68 Students Expels From Kogi State Varsity

 

The Registrar of Kogi State university, Dr Yakubu Abubakar released a statement today Sunday, Oct. 25, saying that 68 students of Kogi State University, Ayangba, were expelled for examination malpractice and poor academic performance. Abubakar said 19 of the

In Abraka, student commits suicide after being jilted by lover

A female student of Delta State University, Abraka, Evelyn Mogekwe, aged 26, allegedly jilted by her partner of seven years, committed suicide.

Sources said she was in a

After Nine Months of Ebola Sierra Leone Re-Opens Schools

Sierra Leone has now re-opened all her educational institutes of learning across the country.  The schools were shut down about nine months ago when the deadly Ebola virus hit the country and has killed over 10,000 Africans.

Some students were however glad that the schools are now opened, while some said, they

Polytechnic Student Who Stole Laptop & Jailed For Two Years Is Back Again In Prison For Stealing Another One

A 30-year-old student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo campus, western Nigeria, who regained freedom after spending two years in prison custody at Kirikiri, has returned to the same prison for the same offence two months after he regained freedom.

The convict, Bolarinwa Oluwafemi, was earlier sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing a laptop by the Mushin Magistrate’s court after he pleaded guilty.

For committing the second crime, he was jailed for 18 months without an option by Ijeshatedo Magistrate’s court.

Oyo State-born Oluwafemi was arrested and charged to

2015 JAMB (UTME) CBT Has Been Announced

The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the date for the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Computer Based Test (CBT).

The JAMB PRO, Mr Fabian Benjamin, who made the announcement said that the exam is

11 OAU Students Escape Death In Bus Fire

 

Eleven Obafemi Awolowo University students today escaped death when one of the University campus buses plying the school caught fire. The incident happened at the school gate and luckily no one was hurt. Fire fighters were also immediately called to the scene to put a stop to the fire. See another photo after the cut

NOUN Graduates Start Going For NYSC, Law School - Vice Chancellor Explain

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in graduates within the age bracket will start going for Youth service (NYSC) soon. This was revealed by the Vice Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Ado Tenebe. He also said that its law graduates may soon gain admission into the Nigerian Law School, following discussions and intervention by eminent Nigerians who believe in the vision and mission of the institution as a full-fledged university.

The VC of National Open University was speaking at the

Edo State Gov. kicks out Igbinedion Varsity students from state medical facility

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole today gave an executive order stopping the training of nursing students from the Igbinedion University at the state owned medical facilities, the Benin General Hospital and the

Dead female body on Unilag Main road

There's a dead body of a woman along University road close to the University of Lagos, Akoka near a car wash. The body was spotted there in the early hours of this morning and as you read this, it's still there. Here's calling the appropriate authorities to please attend to this...

Students Speak On Prostitution

Prostitution in Nigerian campuses has come to stay except God intervenes. Pm News Campus Square went about to ask some students why they think prostitution is so rampant on campuses and what they think can be done to curb it and here’s what they have to say…

“Prostitution in our tertiary institutions is a trade that has grown to the extent that it demands serious attention from the government.

“It is a business which the culprits are sometimes not

Woman Disappears With Four Kids Within 30mins Of Starting Her Job As An Assistant Teacher

The 33-year-old proprietress of a neighbourhood home lesson at Idi-Omo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Mrs Kafayat Olatubosun, has described the incident which led to the disappearance of four pupils in her care as one that is like a devil stalking her, after which he crept in and struck.

A woman simply identified as eleha (woman in purdah) disappeared with the kids on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The children are yet to be found till the writing of this

The body of the missing NAU student may have been found

I wrote 'looks like' because I am not 100% sure but I got a mail from a student of the school claiming that the body of Annabel Nzubechukwu Edeh, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University who went missing on Sept 17th after going home with a man she met at a club  was

UNILAG undergraduate Student tells how she was raped by Ndi Okereke’s cousin

There's a fairly known society girl and ex-model who was raped by some guy from a prominent Lagos family. When I heard about the incident and approached her to report the story and put the guy on blast, she refused. Begged me not to because she didn't want the embarrassment and stigma of being a rape victim. This guy got away with rape.

Ladies, if a man rapes you, you need to speak out. If he gets away with raping you, he will find another victim because he'll believe he's untouchable. Please don't let him get away with

UNICAL Economics lecturer allegedly stabs student in the eye

Below is a report I just received from a student from the school. Read below...

A student of Computer Science Department of University of Calabar name withheld almost lost his sight after a lecturer known as Chris Otu in the Department of Economics, University of Calabar stabbed him with

How Teacher Saved Another School Assembly Disaster

Culled from Vanguard

It was never imagined that two schools could be targeted by bombers within two days in Niger State, but it happened.

The first was a tertiary institution – Federal College of Education, Kontagora – while the other was Maryam Babangida Science College named after a former first lady, Maryam Babangida, by the government of Dr. Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu. Two bombers were involved. That of the

TASUED Deputy Vice-Chancellor Regains Freedom

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, in  Ijebu Ode, Ogun State,  Olusoga Olusanya has regained his freedom last night after he was kidnapped on Monday.

Prof. Olusoga was kidnapped with his driver on

UNIBEN Get New Vice Chancellor

A substantive Vice Chancellor, Prof. Osasere Faradey Orumwense, has been appointed for the University of Benin (UNIBEN), by the University’s Governing Council.

He will succeed the incumbent Vice Chancellor, Prof. Osayuki Godwin Oshodin, whose tenure expires in

How TASUED Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Olusanya Kidnapped

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Professor Joseph Olusanya, has been kidnapped by

How NYSC Boss’ Son Shot By Hired SSS Operatives

 

Culled From Punch;

Preye, who is said to be the son of the Chairman of the Governing Board, National Youth Service Corps, Chief Gordon Bozimo, has been allegedly shot by suspected operatives of the Department of State Security in Bayelsa State.

Preye was said to have been shot in the stomach in Peretimi Hotels located at Imgbi Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, where he

How Rivers State Polytechnic Shuts Down, After CSO Kills Student

A second year male student of Rivers State Polytechnic have died today after students claimed the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the school physically assaulted him which made him slump after the beating and died immediately. This sparked violence on the campus as students went on rampage destroying and looting school property.

According to an eyewitness, an ambulance was quickly called to