The University of Ibadan has announced a three-week break for students, starting today, Saturday, August 31, following protests against the recent fee increase. This decision was outlined in a circular issued by the university’s management after a meeting with the Students’ Union leadership yesterday. According to the management, the break is ...
Students from Kano, Borno, and Benue states have taken the lead in NELFUND student loan applications, indicating a high demand for educational financial assistance in these areas. Kano State emerged as the frontrunner with 17,122 applications out of 20,814 registered tertiary students, indicating a robust pursuit of financial assistance, repor...
•Britain Heathrow Airport Terminal No fewer than 1,425 international students who gained admission to universities in the United Kingdom were denied entry at the country’s airports between 2021 and 2023. A total of 161 Nigerians were affected, as they were removed on arrival at airports across the UK, reports Saturday PUNCH. According to data ...
•IGP Egbetokun and the rescued medical students in Abuja “They rained bullets on our vehicle and another Sharon car that had five passengers. Clearly, they didn’t care if anyone got hit or we died. “In fact, I learnt later that a woman in the other car was hit by a bullet. The bullets also hit […]
The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, has condemned the plan of the federal government to restrain Nigerian children below 18 years from registering for WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations saying the policy belongs to the archives. Recall that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman had recently on nation...
•Youth Corps members The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against undertaking night travels during their service year. The DG also said any corps member who embarked on journeys not authorised by the NYSC would be sanctioned in line with the NYSC bye-laws, reports The...
•UI students protest The Students Union of the University of Ibadan (UI) today rejected the school fees increment approved by the governing council of the institution. To show their disapproval, the students staged an overnight protest from 10:20 pm to 2 a.m, reports NAN. The President of the union, Bolaji Aweda; Vice-President, Bolutife Abode...
Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH, Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya, has expressed concern over the rising cases of sexual harassment within the university community. Speaking at the monthly Executive Management Meeting, EMM, with the University’s Labour leaders at the Council Chamber, Ikorodu Campus, P...
The House of Representatives has committed to addressing the challenges that are preventing Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations available to them, reports Daily Trust. During a recent visit to Kaduna State, the House Committee on TETFund and Other Services disclosed that over N5...
•Emem Udouko Ememabasi, a final-year student at the Lagos State University (LASU), has cried out for justice after enduring an attack on the alleged order of her landlord, Idowu Shodipo, and his mother. In a chat with our correspondent, Ememabasi said trouble started when she and her friend, Eseh Gift Uduoghene, returned home at about [&hellip...
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