At least 35 indigenes of Katsina State are studying cyber security and space engineering at the Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Noah Yusuf said that the Katsina State government is bankrolling the programmes for the undergraduates. Yusuf urged other state governments to take a cue from the Katsina State government by sending their wards …

Suspected herders reportedly broke into the Community Grammar School, Alaropo Nla, in Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State on Thursday injuring both students and teachers. The herders, numbering over 20, allegedly invaded the school with their cattle and injured some of the students and teachers, including one Mr Paul Olabode, inflicting wounds on them with sword and machete cuts, while …

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 …

The University of Port Harcourt has denied withholding the results of over 2,000 graduating students of the institution. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Owunari Georgewill told newsmen on Friday that all pending issues preventing students from graduating and proceeding for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps had been given executive attention. He stated: “In the media, in the past three days, some students …

The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Thursday said that it would ensure that students across the educational districts of the state got access to free education via technology. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo said that at the handover of the tablets, projectors, and internet routers at Agidingbi Senior Grammar School, Ikeja, that they were donated by United …

The Old Students Association Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos State (FEGOCLOSA) on Sunday alleged that parents of some students penalised for indulging in illicit sexual acts are threatening the school’s management for taking punitive actions against the students. A statement by FEGOCLOSA Global President, Toun Aderele also alleged that some reports being circulated by a national newspaper regarding the incident …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has said that the over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to take part in the exercise. He spoke against the backdrop of concerns being raised about the possibility of students missing out on the exercise because of the …

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Prof. Innocent Ujah has expressed the resolve of the institution to collaborate with the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards (BSCVGs), on the security of staff and students of the university. Ujah, who made this known when he received the zonal leadership of the security outfit at the institution in …

The Lagos State Government has advised students in schools across the state to shun bad gangs and cultism and exhibit diligence in their academics. The guidance was given, according to a statement on Tuesday, during the monitoring and compliance exercise on school resumption for the second term across the state by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo. Adefisayo, who …