Category: Education
THE ANYHOWNESS OF DELE ASHIRU-CHAIRMANSHIP OF UNILAG ASUU
. It would shock everyone to know that the first line of defence for the Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, Professor Toyin Ogundipe, in the face of the many corruption...
Police arrests fake corps member with a forged certificate
..One Dada Gbenga Ayomilekan, a fake member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for impersonation. He was...
How 980 students of Taraba State University lost their admissions
Dreams of no fewer than Nine Hundred and eighty students who were duly admitted into the Taraba State University to pursue their academics have been dashed. This...
FBI Arrests Nigerian Doctor In US Over Multi-million Dollar Fraud, Selling Fake Certificates To Students
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has nabbed Nigerian medical doctor, Patrick Nwaokwu, for his alleged involvement in multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud. Nwaokwu was...
News Update, Monday,16/08/2021
** SERAP to Buhari: Pay striking doctors N4.8bn allocated for whatsApp monitoring ** Defection: Three APC governors meet Ladoja in Ibadan ** Sanusi reveals reasons why...
JAMB 2021 Policy Meeting holds August 31st, minimum cut-off marks to be decided
JAMB, in conjunction with heads of tertiary institutions, will hold the 2021 policy meeting to determine minimum cut-off marks and other issues for admissions into the...
News Update, Saturday,14/08/2021
** Nigeria would have broken into pieces but for Ahmed Joda, Obasanjo mourns ** Ex-Super Permanent Secretary, Ahmed Joda dies at 91 ** FG announces reopening of Eko...
JSS1 Student sues Ekiti state govt N15m for suspending her over an indecent hairstyle
The Ekiti state government has been slammed with a N15 million lawsuit by a junior secondary one (JSS1) student, who was allegedly punished by her school for carrying an...
News Update, Friday,13/08/2021
** PDP should unite to win Anambra election – Party chieftain ** COVID-19: FG rules out lockdown amid Delta variant surge ** Spends $298.5m to purchase J&J vaccine...
Photonews: Borno Governor, Zulum Conducts Impromptu Test For Teachers
Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum during his visit to Baga held an impromptu aptitude test for 65 teachers to determine their qualifications and...
UNIBEN student made sculpture of Aisha Yesufu
The statue was made by a University of Benin final year student, Emmanuel Omoregie, who is studying Fine and Applied Arts. He said it was to “appreciate her roles...
Rochas Okorocha to establish Islamic University in Buhari’s village
In a show of appreciation for all the benevolence he enjoys from Katsina State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, the former Governor of Imo State has said he will establish an...
News Update, Sunday, 08/08/2021
** Obasanjo meets Benin Republic leaders, seeks asylum for Igboho ** Yari-led APC faction insists on validity of old membership cards ** Nigeria to begin administering...
News Update, Thursday, 05/08/21
** PDP woes endless as BOT member Joy Emodi joins APC ** FEC approves $11.17bn rail project to link all coastal cities ** Nigeria committed to border demarcation with...
Bodies of five UNIUYO graduates who died in an auto-crash while on their way to NYSC orientation camp, flown to Cross River for burial
The remains of the five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps who lost their lives in a crash on the Abaji-Kwali Expressway in Abuja on July 28 have...
OOU’s First-class Graduate In Mathematics Bags US Scholarship
Olusola Dehinsilu, who shared his good news on social media revealed that he had been rejected many times since 2018 when he graduated from the Olabisi Onabanjo...
Protest rocks FUTA as student died due to negligence of school security and poor health system
Reports had it that Five students got involved in an accident on August 3rd 2021 while coming from an outing. The accident involving 5 Futa Students occurred along...
News Update, Monday, 02/08/2021
** Hushpuppi: Police commission suspends Abba Kyari over FBI indictment ** FCTA spends N8bn on waste management annually – Minister ** LASG demolishes shanties on...
“You can’t succeed outside your educational qualification”—President Buhari
“You can’t succeed outside your educational qualification. Anybody who missed education has missed everything. —President Buhari The President speech at the Global...
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed sadness over the death of five prospective Corps members on Wednesday
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed sadness over the death of five prospective Corps members on Wednesday. The five prospective...
News Update, Thursday, 29/07/2021
** Blackout hits homes, businesses as power grid collapses ** Shiite leader Zakzaky, wife held since 2015 regains freedom **Akeredolu wins at Supreme Court ** Supreme...
Bandits Detain ransom Courier, Demand six Motorbikes, N4.6m Balance
It was a mild drama in the camps of the parents and the abductors of the 156 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger...
Gunmen snatch NECO examination papers thinking it is money
Some unknown gunmen in Kaduna state invaded Government Secondary school, Unguwar sarki, in an apparent robbery attack on Friday, July 23, 2021. According to reports,...
