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Chrisland School: Whitney Adeniran’s Court Hearing Adjourned To April 4

  The hearing of the coroner inquest set up to ascertain the cause of the death of a 12-year-old Chrisland School pupil, Whitney Adeniran, who died on February 9, has been fixed for April. The Magistrate, Olabisi Fajana, fixed the ...

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Why Lagos Govt Is Opposed To Exhuming Chrisland Student’s Remains – Ministry

  The Lagos State Government, on Saturday, expressed opposition to exhuming the remains of a student of Chrisland Schools, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, who died under mysterious circumstances. Her death occurred amid the school’s inter-house sports activities on Thursday, February 9 ...

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Autopsy Shows She Died Of Electrocution, Mum Of Chrisland Student Claims

  Blessing Adeniran, the mother of Whitney, a student of Chrisland High School Ikeja who died on February 9, has claimed an autopsy revealed her daughter was electrocuted. In a post via her Instagram on Wednesday, Adeniran said she had ...

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JAMB Dismisses 2 Staff Over Misconduct

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct. The board in a statement yesterday, gave the names of the dismissed staff as Mr. Bilyaminu Ishaku and Mr. Andrew Anebi ...

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JAMB Sacks Two Staff In Benue Over ‘Gross Misconduct’

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sacked two of its staff over alleged “gross misconduct”. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of public affairs and protocol, revealed the identities of the dismissed staff in a statement on Wednesday. JAMB ...

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More ‘TikTok Protests’ Rock UK Schools Over Introduction Of Unisex Toilets

  So-called ‘TikTok protests’ have continued to rock Britain’s schools as hundreds of pupils rebelled against teachers over new rules, such as the introduction of unisex toilets. The social media trend appears to be spreading, with children in Southampton, Blackpool ...

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Court Tells EKSU Lecturer Sacked Over Alleged S3x Scandal To Return To Class

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the reinstatement of a lecturer of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Dr Ololade Aduwo, who was dismissed in December 2019 by the university authorities over an alleged s3x scandal involving a ...

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JAMB Suspends 2023 Direct Entry Registration

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced suspension of its ongoing 2023 Direct Entry registrations. The board in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, explained that the registration which commenced on Monday, February ...

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LASU Bursary Official Dies On Queue At Bank

  An official of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, slumped and died on Monday while on a queue at a branch of Wema Bank located inside the institution’s main campus in Ojo area of Lagos. The deceased, Johnson Adesola, ...

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Mid-term Break In Lagos Schools Starts February 24

  The Lagos government has directed schools to observe the mid-term break for the 2022/2023 second-term academic session. Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Abiola Seriki-Ayeni disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The directive followed the amended ...

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SSS 2 Student Drowns In Ondo River

  Tragedy struck at Owena, Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, when an SSS 2 student of Owena Community Grammar School, Mwafor Emmanuel, was found dead in a river. Mwafor, 19, it was gathered, went to the river ...

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Elections: FG Directs Closure Of All Polytechnics

  Ahead of the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections, the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the closure of all polytechnics in the country. The directive was issued by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in a ...

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Elections: Babcock University Suspends Activities

  The management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State has announced the suspension of academic activities  from Wednesday, February 22 till March 14, 2023 following the directive by the National Universities Commission. The NUC had ordered the closure of ...

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Father Demands Probe As 12-Year-old Chrisland Student Dies During Inter-house Sports

  Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According ...

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NUC Orders Closure Of Varsities For Elections

  The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities ...

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ASUU to hold emergency NEC meeting over withheld salaries

  The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are set to hold a meeting, during which they will deliberate the withheld eight-month salary arrears of their members. Although the date for the meeting has not been ...

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UNIBEN VC appeals for calm over soldiers, students clash

  Prof. Lilian Salami, vice chancellor of the University of Benin, has urged students to always embrace dialogue as a means of resolving conflicts rather than resorting to protests at the slightest provocation. After an altercation on Thursday between some students ...

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“I Wasn’t Happy at all”: Nigerian Mum Narrates How She Smartly Handled a Teacher Who Flogged Her Boy at School

A data analyst identified as Mukoso Medidem has stunned netizens with how she wisely handled a school teacher who flogged her boy. In a Facebook post, Mukoso said during a school run on Tuesday, January 31, her son reported to ...

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