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  • UniCal suspends fee hike after students’ protest

    UniCal suspends fee hike after students’ protest

    The Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has directed that the new fees introduced by the institution be put on hold until further notice.

    The directive is contained in a statement issued by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and made available to newsmen on Monday.

    The management of the institution had approved an adjustment in school fees after its emergency meeting on December 1.

    The students reacted to the development on Monday, when they embarked on a massive protest that brought academic and official activities in the institution to a halt.

    In the statement, the vice chancellor disclosed that the directive to put the new charges on hold was in reaction to the protest.

    The statement read in part: “The management of this institution is a listening administration.

    “We want to assure the students as critical stakeholders that
    appropriate arrangements have been put in place through constructive engagements with the students to resolve the matter.

    “The management, however, commends the students for the mature, reasonable and civilised manner exhibited towards resolving the matter.

    According to reports, the new charges meant that freshers, returning students and final year students for non science courses were to pay N111,000, N91,500 and N114,000, respectively.

    They were also to pay N36,500, N21,500 and N21,500, respectively, as third party’s dues.

    Similarly, charges for the science courses were increased to N155,000, N125,000 and N148,000, respectively, for freshers, returning students and final year students.

    This category of students were also to pay N38,500, N21,500 and N21,500, respectively, as third party’s dues.

    Before the adjustment, an average student, depending on the department, paid N64,050 as fresher, N52,050 as final year and N49,500 as returnee.

  • Just in: Bandits release abducted female student of Federal varsity Katsina after 45 days

    Just in: Bandits release abducted female student of Federal varsity Katsina after 45 days

    Finally, one of the abducted female students from the Federal University Dutsin-Ma in Katsina State has regained freedom after enduring over 45 days in captivity.

    It was gathered that Muhammad Fatima Ruqqayat was released by the terrorists following the payment of a hefty ransom, exceeding N4 million, contributed by her family and the school management.

    The initial abduction involved at least five female students taken from the university hostel in the North-West region. Identified students hailed from various states—Kwara, Kano, and Niger State.

    Earlier reports indicated that despite an initial ransom of about N2.5 million paid by the victims’ families, the terrorists had persisted in holding the students captive, demanding additional payments from both the government and the university authorities.

    “They (the terrorists) are demanding another ransom from both the government and the school management,” a relation of the victims had said at that time.

  • 2 suspects in police custody for allegedly flogging student to death

    2 suspects in police custody for allegedly flogging student to death

    Two suspects who allegedly flogged a  student to death over absenteeism were arrested and detained by the Police Command in Kaduna State.

    The acting Police Public Relations Officer Kaduna, ASP Mansur Hassan, named the school as Al-azhar Academy, a private secondary school.

    He told newsmen in Zaria, on Saturday that the commissioner of police in Kaduna has ordered for a thorough investigation in the matter, adding that, more would be arrested in connection with the death of the student.

    In a separate interview with newsmen, an uncle to the deceased student, Malam Isa Saidu of Kofar Kuyanbana area, Zaria, said his nephew Marwanu Nuhu-Sambo died on Oct. 20 at Al-azhar Academy, a private secondary school in Zaria.

    He added that before his death, late Nuhu-Sambo was a JSS 3 (Basic 9) student of the school.

    According to Saidu, a friend to the father of the deceased took him back to the school and handed him over to the principal of the school.

    He added that the principal flogged him in his presence thereafter the vice principal of the school took him to the assembly ground where the deceased was flogged again in the presence of other students.

    “The late student was again taken to the principal’s office and flogged again where he attempted to runaway but was prevented from running away by the school prefects.

    “He was still beaten to the extent that he lost some of his teeth and then went into comma and subsequently lost his life,”  Saidu said.

    In her reaction, Rukayya Sambo, a sister to the deceased, told newsmen that her late brother was asked to repeat his class after promotional examination which he declined and stopped going to the school.

    “He was then taken to the school by one of his uncles and handed over to the school principal who vowed to punish him for absconding.

    “It was after the uncle left the school that the teachers engaged late Marwanu in a serious beating to the extent they broke his tooth and later killed him,” she said.

    According to his school mates, Marwanu was given 100 lashes of the cane at the school assembly where his tooth were broken in the process.

    “He was later taken to the principal where he was stripped naked and the beating continued till he no longer could breathe.