Photonews: FUTMINNA final year student Rocks “Cheated in Every Exam” T-shirt
FUTMINNA final year student Rocks “Cheated in Every Exam” T-shirt
UNIBEN Graduate That Inscribed “Aggressive Malpractice Brought Me This Far” On “Sign out” Shirt To Rewrite All Exams From 200 Level After Being Probed
University of Benin (UNIBEN) Female Graduate probed by the school authorities for Examination malpractice ordered to rewrite all exams from 200 Level.UNIBEN began...
News Update, Tuesday, 13/07/2021
** Third wave: Monitor foreign travellers, Sanwo-Olu tells immigration ** Nigerian media slams Buhari, National Assembly over proposed ‘anti-media’ laws ** Buni...
News Update, Monday, 12/07/2021
** Lagos directs Churches, Mosques to operate at 50% as COVID-19 3rd wave hits state ** DSS Raid: South-West monarchs demand release, compensation for Igboho’s aides...
News Update, Wednesday, 07/07/2021
** Sanwo-Olu presents 10 cars to Lagos outstanding civil servants ** Southern Reps back region’s govs on 2023 presidency, PIB, Electoral Act ** Presidency hails...
Bandits demand foodstuff to feed abducted students of Bethel Baptist High school
..New reports from the management of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, revealed that the bandits that kidnapped about...
N900m Fraud: Court Arraign, Remands ex-JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde In Prison Custody
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Dibu Ojerinde in prison...
Nigerian University Compels Students To Wear Uniforms
The Bayelsa state-owned University, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma has directed the students of the school to procure and start wearing uniforms...
UNILORIN, Kwarapoly students remanded in prison for love scam
..A 300 Level Student of the University of Ilorin, Ganiyy Rasaq Olarewaju, and Olakunle Adebisi, an ND II student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, have been convicted...
News Update, Monday, 05/07/2021
** Southern governors reconvene in Lagos over state of nation ** US 245th Independence Day: Buhari congratulates Biden ** NACCIMA hails FG on PIB passage **...
News Update, Sunday, 04/07/2021
** Buhari to Emir of Kano: Follow your father’s footsteps ** Abdulrazaq is a ‘one chance’ Governor, says Lai Mohammed ** No presidential ambition for me, I’m too...
I WITHDREW MY SON FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE BANDITS ARE TARGETING HIM _ El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has for the first time revealed why he ‘secretly’ withdrew his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai, from...
News Update, Saturday, 03/07/2021
** Security Operatives begin show of force over Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos ** Anxiety as Military Helicopters bomb suspected IPOB camps in Delta ** Lagos hails House...
News Update, Thursday, 01/07/2021
** Nigerians are to blame for injustices, not ethnicity, religion –Buhari ** PDP optimistic of victory in 2023, in spite of governors defection ** Senate to consider...
News Update, Tuesday, 29/06/2021
** APC announces date to commence sale of forms for congresses ** CJN Tanko swears in 18 new justices for Court of Appeal, tells justices to avoid juicy, irresistible...
News Update, Sunday, 27/06/2021
** FG, Lai Mohammed disown anti-press bill ** Buhari: War on drugs more deadly than insurgency ** Tinubu will make a good president – Olubadan ** NDLEA busts 253 drug...
News Update, Friday, 25/06/2021
**Buhari travels to London for medical checkup Friday ** Gumi now mouthpiece for bandits, terrorists, says IPOB ** Sheikh Gumi will set Nigeria on fire – Omokri ** APC...
Final year student takes Nigerian University to court after he was expelled for criticising state governor, demands N20m
Nigerians react as student sues university for expelling him over social media post. The expulsion letter which was signed by the university Registrar, John E. Udo, also...
Borno School Suspends 30 Nursing Students For Not Welcoming Buhari During Presidential Visit
At least 30 students have been suspended by the management of the Borno State College of Nursing and Midwifery for refusing to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari when he...
How I stabbed Super TV CEO to death, 21-year-old UNILAG student speaks
A 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has narrated how she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in...
News Update, Thursday, 24/06/2021
** Insecurity: Buhari meets Northern govs in Aso Villa ** Decision on work from home orderfor review soon — SFG ** Only South West has properly managed its diversity...
News Update, Wednesday, 23/06/2021
** Buhari appoints Osinbajo to head poverty reduction group ** ECOWAS Court restrains Buhari from prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter ** National Assembly roof leaks,...
News Update, Tuesday, 22/06/2021
** No school is safe until government negotiates with bandits — Gumi ** National Assembly won’t gag media, says Senate ** Buhari congratulates former I-G Solomon...
Corps member to continue serving his fatherland from jail for 2yrs over sex scam
The Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Monday, June 21, sentenced a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Oyeyemi Caleb, to two years imprisonment for a romance...
UNICAL suspends SUG deputy senate president over assault
The University of Calabar Students’ Union Government Deputy Senate President, Queen Manuywhor has been suspended by the institution for allegedly molesting a...
