•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Niger State government has condemned the abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area, describing the incident as “deeply saddening and avoidable.” In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman, the governmen...
•Bandits Terrorists have reportedly abducted students at St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident was said to have occurred around 2am today. Secretary to the Niger State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Usman who confirmed the incident said the number of pupils abducte...
Parents of student beneficiaries of the federal government’s Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme have staged a protest at the the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over the non-payment of 16 months of arrears of living allowances. They occupied the entrance of the ministry with placards, reports Channels TV. The federa...
•Prof Salisu Ogbo The Kogi Polytechnic is investigating a syndicate of nine suspects, for alleged certificate racketeering and document falsification. Prof Salisu Ogbo, Rector of the Kogi Polytechnic made this known while addressing a news conference today in Lokoja. The rector said five of the institution’s staffer members had already been pl...
Stakeholders in the education sector have advised students to move beyond paper qualifications and develop skills that will help them meet the demands of the modern job market. They noted that the key to tackling the nation’s unemployment challenges is to ensure Nigerian graduates acquire skills relevant to 21st-century needs, reports The Guar...
The Lagos Police Command has launched investigation into a viral video allegedly showing students of Excel College, Ejigbo, engaging in smoking, drinking, and dancing at the school’s boys hostel. The incident, which reportedly occurred in April 2025 but only surfaced online recently, has sparked public outrage and condemnation, reports The Nat...
•US visa The United States Government has announced plans to shorten the validity period of visas issued to international students and foreign journalists. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the proposed rule would cap F visas, which allow foreign students to study in the U.S, at a maximum of four years. At present, [&hell...
•Protesting varsity lecturers The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Branch, has raised fresh alarm over the worsening plight of academics, lamenting that professors now struggle for public buses with their students due to the erosion of their earnings. They spoke during a press conference yesterday after a peace...
•Tertiary institution students in Nigeria The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, has raised concern over the growing trend of students relying on Artificial Intelligence tools to write their academic projects, warning that the development threatens the originality and human depth of scholarship. Bashi...
•UNILAG main gate Some students of the University of Lagos who reside in private hostels on the main campus in Akaka are decrying the sharp increase in the fees being charged by private hostels’ promoters in the school. Some of the hostel promoters have reportedly increased their rent by almost 40 percent, reports Vanguard. Checks […]...
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