President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the Student Loans Access to Higher Education Bill, following some amendments to it. The Presidential assent according to the report is sequel to separate considerations by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Recall that the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, generated some controversies regarding...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has uncovered a significant number of fake A-Level results during the 2023 Direct Entry, DE, registration exercise. A staggering 1,665 fabricated results were identified, raising concerns about the integrity of the admissions process. JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this information while receiving leadership from the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, NANCES, at his Abuja office. He emphasised the prevalence of “endemic corruption associated with...

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has expelled 19 students for various offences, including theft, examination malpractice, and other violations of the school’s code of conduct. The announcement, made by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, included the expulsion of six final-year students. The expulsions follow recommendations from the Students’ Disciplinary Committee after its recent meetings. Offences ranged from academic dishonesty, like exam malpractice, to more serious transgressions, including theft, hostel bed-space racketeering, extortion,...

Three students of the Nasarawa State University, NSUK, are said to have died on Friday in Keffi and others sustained injuries in a stampede during rice distribution as palliative to them by the state government. The incident occurred before the arrival of Gov. Abdullahi Sule at the convocation square of the institution where the bags of rice were kept. According to a student who An eye witnessed the incident, Moses Ajah said the crowd of...

The founder of Madonna University, Rev. Fr Emmanuel Edeh, has come under fire for claiming that female students who enter the university as virgins graduate in the same state. This remark has sparked debate about virginity, religious influence on university life, and student freedoms on social media. In a recent interview, Fr Edeh boasted that Madonna University’s “high moral standards” ensure female students maintain their virginity throughout their studies. He claimed this makes graduates from...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed the Student Loan (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. This follows the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund Tetfund, TETFUND, presented by its chairman, Senator Muntari Dandutse. The bill, initially signed by President Bola Tinubu in June 2023, aimed to establish a student loan programme offering interest-free loans for higher education...

The abduction of school children including that of Federal University Gusau in July last year is said to be indicative of the very parlous state of security in the country. The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof Tukur Muhammad-Baba on Saturday condemned the abduction of 287 students and teachers from GSS Kuriga and LEA Primary School, Kuriga in Kaduna State. The statement read in parts: “The Arewa Consultative...