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Two students of the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun in Ogun State, believed to be lovers, have allegedly died after taking a substance suspected to be sniper. The incident occurred on Sunday night at a private hostel in Ijagun town. According to Nation, the lady, a 200-level student of Library and Information Science Department, ... Read more

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has announced its resumption dates for the 2020/2021 academic session. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, in a statement on Monday in Benin, said new students are to resume into the halls of residence on Sunday 8th August, 2021, while their on-line clearance and ... Read more

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday tasked the 1,149 corps members that took oath in Jigawa to actively participate in skills acquisition training in order to be self-reliant. Hajiya Aishatu Adamu, the State NYSC Coordinator, gave the advice during the swearing-in of the corps members under the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream ... Read more

Following the ‘failure’ of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to announce either his replacement or reappointment, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has handed over the baton of leadership to the agency’s Director of Information Technology Dervices, Fabian ... Read more

The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has confirmed the passing of Tosin Osatuyi, a Civil Engineering (HND 2) student. Tosin died in a fight after his final examinations on Wednesday July 28. Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar told NAN the incident was tragic and unfortunate. A fight, which broke out among Osatuyi and his peers, occurred ... Read more

The Director- General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, yesterday said that COVID-19 vaccines would soon be made available to corps members in orientation camps while urging them to present themselves for vaccination. He also advised the corps members to adhere strictly to all the safety protocols ... Read more

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Kashim Ibrahim, has advised tertiary institutions in the country to train their staff locally due to the depreciation in the value of the naira. Ibrahim gave the advice on Tuesday at the Federal College of Education (Technical) Asaba, the Delta State capital, during a ... Read more

Applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK have now opened. The applications would be open between August 3 and November 2, 2021, and should be submitted via www.chevening.org/apply. The Chevening Scholarships would be awarded to individuals from all backgrounds who can demonstrate that they have the commitment and skills ... Read more

Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has pleaded with bandits to cease the abduction of school kids in the Northern region of Nigeria. Nwajiuba made the appeal while commenting on the High School in Kaduna State. He appealed to bandits to leave schools alone as insecurity has resulted to a big setback for Nigeria in ... Read more

The National Youth Service Corps on Wednesday described as untrue claims of COVID-19 positive corps members. The organisation said there were no COVID-19 positive corps members in any of the 37 NYSC orientation camps nationwide. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, made the clarification in a statement in ... Read more