•Protesting students The management of the Federal University, Lokoja in Kogi State, has closed down the institution indefinitely to forestall further loss of lives and prosperity. This was contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Registrar and Secretary to Council, Dr. Rebecca Aimiohu Okojie, today and made available to the newsme...
•Students in class Pegging the entry age for tertiary education has been generating concerns in the country in recent times, with many saying 16 years is the way to go as against 18 years stipulated in the National Policy on Education. The issue escalated last year when the immediate-past minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, […]
•Obafemi Awolowo University The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this yesterday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olaw...
•Late Prof Ademuyiwa Residents of Ajebo Road Housing Estate, Kemta, Abeokuta have been thrown into mourning following the killing of a Professor of Biochemical Toxicology with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Oladipo Ademuyiwa by a hit-and-run driver on the newly rehabilitated Kemta-Somorin road on Sunday. Prof Ademuyi...
Six students of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and a driver lost their lives this afternoon when an articulated vehicle rammed into a FUL shuttle bus conveying them to school at Felele, Lokoja. An eyewitness account stated that the accident occurred at about 2:30 pm today. He further disclosed to our correspondent that six students, [&hel...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it has disbursed over N22 billion under the student loan to 215,514 students. The agency also said it has disbursed N12,818,960,000 upkeep support to 169,114 students, reports The Nation. It said it would close the 2023/2024 student loan application cycle on Feb. 21 and commence the 2024/2025 app...
The West African Examinations Council, yesterday, announced the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for Private Candidates, Second Series. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday by the Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina. According to Adesina, a total of 65,023 candidates participated...
•Candidates taking an examination The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has released the results of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, second series. The exam, conducted between October 25, 2024, and December 20, 2024, introduced a new computer-based hybrid mode alongsi...
•Nigerian students Despite the federal government’s hammer on degrees obtained from universities in Togo and Benin Republic, Nigerian youth continue to seek higher education in these neighbouring French-speaking countries. This article reveals why the youths are undaunted by the government’s blacklist of certificates from such universities and...
•Students in Nigerian tertiary institution Students from no fewer than 23 public universities and polytechnics have lamented the delayed disbursement of their approved institutional loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as deadlines for tuition payment and examinations draw near. President Bola Tinubu signed the Students Loan (Access to ...
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