Tag: Students
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Court remands 4 students for allegedly gang raping colleague
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School, Eleyele, Ibadan in Oyo State be remanded for allegedly raping a female colleague, who was mentally challenged. NAN reports that the defendants are minors.
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LAUTECH gets approval to admit more students into medical programme
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has increased admission Quota for the medical programme of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, to 120 from 75. Mr. Olalekan Fadeyi, the Principal Assistant Registrar, Public and Alumni Relations,
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Igbinedion University tops private universities in Nig with 34 departments/55 programmes
Nigeria’s premier private university, Igbinedion University, Okada, IUO with the addition of five new departments, has moved from 29 departments to 34, and from 38 programmes to 55 programmes, making it the largest in any private university in the country. Also, the university has moved from 19 post graduate programmes to 24 post graduate programmes.…
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UNIBEN: Soldiers assault students in retaliatory attack
In what seems to be a retaliatory attack on students of the University of Benin, soldiers have reportedly stormed UNIBEN assaulting students, and leaving them in a very critical condition. It would be recalled that on Thursday, February 2, some students assaulted soldiers for allegedly harassing and assaulting their female colleagues at an ATM booth…
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Soldiers, UNIBEN Students clash on campus, management reacts
The University of Benin was on Thursday thrown into pandemonium when some soldiers attached to the Army Supply and Transport (S&T) Barracks, Ugbowo, Benin City, Edo, caused a drama cum disruption and assault on some students of UNIBEN.
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Auchi poly expels 40 students for result falsification
The Management of Auchi polytechnic, Edo, says it had expelled 40 students over result falsification and deficiency at the point of entry into some programmes at the institution. A news bulletin of the Information and Public Relations Unit of the institution
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Robbers attack UI, kill NECO official
Armed robbers have invaded the staff quarters of the University of Ibadan, killing Mr Vincent Odinko, an occupant of one of the buildings, who worked in the SSCE Internal Unit, Ibadan branch of the National Examinations Council, NECO. According to reliable sources, the sad incident happened last Friday night. The night marauders broke into the…
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Just In: Sanwo-Olu increases Lagos students’ bursary by 100%
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved an increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr. Abdur Rahaman Lekki said in a statement on Sunday that the increment would take effect from 2022/ 2023…
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ASUU Strike: NEC fix Thursday to hold emergency meeting to decide fate of Nigerian students
The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will convene emergency National Executive Council, NEC meeting on Thursday, to review recent developments, especially the positive response from the federal government to its demands. Preparatory to the meeting expected to take place at its headquarters in Abuja,the union has directed its zonal branches to collate…
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ASUU Strike: Students block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday blocked the major Ibadan – Ile-Ife-Ilesa Expressway, leaving motorists and commuters stranded for for several hours. Newsmen reports that this was in continuation of the association’s nationwide protest on major highways against the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and their lecturers. Newsmen recalls that the…