Personal care brand, NIVEA, has sensitised Nigerian students on the importance of personal hygiene, especially as they approach adulthood. A statement made available to PUNCH Online on Saturday, quoted the Marketing Activation Manager, Oluwadamilola Adeyemi, to have said that the company emphasised the significance of maintaining good health during its just-concluded SABI Personal Hygiene Drive, an initiative designed to educate …

The Ministry of Education has warned that any student found guilty of physical assault leading to bodily injury will be suspended indefinitely from Unity Colleges. A memo by the Permanent Secretary, Nasir Gwarzo, which was obtained by newsmen in Abuja, said the ministry’s attention was drawn to the alarming rise in cruel acts of physical assault among students. In response, …

The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed against the board. In a statement on 16 October, JAMB stated …

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has urged schoolchildren to embrace the culture of reading to succeed. He made this call on Saturday at a book reading programme for secondary school pupils in Lagos State, organised by TotalEnergies. The event, held at the company’s office in Lagos, attracted pupils from more than ten secondary schools in the state. …

Youths, including students in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Saturday, took to the streets to protest the poor condition of the Ogbomoso Road, lamenting the tragic loss of lives caused by frequent accidents. The demonstrators condemned the deaths resulting from the road’s dilapidated state, labelling the losses as a product of negligence, which they described as ‘murder.’ The students, under the …

Irate students at the College of Health Sciences and Technology in Jega, Kebbi State, have set the residence of the Provost, Alhaji Haruna Saidu-Sauwa, on fire and vandalised his vehicle. The protest erupted over allegations that the college management extorted N23 million from the students regarding index registration for 250 graduating students. A source within the college who spoke with …

The Federal Government on Sunday handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses to the Organised Labour unions and the National Association of Nigerian Students at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Sunday. The 100-capacity buses, which are part of the Presidential CNG initiative’s pilot programme, will be distributed across the states and campuses in what the Minister of Information, Mohammed …

Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in the early hours of Saturday conducted a midnight raid on some private hostels of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) leading to the arrests of an undisclosed number of students. Eyewitnesses, who spoke with Sunday PUNCH on condition of anonymity, revealed that the raid occurred in the Kwakwalawa and Gidan …

The Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) have expressed fear of a possible increase in the rate of school dropout in the country due to the rising cost of bus fares across the country. They also warned that teachers might miss classes on days when they are unable to afford the increased transportation costs. Lagos …

The Teen Ambassadors Foundation has trained 40 students on coding and robotics in Abuja. Director General of the Foundation, Dr Paul Adiwu, said the training was to expose the children to science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and robotics. He spoke at the closing ceremony of the second edition of the free summer programme on STEM education with robotics, organised by …