Education
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Zamfara: Bandits get paid but state university remain comatose — report
A student of the Zamfara State University has reportedly decried the silence of the state government over the fate of students enrolled in the institution since 2018.
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Kano: 17 students arrested for ‘harassing’ colleagues who wore ‘female gowns’
The Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil has arrested 17 students and recommended them for disciplinary action for harassing their female colleagues over their dressing.
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Firefighters arrested after 100 students land in hospital following fumigation exercise
Sources within the campus told journalists that some of the students hospitalised were said to be asthmatic patients, who developed complications not long after inhaling the chemical used for the fumigation.
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Man disguises as woman, sneaks into female hostel to see ‘unwilling’ campus lover
The management of the institution had barred inter sex visits to hostels after three students allegedly gang-raped a female student in one of the men’s hostels last year.
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Protest rocks FUNAAB over kidnapping of final-year student
The final-year student was reportedly taken away from a farm.
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Don’t use insecurity to treat schoolchildren like animals — commissioner
Following attacks on schools across the country in recent times, some stakeholders have advocated the building of fences around schools.
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NECO must answer query over ₦6.5 billion contract awards, Senate insists
The query is contained in the AuGF 2017 report already being considered by the Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC).
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75 per cent of Lagos private schools have no licence — commissioner
Just a quarter of the about 20,000 private schools in Lagos have been approved by the state government, education commissioner Folasade Adefisayo has said.
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JAMB extends UTME, DE registration over NIN issues
JAMB had insisted in March, before the 2021 UTME registration commenced on April 28, that NIN is a compulsory requirement to register.
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MAPOLY ‘pulls out of ASUP strike’
MAPOLY's reported break from ASUP came barely 24 hours after the school's ASUP chairman was said to have lamented over the non-appointment of a substantive rector for the institution.