The Beninois and Togolese universities which were temporarily derecognised last week by the Federal Government, are at risk of losing about N7.5billion which they make annually from their Nigerian students, according to projections. The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates f...
•Inmates The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has described as misleading a report circulated in a section of the media purporting that Nigerian inmates are fed with N200 daily instead of N750 approved by the federal government. Spokesperson of NCoS, Assistant Controller of Corrections, Abubakar Umar, in a statement today said the report w...
Following an exposé by undercover journalist, Umar Audu, revealing his detailed acquisition of a degree from a university in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and subsequent undetected deployment to Cross Rivers State for the NYSC programme, there has been a strong reaction among Nigerians. The report, which has since gained prominence, led the federal...
•Prison A Nigerian, simply identified as Oladimeji has narrated how he and his friend identified as Cosmos, were arrested in Togo and sent to prison without fair trial. He said he and Cosmos were travelling to Canada and decided to first travel to Togo before flying to Canada having got information that it was cheaper […]
The Kano State Upper Shari’ah Court, today, issued an order for the arrest of an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service, Yusuf Ismail Mai Biscuit, over his failure to attend court proceedings concerning a property ownership case filed against him. However, the presiding judge, Garba Hamza Malafa, gave the order in respect to the prayer [&hell...
•NANS president, Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Benin Republic, has called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo, saying 15,000 Nigerian students are in Benin. A reporter detailed how he bagged a degree in under two months from a universi...
•Sebastine Broderick Sebastine Broderick-Imasuen who led the Golden Eaglets to the milestone win of the inaugural U16 World Cup in China, has died at 85. One of the players he handled at the 1989 U17 World Cup in Scotland, Bamidele Oguntuashe first broke the news before another confirmation came from Harrison Jalla, the Chairman, Professional ...
•Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir The National Union of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the federal government to reassess the suspension placed on the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from neighbouring Benin Republic and Togo. The federal government yesterday suspended certificates from the two francophone West Africa...
•Sanwo-Olu Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ordered the arrest of a lance corporal of the Nigerian Army, for allegedly driving against traffic along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway today. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, revealed this in videos shared on his Twitter handle today. His caption reads, ...
•Japa The Home Office of the United Kingdom on Monday announced that it had commenced the implementation of its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing in dependants via the study visa route. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Home Office reiterated that only those on postgraduate research or government-s...
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