Nigerian Content: School News

Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissions into the 2016/2017 Academic Session in the undergraduate programmes of Tansian University. All programmes are accredited by the NUC Click Here To See The List of Courses We Offer ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS All candidates applying for admission into any of the undergraduate programmes must: Possess the …

The scandal that rocked Queens college about a month ago has finally come to an end as an investigation panel setup by the Ministry of Education could not find any evidence against the accused teacher. The teacher, Olaseni Oshifala was accused of sneaking into the girl’s hostel at night to handle and have intercourse with …

Following weeks of closure of the institution over strike action by the management, students of Imo State University in Owerri, Imo State have embarked on a peaceful protest to call authorities to resume activities in the school today. Photos show the students being teargassed by police even as some of them regrouped and continued with …

– 11,146 have applied to study Medicine at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) for the 2016/2017 academic session but unfortunately, only 150 will be admitted. Thousands of students are fighting for spaces for hundreds. 66,000 candidates battle for 9,000 admission slots. The department of Medicine and Surgery, for example, which usually admits 130 to 150 students …

According to media reports, 22 students have graduated with first class degree from the Katsina based Al-Qalam University-The first Islamic University in Nigeria. Vice chancellor of the Varsity, Prof Shehu Ado Garki disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference. Garki gave a breakdown of the graduands to include 400 who bagged second class upper degrees …

Foreign students will soon be allowed to apply for permanent residence once they have graduated from a South African university, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday. Introducing his budget vote debate in an extended public committee of the National Assembly, Mr Gigaba said international students constituted a key segment that is prioritised by …

According to NAN reports that the students carried placards with various inscriptions: “Nigerian Students Say No to Abuse of University Rules and Processes”; “Universities not National Cake. Re-instate our Vice-Chancellors”, among others. The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday besieged the Federal Secretariat, Abuja demanding to meet the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to …

According to media reports, a Nigerian man identified as Ifo Ikede couldn’t contain his excitement and character after graduating from University of Prince Edward Island in Canada with first class in Computer Science -despite being discouraged by his lecturer. He gave this salute during his graduation ceremony to celebrate his success. Congrats to him. His friend …

The Federal Government will harmonise tuition fees in all federal universities to stop arbitrary charge of fees by some university authorities. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made this known while fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Tuesday. Cue in audio “Since the protests started, we have …

A retired teacher, Onuzuluike Ude has been arrested by the police in Anambra state for allegedly forging certificates and printing fake Nigerian currency. Ude, 75, was arrested on Wednesday alongside his 54-year-old accomplice, one Evelyn Nwoke, a business centre operator. The duo was accused of forging certificates of some tertiary institutions, National Youth Service Corps …

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Thursday said the over 40 million Nigerian students would re-enact the Occupy Nigeria protest against the removal of subsidy from petroleum product next week. The National President of NANs, Comrade Tijani Shehu, stated this in Abuja, at a protest rally where the association called for the removal of …

After the semi-finals in Ibadan and other regions, the finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Nigeria 2016 was held in Lagos on Friday, March 15th and we were there to cover the event live. 11 teams from different tertiary institutions around the Nigeria gathered together to slug it out with their innovative pitches in 3 …