Educational

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s daughter, Princess Adedoja, has bagged a Master’s degree from the University of Lagos. Alaafin and other members of his family on Thursday attended Adedoja’s convocation ceremony as she bagged a distinction (4.63/5.0) in African ...

The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, at Kwanar Dakata, in the Nassarawa Local Government Area, where the body of an abducted five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar, was buried. The state Commissioner ...

Nollywood actor, Muyideen Oladapo- Lala, has bagged his second degree from the University of Lagos. The actor, known for his roles in Yoruba movies, shared pictures from the convocation ceremony on his Instagram page on Thursday. Lala’s first degree was ...

Wilbina Jackson, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in Adamawa has decried low attendance of teachers and students, a week after the schools reopened. The schools reopened on January 10, for the second term 2021 academic session across ...

Catholic school allegedly bribes parents of a student who died after being maltreated by his teacher; buries him afterwards. A story about how a young boy was beaten to death by his teacher at St. Valerian School in Akpaka, Onitsha, ...

A secondary school student, Joshua Joseph, and his parents, on Tuesday, allegedly hired thugs who invaded the Toyon High School, Ere, Ado-Odo, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that three teachers were brutalised by ...

A female student of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has broken a 38-year old jinx in her department, by graduating with a First Class. The female student graduated with a CGPA of 4.60. Facebook user, Usman Isah Musa who shared the ...

DJ Cuppy will be taking a break from DJing for a bit in order to enable her focus on schoolwork. The Oxford University student and disc jockey announced this on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 on Twitter. Cuppy apologised to her ...

A young Nigerian lady identified as Ngozi Anozie, has taken to microblogging platform, Twitter to celebrate after graduating from University.   Ngozi decided to mark her graduation by recreating an epic throwback photo of her graduation from primary school with ...

  The viral tape saga of Popular Nigerian Singer, Tiwa Savage, made it to the University of Lafia, Nasarawa examination. Tiwa Savage was the central character in a recent literature question written by the students of the Department of English ...

Obi Cubana has disclosed he is willing to sponsor the hawker who gave money to persons who were being transported to prison in a Nigerian Correctional Service van. The young hawker, Ekuma Jeremiah, was caught on camera in the Ajah ...

A lecturer with the Mass Communication Department of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Godwin Sule, died on Wednesday in a fatal crash at Kwoi town, Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna state.   Sule who hailed from Kogi state, died at ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students in the South-West zone has condemned the Federal Government’s plan to introduce N10 per litre tax on carbonated drinks. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, recently announced the plan while ...

The Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has announced the suspension of one of its lecturers, Tamunotonye Solomon, for three months over allegations of sexual harassment of female students. The lecturer and a 200-level female student had exchanged ...

Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has restated the family’s commitment to get justice, saying that he would not bury his son even if it takes 30 years to ...

Rema will be returning to school. The singer has announced he has been admitted into the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to study Creative Arts. The Mavin Records-signed artiste announced the news in a series of tweets on Friday. According to him, ...

The Ijaw Youth Council has insisted on getting justice for Sylvester Oromoni, the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State who was allegedly bullied to death at the school. Members of the council, on Thursday, staged a protest in ...

Abia State University, Uturu, has sacked a senior lecturer, one Michael Ukaegbu, over s3x-for-grades scandal. In a communique issued after its 148th regular and resumed meetings of the Governing Council of the university held on Thursday, the 16th and the ...

The family of late Sylvester Oromoni, Jnr, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos State, who was allegedly murdered, has faulted the bail granted to the suspects by a Magistrate’s court in Yaba. On Tuesday, the Magistrate court granted bail ...

A Class 8 pupil was choked on bread to death at Sikura Primary School in Butula constituency, Busia county, Kenya after he was awarded a loaf of bread and a bottle of soda for being one of the most disciplined ...

  A Chief Magistrates’ court in the Yaba area of Lagos has granted bail to five students of Dowen College following a charge of conspiracy and homicide made against them by the police. The police charged the minors following the ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to acquire their National Identification Numbers (NIN) ahead of the exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly ...

A lecturer in the Department of Biology, Mr Okedara Emmanuel was shot by armed robbers who invaded the staff quarters of the Polytechnic of Ibadan in the early hours on Monday. Mr Soladoye Adewole, the Public Relations Officer of the ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting held at its ...

The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death, Punch reports. Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle ...