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Kwara government offers 50,000 cartons of noodles to university students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

On Wednesday, the Kwara state government began distributing 50,000 cartons of noodles to students at state, federal, and private educational institutions throughout the state. During a presentation to the leadership of Students’ Union Governments (SUGs) of tertiary institutions in Ilorin,

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FG postpones launch of student loan scheme indefinitely

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

The Federal Government has postponed the commencement of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer, claimed this in an interview with ARISE NEWS. According to Sawyer, the loan, which was originally scheduled to start on Thursday, has been postponed again due to certain

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Mbah establishes governing council for Enugu State University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 13, 2024

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has selected Chinyeka Ohaa as Chairman of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Governing Council. The governor also approved Professor Ikenna Chukwu’s assignments. The governing council includes James Ifeanyi, Gladys Okoro, Chinedu Onu, and Dr. Eric Oluedo. Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government,

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TETFund approves legislative drafting textbook for Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the printing and distribution of 2,000 copies of a legislative drafting textbook across all Nigerian universities. The book “A Workbook on Legislative Drafting in Nigeria” is written by Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, Nigeria’s premier legal scholar in legislative drafting. Dr. Jaja is the first Nigerian

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400-level Abia University student dies during cult clash

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Abia State Government revealed on Monday that an Abia State University student died following a cult clash over the weekend. Following the week’s State Executive Council meeting chaired by the state governor, Alex Otti, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, briefed reporters on Monday, saying, “It has come to the notice of […]

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SSANU and NASU declare a seven-day warning strike over withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

On Monday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union announced a seven-day warning strike. The unions stated the proclamation was issued to demand that the Federal Government pay its members’ withholding salary for four months following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of a resolution passed by the […]

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Nasarawa University VC promises prompt completion of PhD programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 11, 2024

Prof. Suleiman Mohammed, Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), has pledged to ensure the prompt completion of the institution’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes. Mohammed made the vow in Abuja on Monday at an event hosted by the university’s PhD students in Security and Strategic Studies, Course 5, to commemorate the completion of

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Tinubu’s daughter is named Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Havilla University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 10, 2024

Mujidat Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, President Bola Tinubu’s daughter, has announced her appointment as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Havilla University in Nde Ikom, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria. She expressed her gratitude in a social media post and announced her new role to the public on her Twitter handle which is @iyalojasgeneral. Tinubu-Ojo, as

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Fubara pledges unwavering support for Wigwe University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 9, 2024

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has pledged the state government’s support for Wigwe University. Fubara made the announcement on Saturday following the funeral service of Herbert Wigwe, the late CEO of Access Holdings Plc, in Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State. Wigwe, his wife Doreen, and their son Chizzy passed away in a helicopter […]

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Delta government transforms Orerokpe Technical College into university campus

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 9, 2024

The relocated Faculty of Management Sciences of the Delta State University of Science and Technology (DSUST), Ozoro, Delta state, will begin operations at the Orerokpe Technical College, Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Delta state governor, made the announcement shortly after visiting facilities at the Orerokpe school, which is currently under

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Imo undergraduates protest high tuition fees, poor education standard

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2024

Tertiary students in Imo State have protested about high living costs, exorbitant fees, poor education standard, poor facilities, extortion, and intimidation at their respective institutions. The students urged the federal and state governments to halt the incessant increase in their tuition fees, as well as undue extortion through handouts and textbooks, to strengthen

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Police arrest 4 KWASU students for allegedly beating colleague to death

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2024

The Kwara State Police Command has detained four Kwara State University (KWASU) students for allegedly beating a fellow student to death. DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest to journalists in Ilorin on Friday. According to him, an investigation into the purported murder was ongoing. It was reported that the KWASU students allegedly

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30 Salem University graduates called to Bar, says VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2024

Professor Alewo Johnson-Akubo, Vice Chancellor of Salem University Lokoja, announced that 30 of the university’s graduates had been called to the Nigerian Bar. The VC, who made the announcement in Lokoja, characterised the outcome as “cheering” and “encouraging news” for the university. According to Johnson-Akubo, the new lawyers are among the

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Bamidele Olumilua University will justify increase in subvention – VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2024

Prof. Olufemi Adeoluwa, Vice Chancellor of the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere-Ekiti , has promised people that the institution will justify an increase in its monthly subvention via superior academic and scholastic achievement. He stated that the recent increase in subvention from N175.8 million to N275.8 million would

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UI collaborates with ILO, LWR to train teachers and community leaders on child labour

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 7, 2024

The University of Ibadan has integrated the customised International Labour Organisation (ILO) SCREAM-‘Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts, and the Media’ curriculum into the institution’s GES programme. This was announced at the start of a six-day programme held between February 26 and March 2. The International Labour

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Nigerian scholar becomes Africa’s first professor of linguistics in Saudi university‌

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 7, 2024

Abdul Ghani Oyarekhua, a Nigerian scholar, has been Africa’s first professor of linguistics at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. Oyarekhua’s promotion to Professor of Arabic Linguistics at the institution’s Faculty of Arabic Language and Humanities makes him the first African to receive this accolade at the Islamic University of Madinah

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51-year-old UNIABUJA student attempts suicide over tuition fee increase

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 7, 2024

Ada Amazu, a final-year student at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), reportedly attempted suicide due to an increase in school fees. The Veterinary Medicine undergraduate attempted suicide after being required to retake an academic session for failing to pay her tuition fees, which had recently increased from N71,000 to N196,000, prior to the end of […]

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NUC approves operation of another private institution in Edo

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 6, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted Lighthouse University an operational licence in Edo. Lighthouse University, a privately owned institution, is located in Evbuobanosa Community, along the Benin-Agbor Motorway in Edo’s Orhionmwon LGA. The NUC gave the operational certificate after the university completed all of the prerequisites for approval. The

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238 IMSU students face expulsion over fabricated admission letters

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 6, 2024

A total of 238 Imo State University (IMSU) students have been recommended for expulsion due to the display of falsified admission letters. According to a news release issued by Ralph Njoku, the university’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, the impacted students fraudulently hacked into the IMSU and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, websites with the […]

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Gbajabiamila approved the payment of withheld salaries to only ASUU – SSANU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has stated that the payment of the four-month withheld salaries to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the expense of other university-based unions was due to a directive from the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. SSANU and the […]