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British Columbia announces two-year ban on Nigerians, other international students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

A Canadian province, British Columbia has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years. Marc Miller, the federal immigration minister, recently revealed this in a statement. Miller says the announcement states that the province is

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Hajiya Hadiza foundation offers scholarship to 65 UNIABUJA students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

65 University of Abuja students have been given scholarships by the Hajiya Hadiza Mamman Vatsa Foundation. Hajiya Hadiza Vatsa, the foundation’s founder and a renowned philanthropist, stated that the act was an essential part of her life’s work in service of God and humanity. Among the beneficiaries were orphans and other members of the underprivileged […]

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UI bemoans receiving N10 million for a monthly operational expense of N200 million

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

Prof. Aderonke Baiyeroju, Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC), Academics at the University of Ibadan, has expressed regret over the financial state of the esteemed university. She revealed that the government provides the university with N10 million per month, but that the institution spends over N200 million on utilities alone. Baiyeroju said this yesterday while accepting

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10,378 DE students’ admission suspended by JAMB due to unsuccessful verification

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

10,378 students who took the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Direct Entry exam in 2023 now have their admission status suspended since their A-level issuing institution failed to submit to JAMB a verification report. A guide for applicants hoping to get admitted through Direct Entry for the 2023–2024 academic year was released by JAMB in February 2023.

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Governor Idris approves N27.5 million for Kebbi students’ law school tuition

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

N27.5 million has been allocated by Kebbi Governor Nasir Idris to cover the tuition and registration fees for 38 indigenous students attending the Nigerian Law School. A statement signed by Dr. Junaidu Bello-Marshal, the Commissioner for Justice, and delivered to the media in Birnin Kebbi on Monday contains the approval. “The 28 Bar Part II […]

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Student arrested by police on charges of armed robbery, cultism and kidnapping

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim, an undergraduate at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, has been placed under arrest by the state police command on charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism. Abdul-Azeez, who was taken into custody on Saturday in Ijebu Ode, is believed to be the hit man and armourer […]

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8,285 Candidates to Take Maiden CB- WASSCE for Private Candidates 2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

8,285 candidates will sit for the maiden computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates in 2024, according to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Nigeria Office in Lagos. This was revealed on Monday during a press briefing at the regional examination body’s Yaba headquarters by Mr. Amos Josiah Dangut, Head of

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Gunmen abduct 56-year-old proprietriess in Ogun State

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

Mrs. Helen Odunubi, the proprietress of Excel Group of Schools, a nursery and primary school in Ogun state, has been abducted by some suspected kidnappers.  Around one o’clock on Tuesday, the event took place inside the school’s grounds in Agbado, Ogun State’s Ogunsua Crescent neighbourhood of Oserw Baba Odun Matogbun. According to a source in the area,

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24-year-old student commits suicide after breakup with boyfriend

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

A Diploma Two female student named Jemima Shetima Balami, who was doing an industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television in Yola, took her own life. Jemima, a student of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi studying mass communication, is said to have killed herself by  consuming a poisonous substance because her boyfriend declared he was no longer interested in dating her.

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Elizade University matriculates 532 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

For the academic year 2023–2024, Elizade University, Ilara–Mokin, located in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, has matriculated 532 students into a variety of degree programmes. With 468 undergraduates and 64 postgraduate students, the institution’s 12th matriculation ceremony took place over the weekend at the university grounds. Speaking at the

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179 Newly Qualified Nurses of Ambrose Alli University are Inducted by NMCN

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

Alhaji Faruk Umar Abubakar, the Secretary-General and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), inducted a record 179 qualified nurses for the 2020–2021 academic year at Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma over the weekend. Alhaji Abubakar, speaking to the inductees on behalf of the Council’s Director of Nursing Education, Dr. Emmanuel Odontra,

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Group voices concern over increase in the rate of students’ kidnapping

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

The nation’s rising rate of student kidnappings at all educational levels has been decried by the National Association of Seadogs (NAS). The organisation bemoaned the fact that rising levels of insecurity prevented students from learning in a calm and secure atmosphere. In a statement that was provided to reporters in Port Harcourt over the weekend, […]

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Fed Govt investigates 17 cases of data violations against banks, hospitals, schools, others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

According to the Federal Government, the Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC), one of its agencies, is looking into 17 major cases of data breaches and violations. In an address to reporters yesterday at the Continental Hotels in Abuja, the commission’s National Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, made this announcement in connection

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Fire destroys two schools in Anambra

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 28, 2024

Over the weekend, a fire ravaged two secondary schools in Nawfia, which is in the Njikoka local government area of Anambra State. The affected institutions were Community Secondary School and Comprehensive Secondary School, both situated in Nawfia. The fires broke out in the evening and spread to the school buildings from a neighbouring bush, according […]

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APC leader purchases WAEC, UTME forms for 600 students in Osun

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 28, 2024

The free registration forms for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC) have benefited no fewer than 600 students in the Ejigbo local government area of Osun State. One of the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) leaders, Ayodele Asalu, bought the forms so that the students might further advance

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Poly alumni lament the hostel crisis in public institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 28, 2024

The Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti Alumni Association has lamented the housing crisis in public tertiary schools, claiming that it is negatively affecting students’ life in a number of ways. In his plea for government intervention, the association’s national president, Dr. Oyedokun Abiodun, stated that the dearth of hostel space, which he characterised as a

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IED explosion kills 6 students in Borno

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 28, 2024

No fewer than six children died in a horrific incident that occurred on Saturday in Gubio Local Government Area, Borno State, as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) going off close to a Qur’anic school. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency journal that focuses on the Lake Chad region, the catastrophic event happened […]

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Caleb University set to celebrate its 13th convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 27, 2024

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, Caleb University Imota, Lagos will celebrate its 13th convocation, at which worthy graduates will receive undergraduate and graduate degrees. AIn addition, at the Imota main campus convocation arena, the institution will bestow honorary degrees on two notable Nigerians: Rev. Fr. Dr. Hycinth Alia, the Executive Governor of Benue State, and

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Gunmen Kidnap Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Abia State Varsity

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 27, 2024

Prof. Godwin Emezue, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Abia State University (ABSU), has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. According to a statement released on Saturday by ASP Maureen Chinaka, the State Police Command spokeswoman, Prof Emezue was abducted on Friday night at 7 p.m. as he was buying fuel at a petrol station in […]

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Lagos student dies following alleged flogging by a teacher

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 27, 2024

At Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, tension is rising following the death of a student, David Babadipo, who was allegedly flogged by a teacher. Online videos supposed to be of 16-year-old David being flogged to death on Thursday by teacher Oluwale, depict classmates in anguish. Students at the school staged protests in […]