    Sambo further said that her brother’s corpse was abandoned near the school toilet till the school closed, after which the school management rushed him to a nearby hospital only to be told that he had died.

  • JUST IN: NECO gives breakdown of results, says 61.1 percent passed with five credits

    JUST IN: NECO gives breakdown of results, says 61.1 percent passed with five credits

    …52 teachers to be blacklisted

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2023 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) results with 61.6 per cent of candidates who sat for the examinations passing with five credits and above including Mathematics and English language subjects.

    Releasing the results on Tuesday, the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said a total 1,196,985 candidates sat for the examinations.

    He said out of the total number of candidates who sat for the examinations, 737,308 passed with five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics subjects, representing 61.60 per cent of 1,196,985 candidates and were qualified to gain admission into tertiary institutions.

    He said 93 schools were found to be involved in whole-school (mass) cheating while 52 Supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding, and abetting of malpractices during the examinations.

    Wushishi said that the erring schools will be invited to the Council for discussion after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.

    According to him, out of the total 1,196,985 candidates, 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the examinations, adding that 1,543 candidates with special needs also sat for the examinations.

    “Number of candidates with Special Needs is 1,542 which includes 913 candidates with hearing impairment, 162 candidates with visual impairment, 103 candidates with Albanism, 61 candidates with Autism, 149 candidates with low vision, and 154 candidates with Adermatoglyphia which are candidates with no fingerprints.

    “737,308 representing 61.60 percent Candidates passed with five Credits and above, 1,013,611 representing 84.68 percent candidates had five Credits irrespective of English and Mathematics,” he stated.

    The 2023 SSCE (Internal) was conducted from Monday, July 10 to Friday, August 11, 2023 and the Marking Exercise took place from Wednesday, August 30 to Friday, September 15, 2023.

    This year, the result was released 58 days after the last examination was written.

    The NECO Registrar further said the reports the Council has received so far indicated that the 2023 SSCE Internal has been certified the best in recent times.

    “This year, we have designed the analyses in a variety of ways that will help awaken Stakeholders to the realization of their true position in the national sphere.

    “Our aim is to stimulate a healthy discourse towards improvement. This is also in line with our mandate that empowers us to conduct a Standard National Assessment of educational performance at Junior and Senior Secondary School levels.

    “The highlights are as follows:
    Number of candidates registered for the examination is 1,205,888, representing 621,084 males and 584,804 Females,” he added.

  • 17-year-old student commits suicide in Benue

    17-year-old student commits suicide in Benue

    The Police Command in Benue on Friday said one Terhemba Tyochivir committed suicide on Thursday in Makurdi, the State Capital.

    The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to NAN through a text message.

    She said before his death, he was a student of Government Secondary School, Gboko.

    Anene said that the details of the incident remained sketchy even though it was reported at the E Division Police Station, Makurdi.

    She said that the deceased was rushed to Bishop Murray Hospital Makurdi, where Doctors confirmed him dead.

    Efforts made to talk to the father of the deceased, Mr Kula Tyochivir proved abortive as he insisted on talking at another time.

  • Ekiti: Police arrest 10 suspects over FUOYE student’s death

    Ekiti: Police arrest 10 suspects over FUOYE student’s death

    The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti.

    The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200-level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave, about 30 metres behind the Nursing Lecture Hall of the university, on Sept. 5.

    A statement on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti signed by command Public Relations Officer, DSP Sunday Abutu, appealed to members of the public to be calm.

    He said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Ogundare Dare had directed for thorough investigation to unearth the identity of the perpetrators and ensure their prosecution.

    Dare enjoined anyone with useful information concerning the incident to visit Oye Divisional Police Headquarters, Oye-Ekiti or the State CID.

    He added that those with useful information could also call 09064050086 or 08053499199.

  • Tinubu appoints 400-level UI student, Agbaje

    Tinubu appoints 400-level UI student, Agbaje

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Orire Agbaje as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms.

    This was posted on ‘X’ by the Special Assistant to the President on social media, Olusegun, on Tuesday.

    The post reads: “Tinubu met Miss Orire Agbaje, a 400 level Economics student of the University of Ibadan who is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club and a member of the just inaugurated Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms”.

    The committee is chaired by former Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Mr Taiwo Oyedele.

