Category: Education
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Kogi varsity announces three-day mourning over murdered students
Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Kogi has initiated a three-day mourning period following the tragic loss of two students to kidnappers. Registrar Olufunke Hudson conveyed this somber announcement in a statement released on Sunday. The victims, identified as James Michael-Anajuwe and Musa Hussein, were both first-year students studying Information Technology and…
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UK University orders Nigerian students to leave school
Nigerian students at Teesside University in the United Kingdom have been told to quit the school and return to Nigeria over unpaid fees. The students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of the Naira went down wiping out their savings. According to BBC on Wednesday, May…
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ASUU threatens nationwide strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had reiterated that it would declare a nationwide strike anytime soon following the federal government’s refusal to meet its demands despite consistent appeals. While addressing journalists on Tuesday during a news conference at the University of Lagos, the coordinator of the Lagos zone of the union, Prof.…
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Only federal university students eligible for loans for now, says FG
The federal government has announced that the student loan scheme will initially be available only to applicants from federal universities, as the program will be implemented in phases. This information was disclosed by Akintunde Sawyerr, the managing director of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), during a conference in Abuja on Monday. “We will…
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FG gives important update on students loan
Ahead of its kick-off on Friday, May 24,, the Federal Government has listed fresh criteria for student loan applications. Managing Director of the Nigerian Economic Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has revealed that a maximum of 1.2 million students across federal tertiary institutions will access the students’ loans in its opening phase. Speaking ahead…
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University Suspends Student for ‘Publicly’ Proposing to Female Colleague on Campus
The management of Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State has suspended a 200 level student of the department of Computer Science identified as Abdullahi Juli Mansur. Mansur’s suspension was announced in a circular issued on Tuesday with Ref. no. AUS/REG/54, dated 14th May, 2024 after a viral video showed a moment he displayed his affection…
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JAMB Releases more UTME Results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were earlier withheld for further investigation. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said the latest release was in addition to the 531 results released the previous week, bringing the total…
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ASUU threatens shutdown over FG failure to appoint governing council
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a nationwide strike imminent, pointing to the Federal Government’s failure to appoint Governing Councils for Federal Universities and its apparent neglect of academic concerns. According to The PUNCH, during a press briefing at the University of Abuja, ASUU criticized the government’s 35% salary increment for…
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Nigerians call for dissolution of Nursing and Midwifery Council over students’ mass failure
By Miracle Ogunde Nigerians from different quarters have called for the dissolution of the Board of Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), over the mass failure of students in the Professional final nursing examination of 2024 academic session. Starnews NG gathered that many students in nursing schools failed the Professional final examination for 2024…
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JUST IN: Kidnapped Kogi Varsity students rescued
The Kogi State Government has announced that a portion of the students from Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene, who were abducted by gunmen last Thursday, have been successfully rescued. Although the exact number of students rescued remains undisclosed, the government credited the operation’s success to the formidable display of firepower by…