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AS individuals are accusing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, of giving them high electricity bills, popularly called ‘crazy bills’, educational institutions in the country are also reeling under the yoke of such bills, checks by Vanguard have revealed. It was also gathered that some tertiary institutions, mostly ... Read more

Two persons, including a schoolboy, on Monday, died in two separate auto crashes in Anambra State. The schoolboy was said to be crossing a road in the Oyi Local Government Area of the state when he was knocked down by a speeding Camry car. The other victim was a passenger on a motorcycle in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area ... Read more

THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has said that it will meet with the federal government on Wednesday or Thursday this week. This is in connection with the ongoing strike which the union started on April 6, 2021. President of ASUP, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, in an interview with our correspondent said the only thing the government had ... Read more

Interswitch Group has announced the opening of its platform for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registrations. The group said in a statement issued on Sunday that parents and guardians of prospective candidates intending to register for the 2021 UTME could obtain their ePINs from Interswitch platforms from ... Read more

The Kwara State University has reverted the exemption fee for hostel accommodation to N5,000 after the students’ protest on Monday over increment to N20,000. A statement signed by the Acting Registrar, Mr Mohammed Shuaib, said staff and students were expected to continue with academic activities and their normal duties since the ... Read more

The Management of Ambrose Alli University has warned members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ambrose Alli University chapter to desist from malicious actions against the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ignatius Onimawo, over funding of the institution. The university’s spokesman, Edward Aihevba, in a statement condemned ... Read more

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University has announced plans to resuscitated the insitution’s Students’ Union. This was made known in a release by the institution’s Dean, Division of Student Affairs, Prof Isiaka Aransi, on Monday. The release read in part, “It has come to the knowledge if the University Management ... Read more

The Ikorodu chapter of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) in Lagos State has procured the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and National Examination Council (NECO) forms for some students of Community Senior and Junior Secondary School in Baiyeku-Ikorodu. The association disclosed this on Tuesday after it organised a career ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has condemned the admissions purportedly being conducted by some universities, including the University of Abuja (UniAbuja). Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs, in a statement, said the universities were issuing admission letters to candidates without recourse to the board. The spokesman ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has condemned the attack by gunmen at the Plateau State University in Bokkos Local Government Area of the State. DAILY POST reported that unknown gunmen attacked the university community on Monday and attempted to abduct some students residing off the school campus. However, their operation was ... Read more