  • NDLEA arrests Europe-bound teenage student with Meth consignment

    NDLEA arrests Europe-bound teenage student with Meth consignment

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have arrested a 19-year-old student, Nnamani Daberechi for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish.

    The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

    Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on his way to Europe for undergraduate studies.

    He said that the suspect was intercepted on July 15 during an outward clearance of passengers on Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624.

    “While being interviewed by operatives, Daberechi claimed he was a student on his way to Cyprus for studies.

    ” But upon a thorough search of his luggage, he was found in possession of 7.2kg of whitish substance neatly concealed inside a sack of crayfish.

    “A field test of the substance however proved positive to Methamphetamine, ” he said.

    In the same vein, operatives of the Tincan Port Command of the agency on July 11 intercepted 116.5kg consignment of Colorado.

    Babafemi who described the drug as a strong strain of cannabis was concealed in bags hidden in a heap of used vehicles parts.

    This, he said was on the floor of a container marked FCIU 8459700, bearing three units of used vehicles imported from Toronto, Canada.

    “Based on intelligence, the agency had requested for a 100 percent examination of the container which arrived the TICT terminal of the port on June 14.

    “A joint examination with the Nigeria Customs, DSS and other stakeholders on Tuesday July 11, led to the discovery of 233 parcels of the illicit substance.

    “It was stashed inside travelling bags on the floor of the container, covered with used vehicles spare parts.

  • Police recover body of drowned UNIBEN student, arrest two suspects

    Police recover body of drowned UNIBEN student, arrest two suspects

    The Edo Police Command has arrested two students of the University of Benin over the death of their friend, Francis Anuide, who was drowned in Ekosodin river, Benin, where the trio had gone to swim.

    The arrested students are Samson Kennedy, a 200-level student of Biochemistry, and Wilfred Emmanuel, a 500-level student of Optometry.

    The deceased was said to have been invited by the two friends for swimming at the river close to the Ugbowo campus of the University where he allegedly drowned.

    Confirming the arrest, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Edo, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the duo were apprehended to assist the police in investigating the circumstances leading the victim’s death.

    Nwabuzor explained that after the case was reported at the Ugbowo Police Station, Benin, the Divisional Police Officer and his men led a team of local divers to the scene of the incident.

    “Luckily, they were able to recover the body. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.

    “Two persons were arrested because they went together to swim in that river when the ugly incident occurred.

    “Arresting them is very important so that we can know what made them leave their hostel and go to that river at that time and what happened right there in the river,” he said.

    Sources told NAN that the two students were arrested as a result of the discovery of blood on the lips of the deceased and peeled skin around his neck region.

    These, the sources said, raised suspicion amongst the victim’s family members and relatives who are demanding an autopsy.

    “After the deceased got drowned, the duo ran back to the Ekosodin community to seek help from the community and vigilante members but the deceased died before help could come his way,” one of the sources said.

  • Student commits suicide over emotional trauma in OAU

    Student commits suicide over emotional trauma in OAU

    A 100-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Salako Treasure has commited suicide by consuming a substance suspected of sniper.

    The deceased said to be of the Department of Entrepreneur, was found dead inside an uncompleted building around the Lagere area of the town on Wednesday evening with a bottle of sniper beside her body.

    It was learnt that Salako had been undergoing some emotional trauma known to some of her friends and acquittance before the tragic incident.

    Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju said it was unfortunate that the school lost such a promising young lady to such circumstances.

    “It is very unfortunate that we had lost a part one student, a promising young lady to what was alleged to be suicide, although it happened outside campus, we are not happy that we could lose such a person under such circumstances, the university under the administration of Vice-chancellor Professor Simeon Bamire is pained that a student of that tender age could resolve to such thing.

    “We appeal to Nigerians to be their brothers keepers. The filler we are getting is that she has suffered depression and people around her knew all this, they ought to have refer her to some one elderly or someone who could be of help to her on psyco-emotional issues. We sympathize with ourselves especially the parent who lost a young lady with future bright. I want to admonish that this world is filled with ups and downs.

    “Emotional, psychological and academic frustrations should not make anyone to resolve in taking his or her life. Her remains have been evacuated and we involved the police”, he said.

    Also, Osun Police Command Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola said the body has been evacuated and deposited the University teaching hospital.

    She added that the investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death is ongoing.