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...
No fewer than two first-year female students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, were allegedly raped by suspected robbers yesterday. It was learnt that around 12:30 am, suspected armed robbers invaded the students’ apartments, forcibly taking the survivors’ personal belongings, reports The PUNCH. A source ...
No fewer than seven suicide cases were recorded among university students in the country within the last six months. According to newspaper reports reviewed by our correspondent within the period, the undergraduates, comprising men and women, took their own lives between January and June this year, reports Daily Trust. The figure excluded othe...
Enrolling a child to study at medical school is no mean feat especially when it comes to the financial investment involved. The Olajuwon family however decided to brave it and send their daughter, Folasade to study Medicine at the University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, finances took a […]
Many students of the University of Ilorin sustained various injuries in a single auto accident along the university road this afternoon. It was gathered that the accident, involving a small commercial bus commonly known as “Korope”, was caused by a tire blowout while the bus was in motion, reports Daily Independent. It was also reported [&hell...

