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Government orders closure of Osun Poly after Rector returns with court injunction

  Osun State Government has ordered the closure of The Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Campus, for two weeks. The directive for the closure is coming following the return of suspended Rector, Tajudeen Odetayo. The order for closure was issued by the ...

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Drama as rector suspended by Adeleke resumes office with court injunction

  Drama as rector suspended by Adeleke resumes office with court injunction There was wild jubilation at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree when the suspended rector of the institution, Tajudeen Odetayo resumed back to office after months of suspension. Governor Ademola Adeleke suspended Odetayo ...

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Police teargas, disperse protesting UNILAG students

  There was a commotion on Wednesday after officers of the Nigerian Police Force fired tear gas at students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The students had converged around the school to protest the increase in tuition. The protest ...

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Suspended UNICAL Dean drags VC, others to court

  Suspended Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof Cyril Ndifon, has filed a lawsuit against the lnstitution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, for character defamation. Ndifon had sued the vice chancellor of UNICAL and three others as defendants, ...

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Kano slashes tertiary institutions’ fees

  The Kano State government has reduced the registration fees charged by the State-owned tertiary institutions. The Commissioner for Higher Education in the State, Dr Yusuf Kofarmata stated this on Monday while briefing with journalists at the Government House, Kano. ...

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S3xual harassment: Law faculty principal officers now women – UNICAL VC

  Following the sexual harassment allegations levied against suspended Dean of Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof Cyril Ndifon; the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university, Prof Florence Obi, has said that the management of the school ...

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S3xual harassment: UNICAL replaces suspended Dean of Law

  Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the appointment of Dr. Rose Ugbe as the Acting Dean, Faculty of Law. A statement by Mr Gabriel Egbe, the Registrar of the University, said that Ugbe ...

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FBNHoldings Wows the Market with 2023 H1 Earnings Blowout

FBNHoldings Wows the Market with 2023 H1 Earnings Blowout FBNHoldings (FBNH), the parent company of Nigeria’s pioneer Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Limited published stellar results, confounding analysts, and exciting investors. Equally as amazing as the spectacular results, which saw ...

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Kaduna Govt reduces tuition fees for state-owned tertiary institutions

  Kaduna Govt reduces tuition fees for state-owned tertiary institutions   The Kaduna State government has reduced tuition fees for state-owned tertiary institutions as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the rising cost of living in the wake ...

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S3xual harassment: UNICAL SUSPENDS Law faculty dean

  S3xual harassment: UNICAL SUSPENDS Law faculty dean The management of the University of Calabar has suspended the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, over allegations of s3xual harassment. Ndifon’s suspension, effective August 17, 2023, followed a probe by the management ...

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UNICAL dean accused of harassing female law students BREAKS silence

  Prof. Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Cross River State has claimed that the allegation of s3xual harassment was plotted against him because he won the faculty election. Prof. Ndifon who said this while ...

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Mmesoma: Reps commend JAMB over fight against criminal activities

  The Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the ...

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Laycon bags Masters Degree from UK university

  Winner of Big Brother Naija ‘lockdown’ season, Laycon has bagged a Masters degree in International Relations from a UK university. He excitedly shared photos from his graduation ceremony, while expressing gratitude to all who made it possible for him. He wrote: ...

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JAMB: Soludo sends Mmesoma on three-month psychotherapy

  The Anambra State Government says it has handed over 19-year-old Mmesoma Ejikeme, who forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, to a psychotherapist for a three-month guidance and counselling The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, disclosed this ...

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Davido’s ‘adopted son’ graduates from varsity

  Davido’s adopted son, Prince Abdulmalik Uthman is overjoyed to announce the completion of his university education. The latest graduate from Adeleke University shared photos cladded in a convocation gown on his Instagram page. Abdul revealed he bagged a Bachelor ...

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Ejikeme doesn’t have the brain to forge result – Innoson hits back at JAMB on alleged result forgery

  The Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, has called for an investigation into the allegations of certificate forgery against Mmesoma Ejikeme who paraded herself as the top scorer of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Osigwe in a post via ...

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Tobi Amusan wins women’s 100m hurdles at Stockholm Diamond League

  Tobi Amusan wins women’s 100m hurdles at Stockholm Diamond League Nigerian hurdler, Tobi Amusan has WON AGAIN! She just shown she is the best on the tracks after she ran 12.52s to win the women’s 100m hurdles at the ...

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ANAMBRA: Student celebrated for emerging top UTME scorer faked results — JAMB

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday, said it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma for manually inflating her result and announcing herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According ...

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ASUU rejects curriculum designed by NUC

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the ...

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UI, UNILAG, Covenant ranked among best world universities

  Only three Nigerian universities, University of Ibadan (UI), University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Covenant University have been ranked among the 1,000 universities in the world 2023. This is captured in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023. The ...

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Katsina shuts schools for one week over Sallah

  Kastina State Government has shut down schools in the state for seven days ahead of the 2023 Sallah celebration. The government has declared a one week holiday for primary and secondary school students. The acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ...

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LASU Don, Lai Oso dies in ghastly crash

  One of Nigeria’s foremost Communications scholar and a professor of Communications at the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lai Oso is dead. Oso, aged 67, was reported to have died in an accident while returning from a conference in ...

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