Worried by the hardships Nigerians are going through due to the epileptic electricity distribution, high tariffs and the unresolved fuel crisis, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the removal of Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), ...
Nigerians and other foreign students are facing a tough time in Canada over their inability to secure part-time jobs to sustain themselves. According to a report by the Voice of America, the development has led to some of the affected students living in deplorable conditions. After Canada opened employment pathways cum immigration opportunitie...
One person has been feared killed in a fight that broke out among students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) at a nightclub in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, last night. The development was owing to a misunderstanding which led to a fight between two groups of students at a popular joint in the town, […]
Twenty two students of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) have been selected by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) to participate in a three-day Olympiad camp. The Managing Director of NTIC, Feyzullah Bilgin, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said, “In a remarkable display of academic prowess, 22 students from Nige...
•UNICAL main gate The University of Calabar has announced that three students of the institution who were kidnapped about three weeks ago have been released. A statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the school, Effiong Eyo, said the students were released unharmed and have been reunited with their parents. Eyo said the Vice [&he...
•Adebayo Adelabu National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) has called on the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to resign his position as a result of the electricity situation in the country. The national student body, also called on other ministers who they claimed are not active to step down from office, reports Nigerian Tribune....
•Fulani herdsmen Two students of the Federal University Wukari, Taraba state were last night abducted in Wukari by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The institution’s Chief Security Officer, Sule Gani, confirmed the incident today, reports The Nation. He said the victims graduated but stayed behind to remedy some of their courses. According to him, t...
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has expelled five students for alleged examination malpractices and hostel racketeering. The institution also rusticated 14 others for alleged misconduct, reports The Nation. In a statement, UNILORIN Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, said the approval for the expulsion/rustication of the affected stud...
•Gunmen The Police Command in Cross River, today, confirmed the abduction of three students of the University of Calabar (Unical). The spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, who gave the confirmation, said the students were abducted on Thursday night at one of the university hostels inside the campus, reports Sunday Vanguard. Ugbo, who di...
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has called on the federal government to investigate the management and Board of Trustees of the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN) over alleged diversion of N20 billion intervention fund meant for training of students and development of CTIN. The National President of the assoc...