The United Kingdom (UK) plans to deport international students in the country who do not achieve high enough grades. The Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has advised the United Kingdom Migration Advisory Committee to review the graduate visa as part of a five-point plan to reduce net migration by 300,000 from its record-high levels, reports The...
•Nigerian students National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to the Tinubu-led federal government to fulfill its promise to provide shuttle buses for use by students to commute to their schools. The student body also called for the provision of palliatives for students, as the high cost of living has made things difficult f...
•Prof Mojisola Eseyin The Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), University of Uyo chapter, has congratulated Prof Mojisola Eseyin on her re-election as the Dean, Faculty of Law of the federal university. Prof Eseyin has been re-elected for a second term as the head of the faculty. •Prof Mojisola Eseyin In a congratulatory message issue...
The management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma in Edo State, has reacted to a story in the media yesterday with headline “Varsity compels medical students to sign understanding”. Quoting from a 300-level medical student of the university who expressed his dissatisfation on X that the purported undertaking could extend the d...
•Gunmen Gunmen believed to be bandits have stormed Gandu community and kidnapped some students at the Federal University of Lafia. A resident, who lives within the university community but pleaded for anonymity, informed our correspondent that the gunmen came at first in their numbers at about 7:30pm yesterday and started shooting into the air...
•Ambrose Alli University A medical student at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Benin State has expressed his dissatisfaction on X against an undertaking that could extend the duration of students’ time in school to over 12 years. •Ambrose Alli varsity Undertaking The 300-level medical student disclosed that they were given an undertaking t...
Parents of the abducted students of Federal University of Gusau in Zamfara State have staged a peaceful protest at the Government House, demanding the unconditional release of their children. They want Governor Dauda Lawal and security agencies to rescue their children who have been in captivity for 72 days, unhurt, reports Channels TV. No few...
•Students protest Academic activities were today grounded at the University of Calabar, following the students’ protest against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. The university had released a new schedule of fees that would take effect in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions, reports NAN. The students, who embar...
Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S., Embassy in Nigeria, Mr David Greene, has revealed that they have interviewed over 150,000 Nigerians while further noting that the embassy has interviewed about 30,000 students this year. Greene made this statement during an interview in Abuja, reports NAN. He said, “What folks do not know is that this year [&hell...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Tinubu-led federal government to rescind its decision on the students’ loan scheme and replace it with grants instead. Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Bauchi Zone, Comrade Lazarus Maigoro, who made the appeal yesterday on the occasion of the award of annual indigent scholarshi...

