The management of Auchi Polytechnic in Edo state has banned students of the institution from bringing cars to the campus. The institution broke the news in a circular dated September 22 and signed by G.E. Ihiokhan, its registrar. According to the management, the directive followed disturbing reports of reckless driving […]
The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) has announced that any student of the institution who dresses indecently will be rusticated for one semester. Olugbenga Arajulu, the varsity’s registrar, broke the news in a circular dated September 7, with reference number AD/ REG//CIR/58/VOL. VI/309. According to the registrar, […]
The Federal Government has banned secondary school students that were not in terminal classes from applying and sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the National Examination Council (NECO), and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) across the country It added that any student, particularly in […]
A Military Officer serving in the 13th Brigade Command of the Nigeria Army in Calabar simply identified as Lt. Chika Viola Anele was allegedly caught on camera dehumanizing a female youth Corp member. It was learned that the victim whose name was given as Ezeiruaku Ifenyinwa Fidelia, a female corps […]
Students of the Plateau State Polytechnic (PSP) have taken to the streets of Jos to protest after their semester exams were postponed. According to NAN, the students took to the streets today and blocked the Yakubu Gowon Way, a major road leading into and out of the state’s capital city. […]
Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will now pay N35,000 in each of the next two academic terms. The boarding fees charged per term for the past 18 years have been N25,000 for a student. But the state government had reviewed the boarding fees upwards […]
A professor at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Abass Olajire, slumped and died yesterday. He was 59 years old. Sources at the university confirmed to The Press that the Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry died while observing Juma’at prayer yesterday. Family sources said the late scholar would be buried […]
A young girl identified as Mellan Njeri, a form two student at Kihumbu-ini Secondary School in Murang’a county, Kenya has taken to the streets to beg for help with school fees. To get the attention of would-be well-wishers, Njeri traversed Nairobi’s Central Business District carrying a placard with the words […]
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has suspended the planned hike in its tuition fees after a two-day protest. On Tuesday, undergraduates at the Edo varsity had blocked off its gate to protest an increase in their school fees. Lectures and other academic activities within the campus had been stalled as […]
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, wife of the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University. By her appointment, she becomes the ninth Vice Chancellor of LASU and the second female to occupy the exalted post in […]
