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Students and staff of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri(FUTO) on Tuesday avoided the main entrance of their school over a fetish object dumped at the entrance of their school. Most of them a reliable source from the school told us took alternative routes to the school to avoid the objects. According to the source, one of the ... Read more

No fewer than six Higher National Diploma (HND) students of the Kwara State Polytechnic have been expelled by the authority of the institution for their alleged involvement in the submission of fake Ordinary National Diploma (OND) certificates. A statement issued and signed by a Principal Assistant Registrar, (Academic Matter Board), Mr Ismail ... Read more

A sociology undergraduate at the University Of Port Harcourt has picked an interesting topic to work on as a final year project. The unidentified student picked the topic, “Prevalence And Pattern Of Womanizing And Ashawoism Among Undergraduate Male Students Of Medicine And Surgery/Dentistry (MBBS/BDS) Department In The University Of Port ... Read more

The management of Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, has approved the dismissal of four lecturers in the institution over alleged misconduct Their dismissal was approved at the emergency meeting of the Special Intervention Team (SIT), held on Wednesday 1 December, 2021, where the report of the Senior Staff Disciplinary ... Read more

The SBG Insurance Brokers Limited has instituted a N2.5m ten-year tenure endowment fund for best graduating insurance students in the University of Lagos, Akoka. According to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, SBG Insurance Brokers Limited, Mr Sammy Dalmeida, the SBG Insurance Brokers Prize for the Best Graduating Insurance Student ... Read more

Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN, has said it has in the last two sessions, expelled no fewer than 87 students for alleged antisocial behaviour. He added that the students were expelled for alleged involvement in examination malpractices, drug abuse, internet fraud, robbery and ... Read more

An undergraduate of University of Calabar, Janet Odey, 23, has emerged winner of 2021 Nigerian Students Ventures Prize, worth N1.5 million. Janet would also represent Nigeria in the 2022 University Startup World Cup to be hosted in Denmark with $15,000 as grand prize Besides, Janet, a radiography student from northern Cross River State, ... Read more

Following the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum on Sunday handed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the Federal Government to implement its demands, the lecturers appear set for another round of strike action if nothing is done urgently to forestall this. National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the ... Read more

ABUJA – Ugly experiences of parents and candidates being extorted while applying for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) may have prompted the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to prohibit operators of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres from selling e-PINs. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the ... Read more

The Commissioner for Education in Oyo state, AbdulRahman Abdu-Raheem, has debunked claims that some students in the state were turned into tubers of yam by a man claimed to be a ritualist. On Friday, December 3, LIB shared the story of how a middle-aged man was assaulted and accused of turning two students into tubers of yam at ... Read more