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Obafemi Awolowo University students honour lecturer with gifts for dedication (Video)

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

A video which goes viral, captured a moment when students of Obafemi Awolowo University showered their lecturer, Dr. Olagunju, with gifts to show appreciation for his dedication and hard work. The heartwarming video, shared on TikTok by user #doxaleey on Tuesday, shows students standing up one by one to present their gifts to Dr. Olagunju, […]

Nigerian govt regulates minimum age for students to write WASSCE, NECO exams

August 27, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO), even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced on Channels Television’s […]

Two graduating students of Kwara College to face disciplinary panel over alleged ‘immoral sexual display’

September 11, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Two students of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilọrin, Nigeria, have been scheduled to face a disciplinary panel over alleged immoral sexual display during their graduation ceremony. The affected students are Sulyman Tawakaltu (female) and Mohammed AbdulSalam (male), both of the agricultural department. In a viral photo, AbdulSalam was seen grabbing Tawakaltu’s breasts during […]

Students, staff give a hero’s welcome to FUTO VC, Prof Oti, for refusing to compromise Abia gov election result (Video)

March 30, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for governorship election in Abia State, Prof. Nnenna Oti, has recounted her experience in the just concluded governorship election in the state. Amidst chaos and the delay in announcing the Abia State governorship result, Prof. Oti stood her ground, insisting that the people’s votes must count. Announcing the […]

ASUU President tells students not to vote for politicians with children schooling abroad

August 17, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, Wednesday, has stated that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country. Osodeke was speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organised by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward.’ […]

Lagos state govt shuts down all Chrisland school branches in the state over its students’ sex tape

April 19, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The Lagos state government has shut down all the branches of Chrisland schools within the state following the viral sex tapes of some young students of the school. In a statement released, the state government says an investigation has been launched into the unfortunate incident. The statement mentioned that criminal allegation as regards the unfortunate […]

Arabic school head suspended over brutal flogging of students in Kwara

October 11, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Kwara State Government has suspended the head of Musbaudeen Islamiya Arabic school in Ganmo, Ifelodun local government area of the state over the brutal manner some students were punished in the school. A viral video showed five students including a female being mercilessly flogged with long cane by five clerics for alleged conducts conceived to be […]

Students of a High School in Anambra wear traditional Igbo outfit ‘Isi-Agu’ for first assembly (Photos)

September 23, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Students of Bubendorff Memorial Grammar School, Adazi-Nnukwu in Anambra wore the traditional Igbo outfit, ‘Isi-Agu for their first school assembly in the new academic session. Social media users have praised the initiative of the school. See more photos below: