From 1st January 2024, the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised to $20,635 from the initial $10,000 so that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Marc Miller, announced the review on Thursday. He said that moving forward, the new threshold will be adjusted each year …

The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Lucky Emonefe has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to increase the budget for education in the 2024 federal budget proposal. During a Citizen’s Town Hall meeting on the 2024 Budget and Appropriation Process by the House of Representatives, Emonefe also called for the inclusion of …

The University of Ilorin has granted a 25 per cent school fees rebate to children of its staff members. The rebate was approved by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, following a meeting with university-based union leaders on Thursday. According to a tweet shared via the institution’s handle on X, the rebate seeks to cater to the staff welfare of …

The Bauchi State Police Command has said that the 500-level Geology student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, who was stabbed and later died in the hospital, was trying to retrieve his girlfriend’s handbag from some assailants when the incident happened. According to multiple sources on the campus, the final year student, Joseph Agabaidu was stabbed by some assailants while …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, raised the alarm that most departments and units in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed due to the resignation of lecturers in search of greener pastures. ASUU’s University of Ibadan chapter chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, who disclosed this in Ibadan, Oyo State, said Nigeria’s public universities were in very pitiable conditions with …

Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Dr. Tunde Afolabi, has donated a sum of N1 billion to launch the university’s N5 billion development fund. The launch of the fund was part of the activities for the grand finale of ACU’s 15th convocation ceremony, where 30 persons were awarded Doctor of Philosophy certificates in various disciplines. The day also witnessed the …

Anambra State has continued with its winning streak in educational competitiveness, as one of its indigenes has been declared the best candidate in the category of visually impaired students in Nigeria in the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate examination, conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Miss Precious Nzube Mbajiorgu, who wrote the examination at St John of God …

For indulging in various crimes such as academic fraud, social behaviours which impinge negatively on the image of the institution, the authorities of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, have slammed sanctions including expulsion, rustication and indefinite suspension on 26 students. It was gathered that the decision to axe the students was taken at the 127th and 128th …

Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu has announced the death, on Wednesday afternoon, of retired acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Mojeed Olaide Liasu. According to a statement by the institution Kalilu commiserated with the family of the late professor, describing his death as a devastating experience. The university management …

The Sterling One Foundation has reiterated its commitment to investing in foundational learning and working with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and partners to boost education in Africa. This commitment was made at the 2023 High Level Policy Dialogue hosted in Zambia by ADEA and the Zambian Ministry of Education to inform policy and decisions …