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Stanbic IBTC transforms the educational landscape through adoption of four schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 24, 2024

Stanbic IBTC adopted four schools in Nigeria as part of its efforts to improve education and foster long-term development in communities across the country. The organisation announced that it has adopted four schools through its Adopt-a-School scheme. The schools chosen for adoption were:

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Nearly 300 Nigerian students released following abduction in Kaduna

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 24, 2024

Nearly 300 children and staff who were kidnapped by gunmen from a school in northern Nigeria earlier this month have been freed unharmed, according to the governor’s office in Kaduna, just days before a N1 billion ransom deadline. The kidnapping of 287 students on March 7 in Kuriga, a desert village in northwestern Kaduna state, […]

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Female student burnt to death as fire razes Federal University hostel

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 24, 2024

Shamsiya Murtala, a female student of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, lost her life, on Saturday, after fire destroyed a complete block of 29 rooms, accommodating about 301 students. The 300-level student of Geography Department was confirmed dead at the General Hospital, Gashua. The incident which occurred in the afternoon has sent shockwaves across the […]

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Ede Poly matriculates 9,150 students, rector presents best students with N400,000

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 23, 2024

The Federal Polytechnic in Ede, Osun State On Friday, 9,150 new students matriculated into various courses of study at the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) levels. Engr. Dr. Man Yahaya Sani, the institution’s Rector, presented two National Diploma students with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average with monetary gifts of N200,000 apiece.

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FUTMinna pro-chancellor urges FG to adequately fund public varsities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 23, 2024

Prof. Olu Obafemi, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has urged the federal government to appropriately fund the country’s public universities. Mr Obafemi, a well-known poet, made the plea during a public lecture hosted by the University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities […]

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15 kidnapped Tsangaya students in Sokoto regain freedom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 23, 2024

The 15 students kidnapped at a Quranic school in Sokoto State have been released. The students were kidnapped in Gidan Bakuso hamlet, Gada Local Government Area, while fleeing to their rooms to avoid a communal attack two weeks ago. It was reported that the victims were kidnapped hours before the graduation ceremony of the state’s […]

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CB-WASSCE: 70% fail to obtain 5 credits including English, Mathematics

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Thirty percent of candidates who sat the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB- WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series obtained credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. This was contained in a statement on Friday and signed by Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina for Head of National

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BREAKING: WAEC releases results of first computer-based WASSCE

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Nigeria has released the results of the first Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024—First Series. Conducted from Wednesday, January 31, to Saturday, February 17, 2024, the test had the participation of 8,139 participants across 140 Computer-Based Test (CBT)

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Professor dies few weeks to assumption of work as university VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has mourned the death of the immediate-past Director of Management Information Systems (DMIS) at the University, Prof. Muhtari Alhassan. It was gathered that Prof. Alhassan was on leave of absence after which he was supposed to pick up a VCship appointment elsewhere before his untimely passing. NOUN Vice […]

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3 Abia medical students die in horrific accident, others battling for life

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Three Abia State University Uturu Medicine and Surgery students were reportedly killed in a horrific accident on the Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Umuahia Motorway. The accident occurred on Thursday, while six students were returning to Aba following the school’s medical student induction. The driver of the vehicle in which the students were driving reportedly lost […]

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3 students feared dead in Nasarawa State University rice stampede

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Three Nasarawa State University students were confirmed dead on Friday in a stampede after looting rice distributed by the state government. The event occurred in the convocation square, where the rice bags were kept awaiting Governor Abdullahi Sule’s arrival to begin distribution. According to a student witness, Moses Ajah, the mob of students waiting to […]

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ASUU criticises Plateau government for removing PLASU VC and dissolving the governing council

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Plateau State University Chapter has criticised the Plateau State Government for dissolving the university’s governing council and removing the vice chancellor, Professor Malau Bernard Matur, without following the university’s existing laws. The Union, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Monday Hassan

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Wike approves N280.3 million for scholarships to 13,946 indigent students in FCT

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has granted N280.3 million in scholarships for 13,946 indigent students at all levels of education in the FCT. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration, made the announcement on Thursday in Gwagwalada, during the launch of the rapid rehabilitation of 19 public schools in the

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EBHS Old Students’ Association sets up a N1 billion school endowment fund

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

Ekiti Baptist High School Old Students’ Association (Lagos/Ogun region) has established a N1 billion endowment fund for the school in an effort to improve the standard of their alma mater. In an effort to bring the school back to its former splendour, the association started an endowment fund campaign. Mr. Ifeloka Oyebade, President of the […]

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FG confident in military strategy to rescue Kaduna students — Defence Minister

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar, vowed on Thursday that the abducted students from Kuriga secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State’s Chikun Local Government Area will be rescued shortly. The minister also stated that the killings of Nigerian Army officers and troops in the Okuama community in Delta State will not be ignored, […]

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NNPC/TotalEnergies 2024 International Masters Degree Scholarship

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 22, 2024

TotalEnergies is a multinational energy company that produces and supplies oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gas, renewables, and electricity. More than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making energy more affordable, clean, reliable, and accessible to as many people as possible. TotalEnergies, a company with over 500 professions in more than 130 countries,

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Alleged 15m fraud rocks secondary school in Ebonyi

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

Parents of students at Federal Science Technical College, FSTC, Amuzu in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, under the umbrella of Concerned Parents, have expressed concern about alleged financial irregularities committed by executive members of the Parent Teachers Association, PTA. This was revealed during a press briefing in Abakaliki, where they accused

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SSANU meeting with FG ends at an impasse; strike continues

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

The meeting between the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria University (SSANU) and the Federal Government concluded in an impasse, with SSANU requesting that strict action continue. On Wednesday, National President (SSANU) Muhammed Ibrahim announced that the strike would continue tomorrow. Recall that SSANU and NASU began on a seven-day nationwide strike on Monday to

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Senate encourages action on out-of-school children; calls for novel approaches

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

The Senate has encouraged the federal ministry of education and its agencies, as well as other stakeholders, to collaborate on new ways to effectively address the issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The Senate decision came after plenary adopted a motion on “compelling the need to tackle the challenge of out-of-school children in Nigeria” on […]

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Court dismisses suit seeking to stop conducting election, exams on Saturdays

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 21, 2024

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a claim filed by Ugochukwu Uchenwa, a Seventh-day Adventist Church member, to prevent elections and tests from taking place on Saturdays. Justice James Omotosho ruled on Wednesday that the suit was frivolous, vexatious, unpleasant, and without merit. Mr Ugochukwu, an elder of the church, told the court […]