•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...
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), the umbrella body of over 2 million students in the polytechnic tertiary education sector, yesterday, appealed to President Ahmed Tinubu to append his signature to the Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between Degree and Higher National Diploma (HND). T...
No fewer than two female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly died following a stampede that occurred at the university’s convocation square today. The convocation square was the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government, reports The PUNCH. A source within the university...
•The suspects The Lagos State Police Command apprehended two undergraduate companions who orchestrated a fake kidnapping scheme to extort money from their parents. The suspects, 21-year-old Balogun Ayodele, a second-year student at Lagos State University of Education, Ijanikin, and Okuomo Dennis, also 21 years old and a student at the National...
•Map and flag of Kenya A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan varsity collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (1450 GMT) yesterday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital […]
A commercial bus driver simply identified as Lukman slumped and lost his life while conveying some students to the University of Ilọrin campus. It was gathered that the tragic incident which occurred on Friday left occupants of the vehicle in shock, reports Daily Trust. A passenger who witnessed the incident narrated that he took control [&hel...
•Tinubu The federal government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), stated this in an interview with ARISE TV. The loan which was formally slated to take off tomorrow, has been postponed again, as there are some corre...
•Bandits The bandits that kidnapped 15 Qur’anic students in Sokoto State have established contact with their families, demanding N20 million before releasing them. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar confirmed this development in a telephone conversation with our correspondent today, reports The PUNCH. It was earlier reported that the...
•Empty classroom Sani Abdullahi, one of the teachers of Government Secondary School (GSS), Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says a total of 287 students are in captivity. It was earlier reported how bandits invaded the school yesterday morning, abducting pupils and teachers. Speaking when Governor Uba Sani led government...
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