•Suicide rope A 20-year-old Computer Engineering student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), has been found dead in his apartment after allegedly committing suicide. The lifeless body of the deceased student identified as Audi Emmanuel, was found dangling from a rope and already emitting offensive odour, reports The Guardian. The incident...
In a desperate move to avert the looming strike in universities and inter-university centers, the federal government has invited non-teaching staff unions for a meeting today. The meeting is scheduled for the Federal Ministry of Education Conference Hall at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, reports Vanguard. Recall that the Senior Staff Associat...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised concern over a prevailing financial impropriety in Nigerian universities, already placing several tertiary institutions’ top management under criminal investigation. The anti-graft agency also lamented that about six out of every 10 students in Nigerian universities are involved in cyb...
•Peter Obi The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday, explained why it declined approval of the proposed venue for an event, where the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, was scheduled to deliver a lecture in the institution. The clarification follows an alarm ...
•Teslimat and Vice Chancellor Jimoh Teslimat Abiola Nurudeen, a 500-level student of the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering of Kwara State University has made history by becoming the first undergraduate from the institution to complete a solo flight at the Ilorin International Airport. The historic moment occurred on Apri...
•OAU main gate Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, in Osun State, have lamented the shortage of the transportation system, which has resulted in long queues on campus. It would be recalled that the University’s management had banned public transportation plying the campus following the donation of 50 new shuttle buses and...
•BOUESTI main gate Three people lost their lives after a stampede which occurred in a convocation party held in Ikere -Ekiti , involving students of the state owned Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI). Confirming the incident ,the Ekiti State Police Command said two students of BOUESTI and a...
•UTME candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said it had released the results of candidates who took the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18. The agency, in a post on X signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed that a total of 1,264,94...
•Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike Teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, under the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have been directed to embark on an indefinite strike starting tomorrow, raising fresh concerns over disruptions in public primary and secondary schools in Abuja. The directive was issued by the S...
All 13 remaining passengers, including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination candidates abducted from an 18-seater Benue Links bus last Wednesday along the Makurdi-Otukpo road by armed men, have regained their freedom. It was gathered that about eight of the released victims were candidates of the Joint Admissions and...
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