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UNILORIN expels 24 students

Feyi Afisunlu — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:10:43 +0000

The University of Ilorin has expelled 24 of its students due to various acts of misconduct. The photos of the affected students from various departments and faculties were displayed at the designated students’ notice boards on the university main campus. DailyPost gathered that the expulsion was the outcome of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee(SDC) meeting which [...]

UNILORIN expels 24 students

Kano University to honour Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Wale Odunsi — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:19:08 +0000

The Kano state University of Science and Technology, Wudil, will on Saturday May 25, award the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria and former Lagos state Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu an Honorary Doctorate Degree- Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa of the University. A letter signed by the Acting Vice Chancellor of the [...]

Kano University to honour Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Two killed as OSU students protest

Feyi Afisunlu — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:55 +0000

Report reaching DailyPost has it that two students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state have been shot dead and many others injured by men of the Police Force attached to the Ogun state police command in an ongoing student protest that started on Monday morning. According to information gathered by DailyPost, students in [...]

Two killed as OSU students protest

“Out of 120 universities in Nigeria, only five have standard libraries” – Prof. Aina

Feyi Afisunlu — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:54:03 +0000

The former president of the Nigerian Library Association,NLA, Prof. Lenrie O. Aina, recently in a shocking revelation at Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, said that out of the over 120 university libraries in Nigeria, only five can meet the scholarly standard of a university community. Prof. Aina said, “Despite this sordid picture, Nigerian universities are [...]

“Out of 120 universities in Nigeria, only five have standard libraries” – Prof. Aina

ICPC arrests alleged fake professor, son, others for operating illegal university

Emmanuel Uzodinma — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:51:17 +0000

The proprietor of the Richmond Open University, Enugu, “Professor” Mazi Chris Okoro has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, for allegedly operating an illegal institution. The proprietor was arrested alongside his son and four other staff of the institution during a raid carried out by the ICPC and [...]

ICPC arrests alleged fake professor, son, others for operating illegal university

JAMB releases withheld results, begins CBT today

Feyi Afisunlu — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:38:01 +0000

Reports reaching DailyPost say the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has finally released the earlier withheld results of candidates over lack of biometric verification . The examination body also announced that 91,610 candidates will commence the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME Computer Based Test CBT in the 7 various designated centres from Saturday, May [...]

JAMB releases withheld results, begins CBT today

UBEC award: South-East scores low as Rivers wins again

Emmanuel Uzodinma — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:42 +0000

Rivers State has emerged the best in the implementation of the Universal Basic Education programmes in the country. The Universal Basic Education Commission rated Katsina as the second best while Adamawa State emerged the third Best Performing State. The commission disclosed this in a statement it issued at the end of the South East Education [...]

UBEC award: South-East scores low as Rivers wins again

160 Nigerian students on federal scholarship now begging in Russia

Feyi Afisunlu — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:14:50 +0000

Reports reaching DailyPost news desk has it that over 160 Nigerian students who are on the federal government scholarship in Russia are now begging to survive due to non-payment of their allowances since the past six months. The leader of the Association of the Federal Government Doctoral Candidates in Russia, Godwin Ezinkwo, made this known [...]

160 Nigerian students on federal scholarship now begging in Russia

JAMB given 7-day-ultimatum to release scripts for re-marking or face court action

Feyi Afisunlu — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:05:49 +0000

A 7-day-ultimatum has been given to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, by an education consultant, Mr Oludotun Shodunke, who had asked the board to release the last UTME candidates’ exam scripts for remarking or face court action. Sodunke alleged that the examination body failed many candidates because it was rumoured that the examination [...]

JAMB given 7-day-ultimatum to release scripts for re-marking or face court action

School of Dental Technology in Enugu reads riot act to students over cultism

Emmanuel Uzodinma — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:37:57 +0000

The Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, have warned newly admitted students of the institution to distance themselves from all forms of social vices, especially cultism, examination malpractices, drug abuse and homosexuality or face rustication from the school. Rector of the school, Dr. (Mrs), Kehinde Sofoluwe, who read the riot act to the [...]

School of Dental Technology in Enugu reads riot act to students over cultism

ICPC storms Benue, arrests proprietor, registrar of fake university

Feyi Afisunlu — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:57:48 +0000

The Proprietor and Registrar of Lobi Institute of Management and Technology, Markurdi, Benue state were on Tuesday arrested by men of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission,ICPC, for allegedly awarding fake degree certificates to people. The anti-graft team gathered that the school was affiliated to a foreign university called Irish University Business [...]

ICPC storms Benue, arrests proprietor, registrar of fake university

NUC exposes 41 Illegal Universities

Feyi Afisunlu — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:43:48 +0000

The National Universities Commission ,NUC, has unveiled the identities of illegal “universities” with known addresses operating in the country. The Commission disclosed this on Wednesday at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission,ICPC,headquarters during a joint press conference on the activities of the operators of the illegal “universities” across the country. According to [...]

NUC exposes 41 Illegal Universities

Sokoto state government to sponsor 100 students to Canadian university

Feyi Afisunlu — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:04:54 +0000

No fewer than 100 students of Sokoto state origin will be sponsored by the state government to the Canadian University in Dubai for various degree programmes. This, the state has confirmed, will happen in no distant time. This is contained in a statement by Malam Sani Umar, the Special Assistant to Gov. Aliyu Wamakko on [...]

Sokoto state government to sponsor 100 students to Canadian university

Volunteer teachers in Enugu dump pupils over 14 months salary arrears

Emmanuel Uzodinma — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:48:02 +0000

“I am hungry and tired. Our patience has been over stretched. I can’t continue to borrow money to sustain my family even when I am working”. The joy that once greeted the engagement of volunteer teachers in Enugu state has given way to the above words of despair from one of them, Mr. Mathew Ugwu, [...]

Volunteer teachers in Enugu dump pupils over 14 months salary arrears

Lagos state bans hijab in public schools

Feyi Afisunlu — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:37:24 +0000

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday insisted that the usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for female Muslim pupils will not be allowed in the state public schools. The State Government maintained that pupils in its public schools would only be allowed to wear conventional uniforms to school. State Commissioner for Education, [...]

Lagos state bans hijab in public schools