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
UNIMAID was trending on Twitter on Sunday night as rumours of Boko haram attack spread like wildfire. According to the school officials and students who avail themselves for an interview said; Boko Haram terrorists did not stage any attack on the University of Maiduguri on Sunday night. According to them, the heavy gunshots heard around … Read more
The students’ protest which started as early as 6.30am had lamented poor power supply, which they said had heightened insecurity of lives and property on the two campuses and host communities.
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (NLNG) has awarded N216 million to 12 graduates to pursue Master’s degrees at different universities in the United Kingdom. The company’s Manager of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Mrs Sophia Horsfall, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Port Harcourt. She quoted Mrs Eyono Fatayi-Williams, General Manager, External … Read more
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management in Delta state has rewarded a serving corps member, Mr. Noble Chidera Akanwa for returning exotic android phone worth N500,000.00 The NYSC rewarded Mr. Akanwa with one month allowance (bonus) of N19,800.00 and a letter of commendation. At the closing ceremony of the orientation course at the NYSC Camp in … Read more
A student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on Saturday drank a substance believed to be ‘Sniper’ insecticide in a bid to take her life. The attempted suicide happened at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on … Read more