Tag: Students
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55 High School students test positive for Covid-19 as Ghana partially opens schools
Fifty-five (55) persons at the Accra Girls Senior High School (SHS) have tested positive for COVID-19, the authorities have confirmed. A joint statement issued by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Educations Service (GES), dated Monday July 13, 2020 said the infected persons comprise students and staff at the school. The development comes…
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![[UPDATED] 2020 admission: JAMB announces cut-off marks for varsities](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JAMB.jpg)
[UPDATED] 2020 admission: JAMB announces cut-off marks for varsities
The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admission for the year 2020 into public universities. The meeting held virtually, on Tuesday, also approved 140 as minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination score for admission into private universities. READ ALSO: FG lists…
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COVID-19: Students in Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalkboards and digital displays for the first time since their city — the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic…
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UNIABUJA suspends 24 students indefinitely
The Vice-Chancellor of University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah has approved the suspension 24 students indefinitely for their alleged involvement in cultism. According to a statement by the Head of Information and University Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, on Friday, the VC directed that the students be made to appear before the Students Disciplinary Committee for…
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![BLACK SUNDAY: Many feared dead, several boarding students injured in Lagos explosion [Videos]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ETI8WzKXkAAo0Qt.jpg)
BLACK SUNDAY: Many feared dead, several boarding students injured in Lagos explosion [Videos]
Several persons were feared dead following the explosion at Ashoba (near Abule Odo) in Amuwo Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos. Also, reports on the incident revealed that students of Bethlehem Girls, a boarding school in Amuwo were seriously injured in the unfortunate incident. The aftershocks of the explosion were reportedly felt in Okota…
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Five students rape ‘sick’ Biology teacher to coma
Five secondary school girls have reportedly raped a Biology teacher to coma at Ayetoro-Itele, a community in Ogun state. The local police were contacted on Thursday morning when the man’s neighbour broke the news after he found the man helpless and near-lifeless in his room. According to the man’s neighbour, five girls within the range…
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Rape: 6 secondary school students denied bail
An Iwo Road Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday denied bail to six secondary school students who were alleged to have raped a female colleague. The students: Akeem Abee, 17, Olaiya Faruq, 16, Kazeem Awal, 16, Ajao Waris, 17, Alamu Boluwatife, 17, and Dauda Mubarak, 17, are facing trial for conspiracy and rape. The News…
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Senate directs UNIMAID to suspend fee hike for students
…mandates Committee to carry out investigation The Senate has directed the management of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to stay action on the recent increment of tuition fees for students attending the institution. The upper chamber on Tuesday also mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND to investigate the matter in a bid…
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Nigerian universities breeding zombie students – Falana
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Friday has called on all Nigerian universities to allow student unionism thrive so as to produce graduates who will be critical thinkers and not robots or zombies. Falana, a former student unionist at Obafemi Awolowo University, said this while delivering the 9th Convocation lecture of…