The Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia State has suspended indefinitely its ongoing academic activities following the protest by students against the increment of school fees in the early hours of yesterday. It was learnt from a statement by the Vice Chancellor of the school, Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe, that academic activities of the institu...
A 31-year-old 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Adaeze Doris Jaja, has committed suicide in a hotel in the town. She was found lying unconscious and foaming at the mouth in a freezer, with an empty bottle of Sniper 1000EC/DDVP seen beside her, reports Nigerian Tribune. Confirming the incident, [&...
•UBEC boss, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has said Nigeria is expeÂriencing a severe learning crisis that requires immediate action to address. Speaking at a two-day stakeÂholders ‘Dialogue on Reading Initiative in the UBE Programme and the Use of Mother Tongue/...
A 300-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Miss IfeOluwa Adekunle, has been found dead in her room in a house outside the university campus. Her lifeless body was discovered on Saturday and investigation by the police revealed that the IfeOluwa was attacked by yet-to-identified assailant(s), reports Ch...
•Some of the kidnapped school children The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier today. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants, reports Channels TV. Efforts t...
•Shehu Sani Former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, has claimed that over 10,000 schools in the North have closed due to kidnapping and terrorism. He made this known at Arewa House, Kaduna during the 15th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Girl Child Education, organised by the National Association of S...
•Secondary school students 30 indigent secondary school students of Ile-Ife, Osun have been shortlisted for the 2024 Ife May Club scholarship award worth N3.15 million. Disclosing this in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan, the President of the Socio-Cultural Club, Mr. Abimbola Ilori said the scholarship award is aimed at breaching ...
Academic activities came to a halt at Benue State University, BSU, Makurdi, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Benue State University branch, embarked on an indefinite strike. Our correspondent, who visited the institution this morning, observed that some students who had come for morning lectures were shocked to hear that their lect...
•Peter Obi Amid the ongoing debate on what should be the right minimum wage that will be commensurate with the prevailing harsh economic realities the Nigerian workers currently grapple with in the country, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, has relayed how the free fall of the naira has […]
Prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and camp officials for this year’s orientation will undergo COVID-19 test, the corps has said. The decision is based on the advice of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reports The Nation. NYSC’s Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, announced this during the 2024...
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