•The assaulted female student A female student of the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa (formerly Gateway Polytechnic, Igbesa), has been severely beaten by her fellow students over allegations of boyfriend snatching. In a video that went viral today, several female students were seen flogging the victim with long, thick canes. They cl...
•JAMB candidates Every year, thousands of Nigerian students sit for the JAMB examination with the hope of gaining admission into their dream university. But not everyone scores high. If you scored below 180 or even 160, don’t panic. You still have a chance. There are several universities that accept low JAMB scores, including both federal, [&h...
Pupils of LGEA Primary School in Ogigiri community, Ajaokuta LGA, Kogi State learn in classrooms with crumbling tiles, broken ceilings and holes, exposing them to dangers. A civil society organisation, MonITNG, revealed the deplorable condition of the school where these pupils are forced to take classes and learn in, reports The Guardian. Imag...
•Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan Mrs Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed that she nearly abandoned her pursuit of a Doctor of Philosophy due to the constant pressure and challenges she faced from her lecturers. She recently earned a PhD in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling from Ignatius...
•UNIPORT main gate The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that the case involving the killing of a 300-level student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Godwin Akpakpan, has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation. A spokesperson for the Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, d...
•Nnamdi Azikiwe University Tragedy struck at a private lodge near Royal Kitchen Junction, Ifite-Awka, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, late yesterday, when a male student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, jumped from a three-storey building and died. It was gathered that the student (name withheld) jumped from the balcony o...
•NYSC members, Zamfara The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Katsina says it has extended the service of two corps members in the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream one. The state NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Sa’idu, confirmed the development in an interview with our correspondent in Katsina today, reports NAN. According to Sa’idu, the corps membe...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the state of youngsters’ welfare in the North-East, noting that 72 per cent of pupils, who complete primary school in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, cannot read basic text. Chief of UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office, Joseph Senesie, who disclosed this to reporters, described ...
•Babcock University main gate Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, has dismissed a student, Oladipupo Siwajuola, over what it described as “gross violation of university rules,” including involvement in fetish practices, drug peddling, impersonation, and dishonesty. Siwajuola’s disappearance became a trending topic in early May 2025, ...
Minister of Education Dr. Tunji-Alausa The federal government said it will impose tough sanctions on any federal university that establishes a satellite campus without approval of the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this in a memo sent to the National Universities Commission (NUC) on May 30, 2025, an...

