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Tantita Security awards N5 million each to FUPRE’s best graduating students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) has donated N5 million each to the two finest graduating students from the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) in 2024. The presentation took place on Wednesday at Tantita’s headquarters in Bendel Estate, Ugborikoko, Uvwie

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FG investigative panel reveals cause of Plateau school building collapse

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The Federal Government-appointed investigative panel on the collapsed two-story school building in Jos, Plateau State, released a preliminary report on the tragic incident. The two-story structure housing Saint Academy, located in the Busa Buji neighbourhood in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, collapsed on Friday at about 8:30 a.m., killing 22 people

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LASG Cooperative College set to begin technical vocational training

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The Lagos State Cooperative College will soon begin training the teeming youth populace in various technical vocational training courses certified by City and Guilds International. The decision to begin the training programme was declared and validated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the partnering technical training company, Henry Karl, over the

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UI students protest over introduction of 10-hour electricity supply

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

Students at the University of Ibadan in Oyo State are currently protesting the introduction of a 10-hour daily electrical supply on campus. According to reports, the institution began providing a 10-hour daily electricity supply yesterday (Tuesday). The institution’s Department of Works and Maintenance published a memo outlining the new policy. Engineer

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Mercy Chinwo, Pastor Blessed offers full scholarships to 100 undergraduates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Mercy Chinwo, a well-known gospel singer, and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa, have established the Mercyisblessed Foundation to provide full scholarships to 100 University of Calabar undergraduate students. On Friday, July 12, 2024, the couple announced the offer in front of a crowd of thrilled students during their tour of the university. The scholarship

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ATBUTH performed over 30 laser surgeries for kidney stones in 8 months – CMD

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Dr. Jibrin Bara, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi, has revealed that the hospital has successfully completed over 30 laser surgeries to remove kidney stones in eight months. Bara spoke at a 2-day workshop for Nigeria Association of Urological Surgeons (NAUS) 2nd quarter endourological on Monday in

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Enugu Governor dismisses ENSUBEB Chairman, Ajah

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah dismissed Dr Gabriel Ajah as Chairman of the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB) effective immediately. Mr Aka Eze Aka, the State Commissioner for Information and Communication, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday. The commissioner, who did not divulge the reason for the

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ASUP issues a 15-day ultimatum to suspend scheme of service implementation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to public polytechnic authorities to postpone the implementation of a ‘contentious’ service system developed by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). The ultimatum goes into effect starting July 8. The union’s president, Kpanja Shammah, announced this

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EBSU introduces sign language, opens special education department

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Prof. Chigozie Ogbu, Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), has announced the establishment of a Special Education department for the blind, deaf and dumb students to further their education. He said this at St. Paul Catholic Church in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, while congratulating members of the Nigeria Physically Challenged People’s Assembly (NPCPA) on

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ASUU awards scholarships to 6 indigent students of LASUED

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Six indigent students from Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) in Ijanikin were recently given scholarships by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at both the national and branch levels. The scholarship awards to the indigent students were in accordance with the union’s national body’s direction that all branches carry out the activity

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Polytechnic students are required to acquire mandatory skills before graduation — NBTE

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 16, 2024

Starting this year, all polytechnic students must complete a Mandatory Skills Qualification (MSQ) before graduation. Dr. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) announced this during a press conference held at the board’s headquarters in Kaduna yesterday. The polytechnic sector’s recently approved service

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School housemaster remanded for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

On Monday, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court sent Adema Ogunbiyi, a 43-year-old boarding school housemaster, to the Kirikiri correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy. Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje ordered that Ogunbiyi be held at the facility pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions. The court did not accept Ogunbiyi’s

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Health Minister Pate to oversee NAUTH’s relocation to permanent site

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) in Nnewi has announced that the Coordinating Minister for Health, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, will inaugurate the hospital’s permanent site on Tuesday. Professor Joseph Ugboaja, NAUTH’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), announced this to journalists during a news conference over the weekend.

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Ojukwu University resident doctors threaten strike over poor working conditions, others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

Resident doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital in Amaku, Awka, have vowed to strike due to unpaid allowances and poor medical infrastructure at the institution. The doctors, representing the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD)-COOUTH, have stated that if the harsh and terrible working circumstances continue, they will withdraw their

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Zamfara emerges best performing northern state in NECO examinations for gifted students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

Zamfara State has emerged as the best-performing northern state in the National Examination Council’s (NECO) entrance tests for gifted students. Remember that the national examination body recently released the 2024 results for admission to the Federal Government Academy in Suleja, Niger State. According to a statement given by Governor Dauda Lawal’s

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Oyebanji pledges foundation’s support for UCH, indigent students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 15, 2024

Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti State Governor, has announced that the Esther Oyebanji Foundation, named after his late mother, will assist ongoing infrastructure projects at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, as well as support certain indigent medical students. This is to help such students fulfil their ambitions of becoming doctors, which could have been squashed

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Makinde, Wale Edun, and Sanwo-Olu to grace Layola College’s 70th anniversary

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

The 70th anniversary of Layola College, Ibadan, Oyo, would be graced by distinguished Nigerians, including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, and his counterpart from Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Governor Sanwo-Olu will be the honorary guest at the minister’s anniversary lecture on Friday,

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Armed robber falls inside well after robbing students’ hostel

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

Bob Jay, an armed robber, fell into an open well while raiding a student dorm with his accomplices at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) Okuku campus on Friday night. A UNICROSS student named Regina informed reporters that the robbers broke into the hostel around midnight and stole laptops, phones, and money. However, after the theft, […]

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Strike: NAAT asks NASS, NANS, other stakeholders to intervene over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has urged the National Assembly, religious and traditional leaders, parents, and student representatives to engage with the Federal Government regarding the delayed payment of five and a half months’ salaries as a result of the 2022 strike. The proposal followed a prospective walkout by the Joint Action

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Your government’s removal of fuel subsidy has achieved nothing, NANS slams Tinubu

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 14, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has chastised the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government, claiming that the elimination of gasoline subsidies has yielded no results. The National student body stated that the subsidy removal regime has only caused tremendous suffering for Nigerians and created fuel scarcity rather than making it available to