Tag: University Students
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Over 60,000 Federal University students already applied for loan – NELFUND
Akintunde Sawyerr, the Managing Director of Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has revealed that over 60,000 students from federal universities have registered for the student loan scheme since its launch.
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ASUU strike: University students lament continuous stay at home
Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the students’ future and resume work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged strike. The students told NAN that they were…
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Two varsity students drown in river while taking selfies
Two university students, Derrick Auka and Sharon Atieno, drowned in River Yala in Bondo, Siaya County of Kenya while taking selfies. Auka, who is a third-year student of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology and Atieno, a student at Bondo Technical Training Institute, had gone on a nature walk when the incident happened.…
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‘Provision of uninterrupted power supply to university students not a mere street lighting project’
The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has said the Federal Government’s project aimed at rejuvenating the nation’s education system by providing uninterrupted power supply to a total of 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals is not a ‘mere’ project as depicted in some sections of the media. The Ministry’s reaction is coming…