•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...
No fewer than 28 students of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, involved in sorting lecturers for the upgrade of scores would be made to face a disciplinary panel, according to the Rector of the school, Prof. Gozie Ogbodo. Prof. Ogbodo stated this when Dr Ben Nwoye, a lecturer at the Enugu State […]
•ASUU president, Chris Piwuna The new President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Chris Piwuna, speaks on the persistent challenges facing universities, and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement with the federal government, reports Sunday PUNCH. Excerpts: How would you assess the federal government’s disposition to the w...
•An aerial view of Abraka town in Delta State Residents of the Abraka community in Delta State have commenced daily mass protests over the escalating insecurity in the university town. Sources stated that the protests began after the May 25 abduction of student Clinton Udomudo and his brother, who had gone to deliver ransom to […]
•The collapsed classrooms Hundreds of students escaped by whiskers, others severely injured, when the classrooms in which they were sitting for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) caved in. The incident happened at Government Secondary School, Namne, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, reports Daily Trust. The ...
•Students writing WAEC exam at night in Taraba State Candidates of the ongoing West African Examination Council(WAEC) lamented delay in commencement of English Language subject exam Part II and III(objectives and theory). Findings by our correspondent in Osun State revealed the examination commenced by 7pm and ended by 9pm as against the 4pm s...
•Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife main entrance gate The students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have vowed to boycott the 2025/26 second semester examination over the management’s refusal to issue them identity cards since the commencement of the academic session. The students, in an open letter to the manag...
•Students writing WAEC with torchlights at night The Federal Ministry of Education has condemned an incident of candidates writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at night using torchlights. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, expressed his displeasure in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja b...
•UNILAG gate The University of Lagos has debunked online reports about the delay of NELFund loans reimbursement to students of the university who paid their obligatory fees prior to the university’s receipt of the loan. The institution’s Head of Communication Unit, Mrs Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, debunked the report in a statement yesterday. Alaga...
•Education minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has lamented that 85 per cent of Nigerian students sent abroad on government scholarships never returned to contribute to national development. He also enjoined tertiary institutions nationwide to phase out satellite campuses, describing them as unsustainable and...
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