News Update, Monday, 21/06/2021
** Restructuring: PDP cautions Buhari on references to war ** Designer of1004 Flats Housing Estate in Lagos, Fola Alade, is dead ** Buhari condoles with family of Fola...
Media Picture: Students reportedly walked out of class in University of Ibadan, after lecturer said Lekki shooting never happened
Students reportedly walked out of class in University of Ibadan, after lecturer said Lekki shooting never happened.
News Update, Tuesday, 15/06/2021
** We need leaders that’ll unite not divide Nigerians – Osinbajo ** Oshiomhole breaks silence on not completing his tenure as APC National Chairman ** Old...
Press Release – June 12 Protest: Sunday Asefon On His Own As Students’ Structure Are Prepared To Storm The Streets
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS (NANS) ZONE D (SOUTH WEST) 11 – 06 – 2021 June 12 Protest; Sunday Asefon On His Own As Students’ Structure...
News Update, Friday, 11/06/2021
** Go and protect your lands from herdsmen, Buhari tells governors ** Buhari inagurates Lagos-Ibadan railway project ** Sanwo-Olu Donates 150 vehicles, 100 bikes, 2...
Bandits Attack Kaduna Polytechnic, Abduct Students, Lecturers, Kill One
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday night invaded the campus of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified numbers of students and...
‘Twita’ A Poem
Written by Popoola sulaimon
Let them take heed, those who are not born to leadThat we do not exist to enhance their greedNor do we accept their right to powerWhen comes the year, the day, the...
News Update, Friday, 04/06/2021
** Obasanjo: Nigeria is a land flowing with bitterness, sadness ** Plots to destroy Buhari’s govt’ll fail, says APC ** Nigeria not failing: Aso Rock blasts U.S....
Breaking: Gunmen Hijack School Bus In Ondo
June 3, 2021 Some gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a school bus in Oba ile Estate of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state. The Precision NG understands...
News Update, Thursday, 03/06/2021
** Senate passes law to abolish HND/BSC dichotomy ** Senator Abaribe queries Buhari’s ambivalence on IPOB/Herdsmen ** Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet for...
Senate passes bill to end discrimination between first degree, HND holders
The Senate has passed a bill that prohibits employers in the country from discriminating between first degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders. The passage of...
News Update, Sunday, 30/05/2021
** Governance Cost: Sacking workers not long-term solution – Osinbajo ** We’ll ensure quick implementation of security summit’s outcome – Gbajabiamila **...
News Update, Saturday, 29/05/2021
** FG launches menstrual pad bank for emergency situations ** Osinbajo hosts Liberian vice President ** Kalu salutes new Chief of Army Staff, General Yahaya ** Bloody...
News update, Friday, 28/05/2021
** FG inaugurates 450 metric tons cassava processing plant in Rivers ** Buhari appoints new Chief of Army Staff ** Kaduna speaker hails choice of Major General Yahaya as...
News Update, Tuesday, 25/05/2021
** Buhari okays deep rooted solutions to herdsmen attacks, clear way for ranching and revival of Forrest reserves ** First Lady pays condolence visit to Late...
Bill seeking to scrap NYSC reaches second reading in House of Reps
The bill on the discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps has reached the second reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the lawmaker...
El-Rufai orders dismissal of Kaduna varsity lecturers
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the dismissal of Kaduna State University’s lecturers who join other workers on strike in the state. Part of the...
EKITI BOOK CLUB PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO DG EKITI STATE COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, DISCUSSES WAYS TO MOVE READING CULTURE, ARTS AND TOURISM FORWARD IN EKITI STATE
Ekiti Book Club under the leadership of Olamilekan Okebiorun on Monday, 17th of May, 2021 met with the Director-General, Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture and...
News Update, Tuesday, 18/05/2021
** Yoruba Nation: S’West govs, Gbajabiamila, others meet Tinubu Sunday ** Osinbajo has not declared interest in 2023 Presidential race – Aide ** Asaba Accord: Reps...
Benue state governor Dr. Samuel Ortom to restore history as compulsory subject in the state
Governor Samuel Ortom speaking at Makurdi, at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organized by the Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of...
Benue state governor Dr. Samuel Ortom to restore history as compulsory subject in the state
Governor Samuel Ortom speaking at Makurdi, at the ‘Media Week and Communications Day 2021’ organized by the Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Diocese of...
FG May Slash Civil Servants’ Salaries, Merge Agencies, Others To Cut Cost- Zainab Ahmed
Zainab Shamsuna AhmedThe Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to...
Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from the US and Canada
Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars’ worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of...
Police Dismiss Three Officers For Extorting LASU Student
The Police Command in Ogun State, on Tuesday, announced the dismissal of three police officers for allegedly extorting N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba, a student of...
