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LASU Increases Tuition Fee By 168%
Lagos State University has increased tuition of new students by 168 per cent, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that new students of the university would pay N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously paid. When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the increment of tuition for new students. He, however, clarified…
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Ooni of Ife Unveils Education Trust Fund For Five Million Nigerian Students
Foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has unveiled an education Trust Fund tagged the “Ooni of Ife Tertiary Tuition Fund”, aimed at paying the tuition fees of five million students across Nigerian universities. While unveiling the project at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife, the monarch cited the…
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Strike: FG, ASUU Reschedule Meeting
The hope for university students to return to classes has again been dashed, as the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU), scheduled to hold yesterday, Wednesday, December 9, was been postponed. According to the Director, Press and Public Relations, of the Labour ministry, Charles Akpan, the…
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Offa Poly Student convicted over internet fraud
A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon, has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for his involvement in internet scam. Juwon, an HND student at the Federal Polytechnic was sentenced on Thursday, December 10, by Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The sentence followed…
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UNIBEN Recalls Candidates To Re-write Post UTME
Some candidates who sat for University of Benin (UNIBEN) post utme have been recalled to rewrite the examination following the collapse of the university’s server. The university, in a terse Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent out on Wednesday afternoon, directed the affected candidates, who came from different parts of the country to write the examination,…
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Many graduating students can’t read, write, and communicate – Minister
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has expressed utmost concern about the qualities of graduates being produced by some tertiary institutions in the country, charging the management and other stakeholders to do the needful in order to change the ugly narratives. Adamu, who spoke Thursday at the commissioning of 7 various projects a the…
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Video: Brother of Keke Napep driver who was allegedly shot dead by Police in Port Harcourt Speaks
A brother to the late Keke Napep driver who was allegedly shot dead by Police in rukpokwu, Port Harcourt has given more insight into the tragic incident. The young man who was interviewed by Nigeria info in Port Harcourt identified the deceased has ‘school boy’, he told the reporter that, the deceased had no issues…
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Man Set Self Ablaze Over Alleged Non-Payment of 3 Years Allowance in Benue
A young Benue local government staff died on Wednesday morning, December 9, after setting himself ablaze over alleged non-payment of three years allowance. The young man identified as Aondona Yaga was until his death, a casual staff at the Gwer local government secretariat, Aliade. According to his grandmother who was seen around his abandoned corpse,…
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Money Laundering: Over N454 million Seized From Nigerian Man at Kenya’s Airport
A High Court in Kenya on Wednesday, December 9, ordered over N454million confiscated from a Nigerian man at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to be deposited at Central Bank of Kenya pending money laundering investigations. Mauzu Bala was arrested on Friday, December 4, with USD 880,000, 60,000 euros and N63,000 (N454,303,000 all together), stacked in…
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COVID-19, ASUU Strike, Naira Marley, Who is Laycon Top List of Google Search for 2020 [Full List]
Technology giant, Google has released its list of top online searches of 2020 by Nigerians and Coronavirus, ASUU strike, Rema, Naira Marley, and Hushpuppi topped the list. Coronavirus topped online searches by Nigerians in 2020, followed by US election, US president-elect, Joe Biden, Google Classroom, ASUU, Zoom Live, Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadua, and Hushpuppi.…
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