•Fulani herdsmen Two students of the Federal University Wukari, Taraba state were last night abducted in Wukari by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The institution’s Chief Security Officer, Sule Gani, confirmed the incident today, reports The Nation. He said the victims graduated but stayed behind to remedy some of their courses. According to him, t...
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has expelled five students for alleged examination malpractices and hostel racketeering. The institution also rusticated 14 others for alleged misconduct, reports The Nation. In a statement, UNILORIN Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, said the approval for the expulsion/rustication of the affected stud...
A lecturer with the University of Maiduguri, Department of Physical and Health Education Abdulkadir Kamar has been found dead in his office at the university. The University’s Director, of Radio and Public Relations, Danjuma Gambo, confirmed the unfortunate incident in a late press release yesterday. Gambo noted that the police and other secur...
•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 Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua in Yobe State Maimuna Waziri has directed the closure of academic activities in the school following a fire incident that ripped through a female hostel, killing one. A statement from the school’s registrar Abubakar Mamudo quoted the vice-chancellor as asking all students to vacate the camp...
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...
•FUOYE gate The Management of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, has blamed the death of a student of the institution on the insensitivity of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) who were on strike. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Fasina said the deceased student who was asthmatic could not get treatment d...
•UNIBEN main gate A female student’s hotel at the University of Benin was today gutted by fire. According to an X user, Ruth Nifemi, who shared a video, the fire destroyed some documents and property at the Hall 2 hostel of the university. She wrote, “Hall 2 UNIBEN is on fire and fire service came […]
•UI The University of Ibadan (UI) has been plunged into total darkness following the non-teaching staff unions’ strike. The strike was embarked upon yesterday by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) as directed by their national bodies, ...
•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 […]