Osun State Government is at loggerheads with the Christ Apostolic Church over a piece of land set aside for the building of an elementary school, FEMI MAKINDE writes. When members of the Christ Apostolic Church, Araromi, Osun State converged on their church premises on Wednesday morning for a prayer session, many …
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, yesterday, said it would collaborate with the National Universities Commission, NUC, to checkmate incidence of fake corps members in the country. The partnership, Vanguard gathered, will also improve the quality of graduates coming out of the Corps Producing Institutions, CPIs, for mobilization for the …
How Nigerian Students Can Bring an End to Bad Governance – Sambo:Vice President Namadi Sambo at the weekend said Nigerian students can emulate their predecessors in bringing an end to bad governance in Nigeria through protests.Sambo, while speaking at the Ahmadu Bello University’s maiden homecoming celebration of past student leaders …
DELSUTH Successful at First Kidney Transplant:THE Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara has recorded what is still considered a rare feat in the medical field in Nigeria, with the successful kidney transplant.Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, a medical doctor, who was among the medical team in the theatre during the operation, …
Three female students of the University of Abuja suffered injury following a fire outbreak at the hostel of the school’s mini-campus in Gwagwalada, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.A witness said the incident occurred on Sunday night when most students had gone to bed.She said only one room was affected in the …
Graduate Robber Regret: I Should’ve Fled Nigeria After Stealing N45m :The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 30-year-old man believed to have been the mastermind of two robberies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in 2012 and 2013.The suspect, Samuel Mayegun, aka Asiwaju, …
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has decided that candidates in the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, would compulsorily register only one university, one polytechnic, one college of education and one innovative enterprise institute. It is considered a solution to challenges with admissions to higher institutions. Candidates formerly …
Nine-Year-Old Girl Sweeps GCE Creditably:As at today, January 11th, 2013, nine-year-old Anjolaoluwa Mautin Botoku cannot lay substantial claim to widespread fame. She has however served notice that her name is one that the world should watch out for in the future. At her very tender age, she has written a …
2 Undergraduate Siblings Burnt to Death in Agbor:TWO female undergraduate siblings have been burnt to death following a midnight inferno that razed their hostel in Agbor, Delta State, Tuesday. The two girls were students of College of Education, Agbor and were among those living in a private hostel adjacent the …
Final Year Student of Benue State University Dies in Hotel Room:A 21-year-old final year female student of the Benue State University, BSU, Joan Adaaku, has been reportedly found dead in a hotel room located in the heart of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.We gathered from sources who preferred anonymity that …