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A female lecturer in the Department of Quantity Surveying at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, simply identified as Dr. Mrs Akintola, has died from complications that arose after giving birth to a set of twins. According to reports, Dr Mrs. Akintola gave birth to her set of twins and became ill. She was […]
Continue ReadingThirteen children have died and more than 40 others were injured in a stampede that occurred as they left school in western Kenya today. “We have lost 13 children in this stampede and we have others in the hospital with injuries,” David Kabena, the police chief in the town of Kakamega, told reporters. The incident […]
Continue ReadingOxford English Dictionary (OED) which was originally published on February 1, 1884 by Oxford University Press has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in its January 2020 updates to the dictionary. This was confirmed in a blog post on the dictionary’s website. Oxford English Dictionary, in the post, said some of the words were borrowed while others […]
Continue Reading23-year-old, Joseph Temitope, has emerged as the best student of the 2018/2019 graduating set of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, with a CGPA of 4.80. Temitope, who graduated from the Department of Computer Science, emerged the best overall student for the academic session. Speaking with newsmen, Temitope said he achieved the feat because […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer in the department of International Relations at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Olabisi Olaleye, has been allegedly nabbed in an audio recording by a student of the institution, Motunrayo Afolayan who accused him of threatening to fail her in his course for refusing to sleep with him. Afolayan was allegedly first failed […]
Continue ReadingPrincipal of a secondary school in Lagos, Samson Adeyemo, has admitted before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that he had sexual relationships with two 17-year-old twin students of his school. Adeyemo, 41, who resides at No. 8, Odesanya St., Abule Egba, in Lagos state, is the principal of Legati College, Abule Egba, Lagos, and is […]
Continue ReadingAn Instagram user identified as Noble Queen has shared a story about how a female SS3 student of Apata Memorial School, Lagos was allegedly being pestered by her Mathematics teacher for sex in exchange for marks. The teacher identified as Mr Raymond is the HOD of Mathematics of the school that was founded by Late […]
Continue ReadingProf. Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, the two University of Ghana lecturers exposed for allegedly asking students for sex in exchange for grades in a documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), (read story here) have been exonerated by a fact-finding committee set up by the university. According to the fact-finding committee, the […]
Continue ReadingNational Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest (Zone D) has vowed to ensure that justice is done in the gruesome murder of a 22-year-old Lagos State University (LASU) final year Theatre Arts student, Favour Daley-Oladele. Late Daley-Oladele was reportedly murdered by her boyfriend, some of her body parts dismembered, cooked and eaten by the boyfriend’s […]
Continue ReadingA 31-year-old graduate of Biochemistry at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Babajide Ojo, has received the highest honour awarded to a graduating Ph.D student at the Oklahoma State University in the United States. The Nigerian man who had to improve his hands-on laboratory experience from EKSU standard to the standards in the US due to the huge […]
Continue ReadingActor Eniola Olaniyan has bagged a PhD in Meteorology and Climate Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). The actor was awarded the degree during the recent convocation ceremony of the institution. Eniola Olaniyan who shared a photo from the convocation ceremony on Instagram, wrote: “Thank God for His grace. Ph.D done and dusted.” Yomi Fabiyi […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Abuja on Monday announced the dismissal of two professors and the demotion of two others for alleged misconduct. A statement by the university’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, said the university took the decision “after due diligence and after considering reports and recommendations from the Disciplinary Committee.” Those dismissed […]
Continue ReadingWorkers of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti grounded academic activities at the institution on Monday, December 9 over mass retrenchment in the school. The institution had on December 5 sacked over 900 workers in the institution who were alleged to have been recruited between 2016 and 2017, during the tenure of Governor Ayodele Fayose, […]
Continue ReadingOne of President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughters, Aisha Jr, has graduated from the university with a first class degree. This was made known by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, through her verified Twitter handle. Mrs Buhari also shared photos from the moment her daughter was being conferred with the degree. She tweeted, “Alhamdulillah! Today I was […]
Continue ReadingNational Universities Commission (NUC) has said it has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, stated this in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin. The Executive Secretary (ES) noted that the commission published the details of the fake professors on its website and also sent the […]
Continue ReadingFederal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, has expelled six students who brutalised a female student, Boluwatife, following an allegation that she gossipped about one of them at a hostel outside the campus of the institution a few weeks ago. The expelled students are, