least four schools in the western Indian city of Jaipur Monday received bomb threats, prompting school administrations to evacuate students and call police, officials said. The threat received over emails claimed that explosives had been planted on school premises. Police swung into action and dispatched multiple bomb...
Rep. Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC-Zamfara) has distributed N 10.94 million as scholarship grants to 297 undergraduates, NCE and Polytechnic students from his constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zubairu represents Bungudu and Maru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Speaking at the cash disbursement exercise...
The immediate past Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, has advocated drug test for lecturers to sanitise university system AbdulAziz stated this in a valedictory speech to the Senate of the University at a handing over ceremony to his successor, Prof. Sani...
The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday summoned Lead British International School, Abuja over an alarming viral online video regarding alleged bullying incidents at the school. At the meeting held in Abuja, the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, emphasised government’s steadfast stance against any form...
Three students of Al-qalam University, Katsina, have dragged the institution to a High Court in Katsina over payment of their registration fees. The applicants, Hauwa’u Sani-Barda, Rabi’atu Sani-Barda and Hafsat Sani-Barda, all students of the respondent, got admission in 2018 and 2019, and graduated in 2022 and 2023....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday, said less than 10 per cent of the two million students in the Nigerian universities are enrolled in private universities. According to the commission, there are 149 private varsities in the country. The acting Executive Secretary, NUC,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police have arrested two students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi and a graduate of the University of Jos, Plateau State in connection with two corpses that were recovered in the State. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Lamido has registered no fewer than 5,000 students from his constituency for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This development which was in continuation of...
Police in Abia State have arrested three suspects who impersonated as EFCC operatives to rob students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, (MOUAU) Umudike at gunpoint. Police spokesperson in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, stated in Umuahia on Saturday that police got information on Tuesday that a four-man gang...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Florence Obi, has said that out of 20,250 Nigerian students who applied for admission into the University for the pursuit of knowledge, only 9,000 candidates have been admitted. Addressing students at the 46...
The Kogi Government has paid N115 million for settlement of Joint Administration Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for 15,033 public school students across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), on Monday appealed to students of the university to participate actively at the forthcoming students’ evaluation of staff. Egbewole made the appeal at a meeting he held with the students union leaders where he said the exercise...
Whenever skepticism is discussed, reference is often made to adults, university students and staff, scholars, and intellectuals. Skepticism is a topic for philosophers or eggheads, a discipline that requires much learning and training to practice. Skepticism is a school of thought linked to particular cultures, to Western thinkers...
The Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Dr David Oyedepo, has advised newly admitted students to be disciplined and use their time wisely, in the course of their studies. Oyedepo spoke on Friday, during the 22nd matriculation ceremony of the institution, for the 2023/2024 academic session, in Ota, noting that...