The CounselorSuleiman, 100 level student of the Federal University, Dutsinma of Physics and Electronics Department who had gone to the Dam along with some students to celebrate the Independence Day on Tuesday died while swimming at Dutsinma Dam, in Katsina state. Sources say Suleiman’s corpse was retrieved and taken to his country home where his funeral … Read more
The management of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has expelled 63 students and rusticated 13 others for one year for their involvement in various forms of examination misconduct. The expelled students included 10 from the school of postgraduate studies, 10 from the school of continuing education and seven each from the faculties of basic medical … Read more
UNILAG INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES ANNOUNCES ADMISSION INTO PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMES The Institute of Maritime Studies, University of Lagos (UNILAG) hereby announces the commencement of admission into the following programmes: Professional Certificate in Freight Forwarding and Supply Chain Management International Diploma in Freight Forwarding and Supply Chain Management International Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management Eligible … Read more
Lagos State University (LASU) has invited interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply for admission into programmes in its Centre for Afro-Brazilian studies (LASUCAS). The Registrar/Secretary to Council, LASU, Mr. AMUNI, Mohammed Olayinka, announced the invitation in a statement Thursday, saying the Government of Brazil gives scholarship in every discipline to hundreds of Nigerian students … Read more
A student, Izikiel Sabo, 36, of Barnawa, Kaduna, on Thursday, dragged his sister, Cecilia Moses before an Upper Customary Court, sitting in Daura road, Kaduna, seeking recovery of his generator. Sabo told the court that Cecilia was his younger sister and had borrowed N20,000 from her when he got admission into Kaduna State Polytechnic and … Read more
Malia Heroux, Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer, US Embassy has confirmed that Nigeria has the highest number of undergraduate students in the United States with about 13,000 Nigerians studying there every year. Heroux said that 39,000 students from Africa studied in the US every year, noting that Nigerian students represented one-third of all African students studying … Read more
The Police in Niger have arrested 109 suspects for alleged armed robbery, fraud and illegal mining in different parts of the state, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammadu Abubakar, says. Mr Abubakar, a deputy superintendent of police, told journalists on Wednesday in Minna that 96 of the suspects were paraded for illegal mining, 11 for … Read more
The incessant attacks of students living off-campus were becoming a frequent occurrence in recent times, causing the students to panic. Students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State have called on security agencies in the state and the management of the university to give them adequate protection following incessant robbery attacks on them, … Read more
The 20-year-old 300-level student at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (Department of Biology Education) allegedly had a rift with her boyfriend over his inability to give her N2,500 to make her hair. Bukola Odeyemi allegedly stabbed her 22-year-old lover and fellow student, John Iju. The stabbing reportedly resulted in Iju’s death. According to the sources, … Read more
Have you heard that Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded the names of four women to the State House of Assembly as commissioner-nominees, including a 26-year-old Joana Nnazua Kolo from Edu Local Government Area of the state? Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made the announcement in a statement Tuesday afternoon. Miss … Read more