Educational

There was pandemonium at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt as a premature baby was found dead in front of a female hostel at the campus The male child who was covered with a cloth was said to ...

Raving afrobeats star Ayra Starr has revealed how love for music got her into the university at 14 According to the songstress, she bagged a degree early because her mother insisted that she must graduate before pursuing her music career and she ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, has disclosed the death of some of its members due to economic hardship alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions The 1st zonal coordinator, ASUU, Abuja zone, Salahu Muhammed ...

  OAU LOSSES STAFF TO LION ATTACK The management, staff, students and the entire campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. A release by the ...

The National Universities Commission said plans are being concluded to announce the establishment of two new universities in the country which will further bring the total number of institutions in the country to 272 The commission’s acting Executive Secretary, Chris ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that the proposed student loan scheme will keep students in perpetual debt This was contained in a statement on Thursday after the union’s National Executive Council meeting at the Niger Delta ...

A cleric and leader of an Islamic school association in Bauchi state hosting about 200 Islamic schools, Abdulrahman Adamu Aliyu Jahun has warned the schools to stop producing half-baked graduates. He gave the warning during an exclusive interview with Arewa PUNCH on ...

UI, UNILAG make top 10 best varsities in Africa The Times Higher Education has released the 2023 World University rankings across 104 countries and regions. Ten African universities have been ranked top in the 2023 list. The University of Cape ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) who is undergoing trial for sexual harassment in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in ...

The Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia State has suspended indefinitely its ongoing academic activities following the protest by students against the increment of school fees in the early hours of Tuesday Punch Metro learnt from a statement by the Vice ...

A lecturer of the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has been suspended for allegedly subjecting students to corporal punishment The university Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations Unit, Sa’idu Abdullahi Nayaya, announced the immediate suspension of the lecturer, ...

The Vice Chancellor of the Plateau State University, Professor Bernard Matau has been sacked from office Matau was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the state university while serving as the state Commissioner for Higher Education in the last administration ...

A 300-level female student of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA) has been stabbed to death in her room https://alexis.lindaikejisblog.com/photos/shares/d1_1707077900.jpg The deceased, identified as Ifeoluwa Adekunle, was found dead in a pool of blood at the weekend in her room. ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced an adjustment in the registration fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for the year 2024 According to an official statement by JAMB, the revised registration fees for UTME are ...

Schoolchildren of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State and their teachers, who were recently kidnapped by armed men have been released. It cannot be ascertain at the moment if the victims who regained freedom at about 2.00 am on ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted pupils and teachers of a private nursery school in Emure, headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State Tribune Online observed that the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers including ...

An unprecedented hike in fees for Abuja-based private schools is imminent following the decision of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to hike operation charges of private schools in the capital city Under the new tax regime, each ...

  As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives designed to empower Nigerian youths with quality education, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has launched a creative writing competition for secondary school students dubbed Read2Lead.   Themed Read2lead, the ...

An abducted 100-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, has regained freedom   The victim of the kidnap incident, Moyosore Bright, of the Zoology Department, University of Ilorin, was abducted at about 2 pm on Friday but regained consciousness in a ...

Pandemonium erupted at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, as pupils of the school protested the demise of one of their colleagues who was allegedly flogged to death by a teacher The incident was said to have occurred ...

  Academic gowns of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) post-graduate scheduled for distribution to the graduating students, have been stolen after a bus conveying it was vandalized The institution holds its 54th convocation ceremony this week with a total of ...

Findings from the coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, will be made known on or before April 12 The coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, gave the assurance on Monday ...

Students at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State have shut down the institution to protest the over 100 per cent increase in their tuition by the school management. The undergraduate students, who assembled at the university’s ...

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board has said Persons Living With Disability who wish to sit for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination can register at no cost   The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while rolling out the ...

Following announcement by UK authorities to stop international students from bringing in dependents on their study visa, there is fear that the Universities may fall into deficit as international student enrolment drops Vivienne Stern, Chief executive of Universities UK, which ...