A male student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (UNIZIK), Awka has been confirmed dead after he jumped from a three-storey building and was rushed to a nearby hospital. The incident occurred at a lodge close to the university’s gate. Residents of the area said the student apparently consumed hard drugs before jumping from the building. According to the neighbours, there was …

A student of Babcock University, Illishan Remo, Ogun State, who was declared missing by his mother, Oladipupo Siwajuola, has been expelled by the institution’s management for engaging in fetish practices and drug peddling among others. The Babcock’s Director of Marketing and Communication, Joshua Suleiman, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro recalls that Siwajuola’s disappearance was brought to …

The Kwara State Government has expressed satisfaction with the smooth and orderly conduct of the General Mathematics paper in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) held across the state on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, expressed his satisfaction during a monitoring visit to selected secondary schools in Oyun and Offa …

Delta State Government has announced a new date for commencement of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), earlier scheduled to begin from 9 June to 13 June for both public and private secondary schools in the state. A Tuesday statement from the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Daniel Akiri, on behalf of the …

No fewer than 150 federal universities, polytechnics and monotechnics have missed the 31 May 2025 deadline of the Federal Government to all tertiary institutions to update their website with key institutional data, including financial records. In April 2025, the FG asked all vice-chancellors of federal universities, rectors of polytechnic, and provosts of other institutions to, no later than 31 May …

Wife of a former Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan, has earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. This is as she used the occasion to inspire Nigerian women and youths to embrace lifelong learning. This was disclosed in a statement released by the former first lady’s media adviser, Chris Okeke, on …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the recent incident where Nigerian students were forced to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), in dark and unfit conditions, calling it a ‘national disgrace’. This came as the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies gave WAEC, a 24-hour ultimatum to appear before it on …

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni (MAPAMA) has congratulated seasoned broadcaster, Alhaji Ayinde Soaga on his recent election as the President of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Alumni (MAPALUM). In a letter on Wednesday to the new MAPALUM helmsman, MAPAMA’s National President, Prince Taofeek Oyeniyi observed that Soaga’s election, coming after an illustrious professional career, represents a bridge between the old …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed new members for the governing councils of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU). In a statement on Tuesday titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new governing council members for three federal universities’, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed the …

A 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, two science student of Ilimi School, Ramlat Ahmed, has been inaugurated as the Speaker of the Gombe State Children’s Parliament. Ahmed was sworn in on Monday alongside 14-year-old Christopher Ngale, who emerged as Deputy Speaker, and 10 other principal officers who will steer the affairs of the seventh assembly of the Children’s Parliament in the …