An additional six kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi State, have been rescued unhurt. This increased to 20, the number of students already rescued by a combined team of security operatives and local hunters. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made this known yesterday in a statement in Lokoja. The …

The Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, on Wednesday, matriculated 2,865 students for the 2022/23 academic session. This year’s student intake by the university is higher than the 1,945 who matriculated for the 2020/21 academic session, and the 1,453 students who matriculated for the 2019/2020 academic session. The increase in student enrollment is despite heightening insecurity in the North-West state, which …

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has offered scholarship, through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), to the five rescued undergraduates of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina state, who were abductors on 4 October. The first lady, alongside the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, yesterday in Abuja, presented N1 million and a new laptop to each of …

The Joint Task Force of Operation Hadarin Daji has rescued another seven female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. Last Friday, bandits attacked the university and abducted over 20 students from their rented lodge in the Sabon Gida, Bungudu L0cal Government Area of the state. A date later, President Bola Tinubu directed security agencies to rescue the students. …