The management of the University of Ibadan on Monday shut the institution and directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6 p.m. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students had earlier taken to the streets of Ibadan in protest, alleging insensitivity on the part of the university management. But […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that the contentious Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta state, should take-off in October. The establishment of the university is one of the demands of Niger Delta militants to embrace peace. Governor Ifanyi Okowa of Delta told State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from May 6 to May 13, but the May 20 scheduled for the end of the exercise remains the same. Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Saturday, also announced the extension of registration […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced suspension of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for one day. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Registrar of the Board, Is-haq Oloyede, said candidates would not be able to register for the examination at Computer Based Test (CBT) centres across the country on Saturday, […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the immediate release of 13 students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) being held in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. NANS’ President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, said the union would protest at Kirikiri Prison if the 13 students were not freed within 24 hours. A Special Offences […]
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A Special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos, on Saturday remanded 13 students of the University of Lagos in Kirikiri Prisons pending their bail application. The police arraigned the students on a two-count charge of unlawful invasion and disruption of activities. The accused, standing trial before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, are alleged to have engaged […]
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Information from JAMB registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, has made it clear that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), plans to set up three centres for visually impaired candidates in 2018. Making the information public on Wednesday at Arewa House, Kaduna, the Registrar said the centres will be located in Abuja, Lagos and Kano. Mr. Oloyede […]
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to pay the outstanding arrears of its members not later than July, 2017. The ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this during a news conference at the University of Abuja on Wednesday. Ogunyemi said that ASUU insisted on a framework for paying any […]
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The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Ibrahim Garab, appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition hearing investigating the certificate scandal involving Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye. He confirmed that Dino Melaye graduated from the school. He said, “From records, Mr. Melaye “formerly known as Daniel Jonah Melaye” graduated from ABU […]
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It was so disheartened when the news of a boy tagged a “witch” broke out in the eastern part of Nigeria; he was starving and riddled with worms after being dumped out by his family for eight months. Everyone across the world who saw the post on social media wanted to help, thanks to the […]
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