YENAGOA — Bayelsa Government has urged the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development to site its proposed University of Sports at Asoama in the Kolokuma/Opokuma council area of the state. Gov. Douye Diri made the call while playing host to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Development, Mr. Sunday Dare on Friday in Government House, Yenagoa. He urged the ministry to take advantage of the world-class facilities available at the state’s Sports Academy, Asoama....
The Academic Board of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja has approved the expulsion of 27 other students for offences bordering on examination misconduct. This came barely 24 hours after a student of the institution was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of a gun and illegal association. The Board took the decision followed the consideration of reports of various committees set up to review the conduct of examinations in the institution. The board...
CALABAR — The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has charged students of the institution to take entrepreneurial training seriously in order to be self-reliant after graduation. Obi gave the charge on Thursday in Calabar during a symposium organised by the Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC) to appraise students performance on skills acquisition. The event, which was held at the university’s International Conference Centre, had in attendance thousands of students from all the...
LAGOS — The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Lagos State Examinations Board to shift one of the dates of its Entrance Examination into Lagos State Model Colleges which fell on July 19 due to the Salah celebration. The group said that July 19 and 20 were still being considered for the Muslim festival of Id Al-Adha while neither date had been confirmed. The group made this known in a statement on Thursday,...
LAGOS — Mary Enakireru, a 19-year-old student of Anchor University Lagos, has emerged the best graduating student for the 2019/2020 class at the institution’s maiden convocation. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Afolayan announced this at a news conference on the activities lined up for the institution’s maiden convocation, on Thursday in Lagos. The convocation ceremony holds on Friday, July 9 and ends with a special convocation service on Sunday at the Deeper Life...
Two secondary school students in Zamfara state have been arrested by Police for their involvement in a plan to kidnap their principals. Those arrested are Donatus Ejeh, an SS3 student of Dominican College Sha’iskawa area, Gusau, and Tukur Bashir an SS1 student of Federal Government College, Anka for allegedly planning to kidnap their School principals and kill their colleagues. The suspects were arrested in different locations in the state after they sent threat messages to...
KADUNA — Kaduna Governor, Nasir el-Rufai says intel of targeted attack caused the “temporary withdrawal” of his son from the public school. The governor who spoke with BBC pidgin recently said that though the security officials are capable of preventing any attack on the school, he wouldn’t want to expose other students to such danger. He also mentioned the withdrawal of his daughter who was also enrolled in Kaduna Capital school at the age of...
ENUGU — An Enugu State lawmaker, Mr. Jeff Mba, on Friday, empowered 56 undergraduates in his constituency to the tune of N2.5m to assist them in their academic pursuit. Mba, representing Orji River constituency in the House of Assembly, said the bursary was intended to give back to his constituency, which found him worthy to represent them. He said the selection was done equitably among the 29 communities in the constituency. The first time assembly...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has decried the non-availability of modern editions of books, computers, and software programmes in libraries across the country which affected the e-learning process. NASU, which consists of various international and national examination bodies and library employees in the country stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi during its quarterly meeting held at the Bauchi State Library complex. National Deputy President of the union, Mr. Obabunmi Sunday,...
ABUJA — The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has accused some higher institutions of mobilizing and awarding IJMB/JUPEB certificates to individuals, who did not attend their institutions. Oloyede alleged that some of the certificates issued by the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) centres for Direct Entry into universities were fakes He made the allegation in Abuja on Tuesday, at the 2021 Batch ‘B’pre-mobilisation...
