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Emeka Offor offers N100 million endowment for UNN development

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 13, 2024

Sir Emeka Offor, a businessman and philanthropist, presented an endowment fund of N100 million to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).Offor, executive chairman of the Chrome Group of Companies, made the donation shortly after receiving the Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa)

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2 arrested for alleged rape of Ajayi Crowther university student

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 13, 2024

Two people have been detained for allegedly raping a student of Ajayi Crowther University Oyo. Mr Olufemi John Atoyebi, the University’s Public Relations Officer, signed and released a press statement to convey the development. Olufemi stated in a copy of the statement made available to reporters on Friday that Ajayi Crowther University Management promptly handed

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UNIMED dismisses Deputy VC for making false allegations against management

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 10, 2024

Professor Adolphus Loto, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Administration and Clinical Services at the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo State, has been sacked by the school as a result of a fake petition submitted against the university’s management. Loto was fired by the institution’s governing body after a probe into the allegations against the

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Kogi university lecturer stripped naked over alleged sexual harassment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 10, 2024

On Friday, May 10, a senior lecturer at Federal University Lokoja (FUL) in Kogi state was stripped nearly naked after being accused of forceful sexual approach towards a female student. The lecturer, whose full name was unknown at the time of filing this report, was said to have incurred the wrath of some other female undergraduates […]

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Bandits invade CUSTEC, abduct several students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 10, 2024

On Thursday night, bandits broke into the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi and kidnapped several students. According to eyewitnesses, the bandits attacked the university around 9:00 p.m. when students were studying for their approaching examinations. According to the source, the bandits entered through the bush, went into three

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UNILAG’s best graduating student bags prestigious Stanford University scholarship

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 9, 2024

David Akanmu, the University of Lagos‘ best-graduating student in 2024, has been named a 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University announced this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the announcement, Akanmu is one of five Africans, the only one from an African-based tertiary institution, chosen to join the 2024 cohort,

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Kano University ASUU accuses government of neglect, threatens industrial action

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 9, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Yusuf Maitama Sule University in Kano, has voiced concerns about a potential crisis with the Kano State Government The union accused the government of ignoring its demands. According to a statement signed on Wednesday by the Branch Chairman and Secretary, Comrade Mansur Said and Comrade Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo, […]

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Disturbing video shows female student of Ekiti University striking colleague

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 7, 2024

A disturbing video has emerged online, showing a female student at Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology, Ikere (BOUESTI) in Ekiti State assaulting a colleague with a stick. The viral video shows the assailant dismissing the victim’s pleads while swinging the stick. Witnesses described the victim as Ajayi Precious Gloria, and the attacker

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LASU VC launches STEM education laboratory

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 6, 2024

The Lagos State University-Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education (LASU-ACEITSE) opened its laboratory on Monday to train students in science, mathematics, and technology. Dr Joshua Atah, the National Coordinator of ACE Impact in Nigeria, stated at the ceremony that the project’s success was partly due to outstanding leadership

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Police arrest 2 in connection with the disappearance of a 200-level UNIDEL student

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 6, 2024

Two suspects have reportedly been apprehended by Edo State Police Command officers in connection with Miss Faith Omodon, a missing 200-level undergraduate at the University of Delta in Agbor. On March 30, residents of the Iru Egbede community in Edo State’s Orhionmwon Local Government Area reported the abrupt abduction of their daughter, Faith Omodon, a […]

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Wesley University matriculates 580 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 6, 2024

The Vice-Chancellor of Wesley University Ondo, Rev. Prof. Samuel Sunday Obeka, has urged the institution’s newly admitted students to embrace the qualities of hard work and avoid social vices. Prof. Obeka, who declared this during the school’s 15th Matriculation ceremony, cautioned that any violation of the social vices would result in severe repercussions such

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Foundation educates 100 LASUTH students on financial literacy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 6, 2024

One hundred Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) students have received financial literacy training in order to better prepare them to face the challenges of the national economy. The Pan African Capital Foundation trained 100 biomedical students from the Nigerian Medical Laboratory Science Students Association (NIMELSA) at the University of Lagos in financial

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Kaduna University to allow students to take examinations despite unpaid fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 6, 2024

The Kaduna State University has declared that students experiencing financial challenges will be allowed to sit exams for the 2023/2024 academic year. The university’s management stated in a statement on Thursday that the move was made at the request of Governor Uba Sani to lessen the impact of present economic issues on its student body. […]

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Babcock University matriculates 3,223 students, honours the 2023 UTME top scorer and others

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 4, 2024

Yesterday, 3,223 undergraduate students matriculated at Babcock University in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. The institution also recognised Kelvin Eke, a Software Engineering student, with the highest 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score of 349, as well as others with the highest score of 15 points out of 15 in the 2023 Joint Universities Preliminary

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Academic and administrative activities to continue despite strike – UniAbuja

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 4, 2024

UniAbuja’s management has stated that academic and administrative operations on campus will continue despite the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike. Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, Vice-Chancellor, made this statement during a meeting with the Provost, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Academic Departments. Dr. Habib Yakoob, Acting Director of

Tertiary institutions

Adamawa varsity inaugurates N526.7m Distance Learning CentreCentre

Angel Ojonugwa May 3, 2024

YOLA (Sundiata Post) – The Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has inaugurated its Distance Learning Centre built at the cost of N526.7 million to increase access to university education. Prof. Liman Tukur, the university’s Vice Chancellor, in a remark at the ceremony on Thursday, said that the initiative would provide accessible education to all Nigerians […]

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Olowo of Owo Kingdom to become the first Chancellor of FUTBabura

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 3, 2024

Preparations are on for the investiture of Olowo of Owo Kingdom, Ondo, Chief Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, as the pioneer chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Babura in Jigawa. This was revealed in a press statement signed by the Secretary of Information and Publicity, Mr Mustafa Ibrahim, and distributed to the media in […]

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Taraba University operates below NUC standards: Visitation panel

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 3, 2024

The visiting panel for Taraba State University, Jalingo, stated that the university is operating below the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) standards. They proposed changing the process for appointing the university’s governing council to meet NUC requirements. Prof. Josiah Kente, the panel’s chairman, announced this to press on Thursday after

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Our late student was not stabbed – Veritas University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 3, 2024

The management of Veritas University, Abuja, has denied sensationally misleading claims in the media that quoted unnamed family members of the late 100 Level student, Mr. Joshua Daniel, as alleging he was stabbed. Ben Agande, the University’s spokesperson, expressed regret over the student’s death but stated that the University is willing and ready to fund […]

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Student dies inside Veritas University gym

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 2, 2024

Mr. Joshua Daniel, a student at Veritas University in Abuja, died on campus while exercising in the school’s gym. This comes as the university’s administration has committed to cooperate with competent authorities in the investigation into the student’s death. Ben Agande, the institution’s Head of Corporate Affairs, said in a statement on Thursday: