Tag: Students
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UniCal VC condemns alleged assault on students, calls for investigation
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UniCal), has condemned an alleged assault on students of the institution by a suspected lecturer. Obi made the condemnation in a statement on Monday following a
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Finally, UNILAG bows to students, reduces fees
Management of the University of Lagos has announced a reduction in fees, after a meeting with the executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Recall that the hike in obligatory fees by the institution had attracted a lot of uproar among students of the
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Police arrest secondary school students for assaulting teacher
The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday in Abeokuta said its men have arrested a group of 10 Senior Secondary School (SSS) students alleged to have assaulted a teacher. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ogun,
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NDLEA arrests Europe-bound teenage student with drugs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Nnamani Daberechi, a 19-year-old student, for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpuru Mmiri, concealed in crayfish.
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British envoy explains new UK visa policy on Nigerian students
British High Commissioner to Nigeria Richard Montgomery says the UK government’s new policy on the restriction of foreign student visas is aimed at managing the pressure on social services for scholars. Montgomery, who said this during an interview with NAN in Abuja, explained that
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Police rescue 6 of 7 abducted UNIJOS students
The pleateu state Police Command has rescued six out of the seven students of the University of Jos that were kidnapped by gunmen.
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Count yourselves lucky, LASU VC tells matriculating students
The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has told the newly admitted students to count themselves lucky, being among the few that sailed through the institution’s admission process. She said that of over 40,000 applicants for admission, only 10,301 students were taking
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IUO: How we started with 111 students but today our undergrads are over 5,000-Pro Chancellor, Igbinedion
The Esama of Benin Kingdom, Pro Chancellor of Igbinedion University Okada, IUO Gabriel Igbinedion has narrated the success story of Nigeria’s premier private university how it started in 1999 with just 111 students but today has over 5000 undergraduates fully accommodated. Speaking at the varsity’s 24th Founder’s Day in Okada, the Pro Chancellor who was…
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BREAKING: Nigerian students in war-torn Sudan head to Egypt [VIDEO]
Nigerian students in war-torn Sudan are currently on their way to Egypt from where they will be airlifted to Nigeria.
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Sudan conflict: NiDCOM making arrangements to evacuate students, citizens
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate Nigerians from Sudan. She, however, explained that it is impossible for any flights to leave at this time.