•Canadian flag pinned on the atlas map As Canada moves towards a major immigration overhaul, tens of thousands of international students have taken to the streets to protest the new policies introduced by the Justin Trudeau-led federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto, approximately 70,000 foreign students participated in...
Poor registration and incomplete information provided in relevant forms have been identified as reasons Southeast students have not benefitted from Students Loans. House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who made the clarification, said the identified lapses were already being addressed, reports The Nation. The lawmaker assured ...
•Exam candidates Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television last night. He said the federal government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which administers the West African Senior Sc...
Security sources say 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State have just been rescued. The operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser, reports Channels TV. •Three of the abducted medical students Security agencies – the police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, wi...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has provided clarity on its proposal to introduce drug testing for students in tertiary institutions, emphasising that the initiative is centred on public health rather than criminalisation. Speaking on Channels Television today , NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, explained th...
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, Kanayo Uzuegbu, today ordered the operatives of the command to rescue three kidnap victims, suspected to be students of College of Health Technology, Oji River, Enugu State. Uzuegbu in a statement made public by the spokesperson of the Command, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed that two of the fiv...
•A Bangladeshi student controls the traffic as police go on strike in Dhaka Bangladeshi students battled police for control of the streets and won, but if their country is to embark on a new journey, someone has to clear the road ahead. Gridlock is a fact of life in the capital Dhaka, a megacity of […]
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has stated that the threat by the management of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, won’t stop its agitation for the reinstatement of rusticated students of the institution. This was followed by recent rustication of 27 students of the institution who participated in protest against arrest of some student...
•Students on campus When Elisha (other names withheld), a student in one of the public universities in Lagos State came home during a break, his father could barely recognise him, as though not sick, he was visibly emaciated, no thanks to malnutrition. On campus, the accounting education student told his inquisitive father that he was [&hellip...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the recent report issued by the Lagos State Police Command concerning the events at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka. In a statement signed by NANS Senate President, Afeez Akinteye and made available to our correspondent yesterday, the students association no...

