Lagos State Government said it would oppose the exhumation of the corpse of Miss Whitney Adeniran, the 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Opebi, Lagos State, who died during the school’s inter-house sports in February. The government disclosed on Saturday in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs in the state Ministry of Justice, Mrs Grace Alo. The state said …

The aspiration of an 18-year-old Ogun State teenager, Esther Abiona of becoming a medical laboratory scientist in one of the country’s top-tier hospitals may be a pipe dream because she has been unable to successfully register for the United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as a result of having incomplete fingers for biometrics. According to the Head of Public Affairs and …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct. In a statement on Wednesday, the board gave the names of the dismissed staff as Mr Bilyaminu Ishaku and Mr Andrew Anebi Candidus, both from JAMB office in Makurdi, Benue State. It explained that the action was the fallouts of the …

Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of a 12-year-old Chrisland pupil, Whitney, who recently died during the school’s inter-house sports, has disclosed that an autopsy carried out on her daughter showed that she died of electrocution. In an Instagram live video on Wednesday, she said: “I want to thank everyone for your support, your calls and messages have helped us go …

Lagos State University, Ojo has suspended the ongoing second-semester examination in view of Saturday’s general elections. The Registrar, Mr Emmanuel Fanu said on Thursday that students should vacate the campus on Friday. He stated that the varsity’s Senate gave the directive following earlier directives by the Federal Government through the National Universities Commission. “In view of prevailing circumstances and the …

Nigeria’s billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Mr Femi Otedola has donated a multi-billion-Naira Faculty of Engineering complex to Augustine University, Ilara, Epe, Lagos State, in fulfilment of his dream to add a lasting value to the institution and its students. Otedola, who is the Chancellor of the university, handed over the complex to the school at the inauguration on Wednesday, in …

The Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUD), Aare Afe Babalola has criticised the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed for closing all universities in Nigeria during the general elections on the orders of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Babalola, who said that neither the Minister nor the NUC boss had such …

Since last weekend, the internet has been awash with the trending story of a Benue State-born orphan who had just a gown, a pair of shoes, and usually picked pieces of soup in public bathrooms to have a bath, but persevered to graduate with a First Class degree in Economics. The young woman, who conquered poverty and shame to achieve …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2022 November/ December Senior School Certificate of Examination (SSCE) results, with 57 percent of candidates scoring five credits and above. The Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, made the official announcement of the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Thursday, saying that 60,133 candidates registered for the examination with 59,124 of them …

The Chairman/Founder of The Address Homes, Dr Olabisi Onasanya was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) in Finance at the 7th convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) held at the main campus, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State last Saturday. The conferment was approved by the University Senate and governing council in recognition of Onasanya’s “professional excellence, illustrious persona …