Tag: Students
Students protest, issue Gov Amosun 48hr ultimatum
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Students of Tai Solarin College of Education, TASCE, Omu Ijebu, on Wednesday gave Governor Ibikunle Amosun 48 hours…
Varsity expells 20 students over exam fraud, cultism
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 20 students of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, have been…
UI asks 97 students to withdraw over poor academic performance
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Registrar of the University of Ibadan, UI, Mr. Olujimi Olukoya, has disclosed that the premier institution has…
Mapoly matriculates 5,000 students
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Ojere, Abeokuta, western Nigeria, Friday matriculated 5,000 students in both full time and part…
11 FUNAAB students bag scholarships
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded…
Lagos introduces PIN for students
The Lagos State Government has announced the introduction of Personal Identification Number (LASPIN) to capture the biometrics of students in…
Katsina govt. to pay NECO fees for students
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has assured that the government would pay fees for students taking this year’s National…
Army/Shiite Clash: Forum demands release of students’ corpses
aky The Academic Forum of Islamic Movement of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian Army to release corpses of students allegedly…
Lagos Deputy Gov welcomes teachers, students back to schools
As public schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2015/2016 academic session Monday, January 11, 2016,…
OAU students to resume on January 10
The authority of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, has asked students of the institution to resume from mid-semester break on…
Jigawa to distribute 7,000 computers to students
The Jigawa Government on Sunday said it had purchased 7,000 computers for senior secondary school students in the state. The…
Senator pays JAMB registration fee for 1,200 students
Femi Adi/Kaduna Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District and Chairman Senate Committee on Local and Foreign debt, Senator Shehu Sani…
Group warns against plan to increase LASU fee
•FILE PHOTO: Cross section of jubilant students of Lagos State University shortly after Governor Babatunde Fashola announced a return to…
RSUST VC slams non-Rivers students protesting discriminatory tuition fees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following protests by non-Rivers State students in Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Prof. Blessing…
Okebukola rates curriculum, teacher training method in Nigeria low
Prof. Peter Okebukola, a former Executive Secretary National Universities Commission (NUC), says the education curriculum and method of training teachers…
S. African students to fight for free education
South African students on Sunday vowed to continue their struggle for education transformation characterised by free education. Although widespread protests…
25 polytechnic students, staff members affected in Yola blast
At least 25 students and staff members of Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, were affected in the blast at Jambutu Jumaat…
Buhari warns lecturers against academic corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned university lecturers against academic corruption and inciting students. Buhari, who gave the warning at…
Ali Baba, Dayo Amusa wow Helen Paul’s students
KAYODE APONMADE Ace stand-up comedian, Ali Baba, Bayo Bankole and upwardly mobile Yoruba actress cum producer, Dayo Amusa, are some…
Delta approves N400m for students’ assistance scheme
Delta state government has approved N400 million to finance its students’ assistance scheme, Mr Jude Senebe, the Commissioner for Higher…
Ambode distributes 2,400 free life jackets to students, boat operators
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday began his campaign of Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with the…
Ekiti students, pupils to pay education levy
As part of the decisions arrived at during the recently held Education Summit in Ekiti State, students of public secondary…
School building collapses in Jos, kills four students
An Islamic school building collapsed in the town of Bukuru in Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday afternoon, killing at least…
FG approves N400m for students on foreign scholarship
The Federal Government has approved N400 million for the payment of upkeep allowances of Nigerian students on foreign scholarships. The…
Death of UNIPORT student: Rivers govt calls for probe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Deputy Governor of the Rivers State, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo has called on the federal government and…
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in trouble for allegedly conning dozens of students
Kathleen Meese, an upstate New York schoolteacher, plunked down $25,000 five years ago for “Gold Elite” courses at Trump University…
UNIPORT students close down UPTH, protest death of final year female student
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Angry students of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, in Rivers State,southern Nigeria, in the early hours…
Forgery: YABATECH expels 73 students
The Academic Board of Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria, has expelled 73 students of the college for…
Teachers, students laud MultiChoice for investing in education
MultiChoice Nigeria has received praises from teachers and students for its heavy investment in the public secondary school system through…
The Disquiet In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions
Harrison Iyoha Across the country students of various institutions of higher learning are having one reason or the other to…