BY TEMITOPE ADEBAYO Students across tertiary institutions in the country under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have passed a vote of confidence on the Dangote Refinery. They described the recent demarketing of the world’s largest single train refinery by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) as the greatest disservice to […]
By Tom Garba Students, parents, and the people of Vulpi district in Numan local government area of Adamawa State were full of joy as member representing Demsa/Numan/Lamurde federal constituency in the National Assembly, Rt Hon Kwamoti La’ori made good his promise of prioritizing education in the constituency. The lawmaker donated an examination hall to GDSS […]
..rejects motion to stop UK from banning Nigerian emigrants By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to direct all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to accept students affected by Sudan crisis to continue with various educational programmes. The resolution followed adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Sada […]
By Doosuur Iwambe At least twenty students of Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo, have been left hospitalized, after a tear gas attack in the school on Tuesday morning. The tear gas was due to a morning drill exercise of the mobile policemen of the 39 Squadron Division located opposite the school along Osogbo-Ikirun road in […]
By Ukpono Ukpong As the Commonwealth Youth and Students Summit (CYSS), African Region ends in Abuja, the Federal Government of Nigeria has assured that it will continue to address and implement issues raised at the summit that has direct impact on the lives of the young people. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday […]
By Doosuur Iwambe A principal of a Florida school has been forced to resign after a parent complained that students were exposed to pornography. The complaint arose from a Renaissance art lesson where students were shown Michelangelo’s statue of David, reports the BBC. The iconic statue is one of the most famous in Western history.But […]
Sunday Asefon, the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, has expressed worry over the continual closure of schools in the northern portion of the country, particularly in Kaduna State, due to insecurity, particularly bandit kidnapping. “Anyone with the propensity to kidnap and kill students in big numbers should be declared as terrorists to […]
Some lecturers choose to be naturally wicked to students most especially because of their position as lecturer. Most students tend not to react out of fear in other not to fail or have carryover in such course if they are indentified by there martric number. A certain lecturer in the University of Abuja during a […]
The Ogun State Government has clarified its position on the COVID-19 testing for students in exam classes returning to school ahead of their terminal exams. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Basic and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, the presentation of a COVID-19 free certificate […]
Kano – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has said that plans are underway to begin compulsory drug tests for political office holders, civil servants and students seeking for admission into tertiary institutions in the state. In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garba, on Friday, to mark the International Day […]
Abuja -The Federal Government granted Nigerian students free subscription to e-learning through some selected sites in partnership with some major networks in the country. Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, made this known during the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing in Abuja. He said the federal government granted free subscription to […]
Due to the announcement of the federal government, students and management of Queen Amina college kaduna has complied to the shut down of their school. Compliance to this, students of Queen Amina College Kaduna, were seen vacating there school premises to there various homes, due to the measures introduced to contain the spreed of the […]
Washington – New York state’s governor on Wednesday said the state is recalling 300 college students in South Korea and four other countries over concerns about the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said all students of the State University of New York and the City University of New York would be brought back. According to the […]
Ikeja – A principal of a secondary school in Lagos, Samson Adeyemo, has admitted before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that he had sexual relationships with two 17-year-old twin students of his school. Adeyemo, 41, who resides at No. 8, Odesanya St., Abule Egba, near Lagos, is the principal of Legati College, Abule Egba. He […]
Kaduna – The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), has called on the Federal Government to scrap Higher National Diploma Programmes from Nigerian polytechnics “due to the lingering discrimination against HND graduates”. The students stated this in a letter signed by their National President, Sunday Asuku, and addressed to the Head of Service of the […]
Students in several major Indian cities protested on Monday after students and teachers at Jawaharlal Nehru University were attacked by masked assailants.
No fewer than 100 students of the University of Abuja have been expelled by the institutions Senate for their involvement in examination misconduct. According to a statement signed by the Head, Information and University Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, about 72 undergraduates were expelled, 28 post-graduate students while five undergraduate students were rusticated for one academic […]
Ilorin – Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, on Thursday said students across the state’s public schools are to get free notebooks as part of government’s efforts to deepen access to quality education and ease parents’ burdens. AbdulRazaq stated this when the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the state, Mr Toyin Salihu, […]
New Delhi – A U.S. court has sentenced six of the eight Indians arrested in the Farmington University immigration fraud case, as per U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regulations. The Indian students were arrested on charges of running a “Pay to Stay” visa racket wherein they were assisted hundreds of immigrants in illegally prolonging […]
Six students of Engraver’s College, a private secondary school in Kaduna who were kidnapped along with their teacher on Oct. 3, have regained their freedom. The victims were kidnapped in Kakau Daji Village in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State by gunmen. READ ALSO Safiyya Ahmad wins BBC Hausa short story completion The […]