Students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko have staged a protest against incessant imposition of fees on them  by the school management. The protest was provoked by a recent imposition of  a compulsory N5000 examination fees on the and the insistence of the school management to deny those who have not paid the alleged fees from writing their exams. The students carried different placards with inscriptions such as “reduce the cost of texts books”; “allow us to...

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, on Friday during the convergence of the institution’s alumni and friends, received a commitment from guests, towards the institution’s development. The event, a university programme designed by the school’s management to enhance collaboration between the university and the larger society for accelerated development, has Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, as the keynote speaker, while Hon. Prof. Oby Orogbu was the chairperson of the occasion and Prof. Chike Okoli, was the guest lecturer. The...

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...