Educational

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North) absconded and did not complete the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. The NYSC stated this in a May 24, 2022 letter by its Director-General, marked NYSC/DHQ/PPRU/783/Vol III. The ...

A 27-year-old man identified as John Aipoh is in police net for allegedly killing his 24-year-old lover, Precious Ikpikhumi. Police statement revealed that John killed precious, a final year student of the Institute of Health Technology, University of Benin Teaching ...

Four students of the Kaduna State College of Education (KSCOE), Gidan Waya, have been abducted in Mile 1 area. The spokesman of the Kaduna State Students Union (KADSSU), KSCOE chapter, Benjamin Fie, who disclosed this in a press release yesterday, ...

  DJ Cuppy has been open about her taxing academic journey, since her admission to Oxford University, England. The Gelato singer, on Wednesday, revealed that the race for her master’s degree in the prestigious varsity was coming to an end ...

The Management of the Osun State University has declared that the school has no intention of joining the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is contained in a statement issued by the University’s Public Relations Officer, ...

A male student of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, Oyo State, has reportedly died while his girlfriend remains unconscious after the two reportedly had a long duration of s3xual intercourse. The deceased, a National Diploma 2 student identified only as Oromidayo, ...

  Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, barricaded the Akure-Ilesa Highway, protesting the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Also, protesting students of the University of Ibadan blocked the university’s entrance ...

The Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the State by one week. The schools were supposed to resume yesterday and today (Sunday and Monday) for boarding and day students. The ...

    The Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday said it would explore all avenues to get justice for Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was lynched last week for allegedly blaspheming ...

Parties in the Deeper Life High School saga, where some senior students and teachers allegedly molested and abused a junior student, Don-Davis Archibong, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement. In a peace and reconciliation reception organized by Deeper Life High ...

More than 18.5 million children in Nigeria have no access to education, with girls accounting for more than half the number, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. This is a staggering surge in cases of out-of-school children in Africa’s ...

  The governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) ...

  The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Nigerian government a 21-day ultimatum to address the union’s demands, else it will embark on industrial action. This is contained in a statement signed by the union’s president ...

    A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some gunmen who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board that lodged there. The Police spokesman for ...

  The Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnics, ASUP, on Wednesday, declared a two-week warning strike starting from Monday, May 16. The declaration of strike came after the expiration of the one month ultimatum by ASUP to the Federal Government ...

  Four teachers of Chrisland School have been arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos State over sexual misconduct by five pupils of the school during an international trip. They are Oladotun Sotunde, Elesho Tajudeen, Rhoda Olanipekun and Ajiboye Hammed. ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has said the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is disturbing. The traditional leader told the Federal Government that the future of the youths was being toyed with. Adams spoke ...

    The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, has blamed the loss of accreditation for admission of Abia State University Uturu, on the state Government, saying it is a sad development. Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr. ...

We are tired of ASUU face off. Those were the words of some students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as they staged a protest today shortly after ASUU extended its strike by 3 months. The students demanded an immediate ...

Public schools in Sokoto and Zamfara states have not officially presented any candidate for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), for school candidates scheduled to hold from May 16 to June 23. The Head of the Nigeria National ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has extended its ongoing strike by three months. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. ...

  As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends today, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said ...

A lady who chose to study law JUST TO GET HER DAD out of prison has shared her story. She said her dad was jailed for life for non-violent drug crime when she was just 4. She said she decided ...

2022 UTME: JAMB issues stern warning to candidates The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates writing the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to ensure punctuality as it would not alter its timetable for any candidate. The ...

Wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference, The Punch reports. This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, ...