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A university undergraduate of Lagos State University (LASU), Sheriff Adedigba, has alleged that some operatives of the Ogun State Police Command attached to Owode-Egba allegedly extorted him of a sum of N153,000 at gunpoint. Adedigba, while narrating his ordeal to newsmen in Abeokuta, said that the said policemen stopped his vehicle during a ... Read more

The National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Anderson Ezeibe, who spoke at a press briefing in Abuja, stated that the strike would be sustained until the grey details in the offer were sorted out in the coming weeks. The union commenced an indefinite strike on April 6, demanding implementation of a new salary scheme for ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website by the News Agency of Nigeria ... Read more

The Kaduna State University, KASU, has denied the widespread reports of increasing its tuition fees. Reports had it that KASU increased tuition fees from N26,000 to N150,000 for students in the Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences. It was also reported that the institution increased tuition fees in the Faculty of Medicine to ... Read more

Following reports of students abduction across the country, Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Prof. Timothy Adebayo, has told the students of the institution not to leave the campus without permission. Adebayo in a statement expressed worry over the abduction and kidnapping of students across the country, saying that the university ... Read more

Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, on Monday, reopened, following its closure over students’ unrest which resulted in the destruction of 500-seat multipurpose lecture theatre, Students’ Union Government building and a male hostel. The unrest was sparked by the celebration of outgoing students. The institution’s Media and Public ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by ... Read more

The Kano state government has announced the closure of Bagauda Technical College with immediate effect for fear of possible security breach. Kano State Government has directed for the immediate closure of Bagauda Technical College following what it described as disturbing security ... Read more

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Western Zone, has called on the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the crisis rocking the Ekiti State University, following the proscription of staff unions by the Governing Council of the university led by Prof. Tale Omole. Staff ... Read more

Students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) in Anambra, living off the Igbariam campus, have fled their lodges over fear of reprisal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that this followed the killing of nine people, including minors, in Ukpomachi community, Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area, by unknown assailants on Monday ... Read more