News Update, Saturday, 24/04/2021
** Things’ll soon turn around for better — Kumuyi tells Nigeria youths ** Buhari overrules DPR, restores ownership of four oil blocks to NNPC ** FG reviews passport...
Pantami Was Chief Imam Of ATBU Mosque When My Son Was Killed By Islamic Extremists —Father Of Murdered Christian Students’ Leader
His crime was that he was said to have distributed a Christian tract which Sheik Pantami had said blasphemed Islam and Prophet Mohammed. In the wake of the unnerving...
Three Abducted Greenfield University Students Found Dead
Three students of the Greenfield University in Kaduna State who were abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers have been killed by their abductors. The students...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun gives LASU best graduating student a house and N2m
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has donated a two-bedroom bungalow and N2 million to the 2020 overall best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU),...
Meet Katsina Man With MSc Degree Who Opted For Metal Scraps Trading, Scavenging In Lagos
Born and raised in Karofi town of Dutsinma local government area of Katsina state, Yazid Surajo who holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from Bayero...
News update, Saturday, 17/04/2021
** Ramadan: I’m not behind distribution of rice in north, says Tinubu ** We can’t ‘continue’ with bad governance, PDP tells Buhari ** FG threatens to sanction...
News Update, Friday, 16/04/2021
** Buhari arrived Abuja at about 5 p.m. on Thursday. ** Fight against drug trafficking will block insurgency funding –FG ** FG cancels meeting with ASUP, JUSUN ** How...
News Update, Thursday, 15/04/2021
** Be committed to Nigeria’s unity, peace, Osinbajo urges citizens ** Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu, others not forgotten – FG ** Zulum hopeful Chibok girls will be...
News Update, Saturday, 10/04/2021
** Buhari appoints Oyegun Chairman UI Governing Council **Osinbajo inaugurates ESP’s solar power programme in Jigawa ** I won’t pay ransom even if my son is...
Hijab: We will push for our children to wear our beads, emblems in schools, organisation – Ifa Priest, Elebuibon
Ifa priest and Iconic writer, Oloye Yemi Elebuibon has stated that the adherents of the African traditional religions will push for a bill that will protect the rights...
UNILAG Professor Wins ₦958 Million Grant From Bill Gates Foundation
UNILAG Professor Wins ₦958 Million Grant From Bill Gates Foundation.A Nigerian professor, Bosede Afolabi, has made the country proud by winning the Bill and Melinda...
ASUP Shuts Down Polytechnics
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced the commencement of an indefinite strike. Anderson Ezeibe, President of the union,...
News Update, Sunday, 04/04/2021
** FG faithful to agreement with Doctors – Labour Minister ** Resident doctors vow to continue strike ** PDP, Atiku preach love, hope at Easter ** Easter: Okowa calls...
Senate, Alumni Decry Discrimination Against Polytechnic Graduates
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and other stakeholders in the education and labour sector, on Monday, described as undesirable the discrimination against graduates of...
SUG President allegedly poisoned to death after being sworn in
The president of the National Union of Benue State Students at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Manasseh Agudo, has died from suspected food poisoning. Agudo died on...
All schools belong to the govt and are not returnable, fight or not, you will lose- Muslim cleric
On Wednesday, Christians and Muslims, both old and young ones took to the streets and fought dirt. Stones, sticks and dangerous objects were hurled to each other over...
Muslims, Christians Clash in Kwara Over The Use Of Hijab In Schools
Scenes of the violent clash between Christians and Muslims in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. According to Channels TV, violence erupted on...
Akeredolu Orders Recitation Of Oodua Anthem In Schools
The Ondo State Government has made it compulsory for all pupils and students in the state to recite the Oodua Anthem in their schools.The order reportedly affects all...
Award Winning Novelist, Chimamanda Adichie Looses Mother
Mrs Ifeoma Adichie the wife of Late Prof Adichie suddenly passed away at Awka yesterday. This is coming roughly a year after her husband Prof Adichie gave up the ghost...
Senate Begins Work On Bill To Prohibit Casual Jobs For Graduates In Nigeria
The Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable Nigerian graduates as casual workers. The...
News Update, Monday, 15/02/2021
** Herdsmen: We’ll protect ourselves if Buhari, Abiodun fail, says Ogun monarch ** Nobody can force us out of South-West –Miyetti Allah ** Perish any thought of...
BREAKING: El-Rufai shuts Kaduna schools as COVID-19 cases spike
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state on Wednesday, December 16 as cases of coronavirus...
Protest Hits Katsina Over Kidnap Of Schoolboys
There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local...
Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living In his hostel
Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living In his hostel. The landlord stated this .“All Students of Michael Ọkpara University ụmụdike that is...
Bandits Storm Katsina School, Kill Security Guard, 600 Students Allegedly Missing
Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a security guard and...
