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Kwara State University VC, Prof Akanbi Is Dead

  The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi (SAN), is reportedly dead. He was reported dead on Sunday night after a brief illness. Details of what led to his death were still sketchy as of the time ...

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I Laugh When I Hear People Say I Bought My Law Certificate – Amaechi

  Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he went back to school to study Law just to fulfill his father’s wish to be a lawyer. But the former governor of Rivers State, who hinted that he would go ...

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Final year student commits suicide over failed relationship

  A final-year student of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, has committed suicide. A source said the incident happened on Friday at Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra. It was gathered ...

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Rotimi Amaechi Bags Law Degree (Photos)

Immediate past Minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has graduated from Baze University, Abuja, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Amaechi, a graduate in English, was among the 504 students who graduated during the university’s ...

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Twin Brothers Bag First Class Law Degrees

  Twin brothers, Taiwo and Kehinde Sanuade, have graduated with first class degrees in Law from the University Of Ibadan. Taiwo shared photos from their convocation while expressing gratitude with honour to Jesus Christ for imparting, equipping them with wisdom ...

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No Going Back On No Work, No Pay For Lecturers – FG

  Despite the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protest against payment of alleged incomplete October salary, the Federal Government, on Wednesday, insisted it would not pay for works not done. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, expressed Federal Government’s ...

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Autopsy To Reveal Cause Of MOUAU Students Death – Abia Police

  The Abia State Police Command, has confirmed the death of two students of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike found stone dead in their hostel. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna who spoke with Vanguard in ...

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Plateau Governor To Return Missionary Schools To Owners

  Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has promised to return missionary schools in the state to their original owners. Lalong made the promise when the Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit at ...

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Obaseki Offers Employment To 15 First Class Graduates

  The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has announced automatic employment for 15 first-class graduating students of the Edo State University, Uzairue. Obaseki, who made the announcement at the fourth convocation ceremony of the institution in Etsako West Local Government ...

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How To Sign Up on Bluesky Social App

  With Elon Musk fully takin over twitter, former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is set to launch, Bluesky another social network app to rival Twitter. In the past 48 hours alone, 30,000 people have signed up for Bluesky. In this ...

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Half Salary: We Can’t Pay Lecturers For Work Not Done – FG

The Federal Government has explained its reason for not paying full salaries to lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union has fixed an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for Monday over the salary cut. ​In ...

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Robbers Invade UI, Kill NECO Official

Armed robbers have invaded the staff quarters of the University of Ibadan, killing Mr Vincent Odinko, an occupant of one of the buildings. The sad incident happened last Friday night, according to reliable sources. The night marauders broke into the ...

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Drama As FG Pays Medical Lecturers’ 7 Months Salaries, Ignores ASUU

  Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of trying to break its ranks by selecting some medical lecturers for payment of their withheld salaries, while other academic staff are left unattended to. Specifically, the union ...

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CBN Mandates Students To Pay School Fees With e-Naira

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised students to use the e-Naira platform to pay school fees and other payments. The advice came during a sensitization on e-Naira at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. Director of, Information ...

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Teachers Hated Me Because Of Fela, Says Femi Kuti

  Legendary musician and first son of Afrobeat pioneer, Femi Kuti has relieved his childhood experience during a recent interview where he opened up on his growing up while in school. The saxophonist and Afrobeat star disclosed that he suffered ...

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Sunday Igboho Bags Honorary Doctorate Degree

  Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has bagged an honorary doctorate degree. The activist has been honored with the prestigious degree in Peace and Security Management/International Relations from Triune Biblical University, USA. More photos….    

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45-Year-Old Teacher R3pes 13-Year-Old Pupil In Niger

  A 45-year-old primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old primary school pupil in Minna, Niger State. The accused, Musa Rabo, was said to have lured the teenager into one of the classes at Umaru Farouk Bahago ...

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Gunmen Demand N70m To Free Two MAPOLY Students, Ex-UI Deputy VC

Two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, were on Friday night kidnapped along a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Adigun Agbaje. Vanguard reliably gathered that in the incident, which happened near Sat Guru Maharaji ...

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Ex-UI Deputy VC Kidnapped, Abductors Demand N50m

A former deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje, has been kidnapped. The kidnappers who have contacted the family are asking for a sum of N50m as ransom. According to a report by the Foundation for ...

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WAEC Introduces Digital Certificates

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday launched its Digital Certificate platform in Lagos. The Head, National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, in his welcome address at the unveiling of the platform, said that the development was to ...

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Kogi Poly Security Operatives Nabs Fake Police Inspector

  The Kogi State Polytechnic security operatives have arrested one Mr. Abimaje Shittu, a 25-year-old native of Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, for impersonating an Inspector of Police and possessing a misleading identification card. A statement issued ...

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ASUU Strike: Final Year Medical Student Turned Food Vendor Dies

  ASUU Strike: Final Year Medical Student Turned Food Vendor Dies Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to the prolonged ASUU strike, has died. ...

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Lagos Probes Nurses For Filming Rico Swavey’s Last Moments

A 30-second video clip showing the final moments of a former reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey, at a hospital in Lagos State, has attracted condemnation from members of the public. In the clip recorded by one of ...

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