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UNIZIK VC outlines moral standards to new students during matriculation ceremony

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

Professor Charles Esimone, the vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, outlined the requirements for new students to meet in order to succeed academically. Among other things, Esimone stated at the university’s 2023–2024 matriculation ceremony that students need to pay the

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Nigeria lawmakers request mandatory drug tests for secondary school students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

The Nigerian House of Representatives has encouraged the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health to work together to develop a drug test that is required of all secondary school students. This came after Moshood Oshun (APC-Lagos) adopted a resolution at Thursday’s plenary in Abuja titled “On Need to Introduce Mandatory Drug Test for […]

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Reps request a two-week extension for UTME registration from JAMB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been directed by the House of Representatives to extend the registration period for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by a period of two weeks. The resolution came after Rep. Hassan Shinkafi (PDP-Zamfara) adopted a motion of urgent public interest during Thursday’s session in Abuja.

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300-level IMSU student arrested for the murder of final-year FUTO student

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

Following a heated argument with members of the university’s Man O’ War Unit, Francis Marvellous, 21, a 300-level student at Imo State University (IMSU), is accused of fatally stabbing Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley, 22, a final-year student at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). The incident is being investigated by the Imo State Police

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ABUAD VC requests that the 2011 TETFund Act be reviewed

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

Prof. Smaranda Elisabeta Olarinde, vice chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, has demanded an urgent reform to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act 2011 in order to bring its operations into line with the contemporary realities of the tertiary education landscape in Nigeria. In this manner, the preventable, biassed, and unfair exclusion of

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NANS begs SSANU and NASU not to strike over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

If the government fails to pay its members’ withheld salary, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities. These salaries were seized during a strike in 2022 under former President Muhammadu

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Nigerians to pay ₦285,000 for IELTS exams from March 1st

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 1, 2024

The price of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examinations in Nigeria has once again been increased by the British Council to ₦285,000 per sitting, a 173 percent increase in just one month. According to the Council, the increase will be “subject to review based on the prevailing market dynamics” and is anticipated to go into […]

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NGO to distribute 200 free JAMB forms to indigent Badagry students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

On Saturday, February 10, 200 JAMB forms will be distributed to interested candidates in the Badagry Division from the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Ejalonibu Foundation. The NGO’s founder, Mr. Ismaila Wusu, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry, explaining that the intention was to provide people from poor backgrounds with

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Federal College of Education, Special matriculates 1,310 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

For the 2023–2024 academic year, 1,310 new students were matriculated into Federal College of Education, Special, Oyo on Thursday. This event was the college’s 47th edition of its kind. Dr. Ademola Salami, the institution’s provost, commended the new students during his speech for overcoming obstacles and being accepted into the college. The National Commission

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Court grants suspended UNICAL dean, lawyer bail

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law, has been granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Bail was also granted for his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, who was also charged with a crime alongside him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. The professor and […]

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Protests rock FUTA over persistent bandit attacks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

In protest of ongoing bandit attacks on them outside the institution, students at the Federal University of Technology Akure in Ondo State have blocked the Akure-Ilesa highway. The students bemoaned the constant robbery attacks they experience while living outside the university campus as they chanted solidarity songs during the demonstration on Friday. The protest led to

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NOA to integrate nationalism into school curriculum

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

The National Orientation Agency’s (NOA) Director General, Lanre Onilu, has revealed plans to make nationalism a compulsory subject in the country’s education curriculum in an effort to instill moral principles and values in the next generation of students. During a familiarisation visit to the agency’s Niger State directorate in Minna, Onilu made this

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NAUS urges FG to reduce hardship faced by students and citizens

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

Under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian University Students (NAUS), students in Nigerian universities have called on the federal government to take immediate action in order to lessen the hardship that the high cost of living places both on students and other citizens of the nation. In a statement signed by the Deputy […]

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Oyebanji authorises the release of N200m as car and housing loan for primary school teachers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the release of the sum N200 million for car and housing loan to primary school teachers in the state. A statement by the Special Adviser Media to the governor, Yinka Oyebode, stated that this was in fulfilment of the governor’s pledge to ensure that teachers in public […]

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FG increases digital literacy among students in Owerri, Maiduguri and Abeokuta

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

Through the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy’s Build-A-Thon project, the federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to the advancement of digital literacy and skill. The initiative was conducted in three Nigerian cities: Owerri, Maiduguri, and Abeokuta. Its goal was to introduce senior secondary school students to embedded

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2 students of Kogi Polytechnic die from generator fumes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 9, 2024

According to reports, two students at Kogi State Polytechnic in Lokoja passed away after inhaling generator fumes. This was confirmed over the phone on Thursday night by SP William Ovye Aya, the public relations officer for the Kogi State Police. Aya revealed that the victims’ names were Ibrahim Haliru and 20-year-old Bilikisu Tijani Eleojo. Before the […]

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UNICEF, Adamawa govt educate 2,260 teenagers on gender-based violence

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

In partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency trained 2,260 teenagers on gender-based violence (GBV). In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Thursday, Hajiya Fadimatu Hamman-Joda, the state’s Programme Officer for Adolescent Youths and Sexual Reproductive Health, disclosed

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The government of Katsina registers 400,000 women for empowerment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

According to the Katsina State Government, it has registered at least 400,000 women for empowerment thus far among the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. This was revealed by Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, during a Thursday interview in Katsina with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). In keeping with […]

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UNICEF, the World Bank, and others to support FG school feeding programme

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

Support for Nigeria’s school feeding project has been pledged by the World Bank, UNICEF, and other development partners. This comes after the federal government decided to start a public-private partnership to increase funding for school feeding programmes across the nation. Dr. Tunde Adekola, a World Bank representative, stated the bank would support the initiative

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VC urges students to solve societal problems using knowledge acquired

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

Students have been urged to apply their newly gained knowledge to solving societal problems by Prof. Reuben Jiya Kolo, Vice Chancellor of Crawford University in Igbesa. In addition, he exhorted the just admitted students to abstain from vices and actions that can disturb the tranquilly on campus. Kolo specifically asked post-graduate students to focus their research on