•JAMB Registrar Ishaq Oloyede and Peter Obi The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to adopt a more compassionate approach in handling students’ academic needs, accusing the body of indirectly forcing many to travel long distances and pay exorbitant fees ...
The Senate of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, has approved the expulsion of about 57 students over involvement in various forms of examination malpractice. This is contained in a statement by the management and issued in Katsina today by Hajiya Fatima Sanda, the institution’s Head of Information and Protocol. According to the s...
•Prof Kayode Adebowale The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, has expressed concerns about the increasing prevalence of mental health issues, particularly among students in Nigerian universities. He stated that this served as a reminder that university health services needed to gradually incorporate more s...
Applying to study abroad is often slowed down by visa processing delays. However, some countries have introduced streamlined, student-friendly systems that speed up processing times and reduce uncertainty for international students, reports The Nation. Here are the eight countries that are known for providing efficient visa pathways for studen...
•The protesting students Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State are currently staging a protest over the renaming of the institution to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic. The protest has left hundreds of commuters plying Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan stranded, reports The PUNCH. The State governor, Seyi Makinde, had renamed the institution i...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has warned students to be cautious of a fake online portal with fraudulent messages. A statement by the fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, in Abuja today, described the information in the online messages as misleading. “The attention of NELFUND has been drawn to a fraudulent message...
•Ibadan Poly main gate Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, alongside alumni bodies, today, rejected the renaming of the institution by the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, after the late former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Makinde had, yesterday, announced the renaming of the institution in honour of late Olunloyo, who was the first Rec...
•Swimming contest No fewer than 180 students are expected to participate in the 2025 National Swimming Championships, organised by the Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF). Funsho Usman, Secretary-General, NSSF, said yesterday that 30 students were expected to represent each of the six geo-political zones of the country at the championships ...
The Kogi State Polytechnic has withdrawn two hundred and seventy-three students for poor academic performance in the 2024/2025 academic session. This is because the academic board of the institution has released the first semester results of the 2024/2025 session, reports Daily Independent. This was contained in a statement signed by Uredo Oma...
•Binta Abubakar A Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms across Queensland under the guise of educational scholarships. Abubakar, 56, was arrested on Wednesday at the Brisbane Airport upon...
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