Protesting students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on Wednesday threatened to block the Abuja-Lagos Highway if the Federal Government failed to stop the incessant killing of their colleagues by trucks. Benjamin Timothy, FUL President, Student Union Government (SUG), who made the threat during the procession at the Falele Campus, Lokoja, said the students were tired…
The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, on Tuesday, matriculated 12,590 students for its 2024/2025 academic session, and warned them to shun indiscipline and cultism. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, at the 2024/2025 matriculation ceremony, said over 62,000 applicants applied to the university. Olatunji-Bello urged the students to be of good behaviour and…
The Chairman, Olorunda Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Mr Samson Olatunde, has distributed 350 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms to indigent students within the council. This is contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the chairman, Mr Abful-Wahab Adeosun, on Tuesday. Olatunde said the initiative was aimed at…
The Bauchi state government has approved N793.6 million for payment of external examination fees for 25,410 indigent students. The funds would cover payment of registration fees for the 2025 National Examination Council (NECO), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and the National Board for Arabic and Islamic studies…
Gov Nasir Idris of Kebbi has approved the release of N585.4 million for payment of tuition fees for 100 students studying in different Indian universities. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Isah Abubakar-Tunga, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. He said that the payment is for Kebbi indigenes studying…
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State has commended the exceptional performance of the indigenes of the state studying in India under its foreign scholarship programme. Yusuf commended the students’ outstanding academic performance, saying that their success demonstrated the benefits of investing in education. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin…
Nigeria is now ranked first in Africa and seventh in the world, with the highest number of students in the US. Nigerian student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities rose to 20,029 students in 2023/2024, marking a 13.5 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the 2024 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange. According…
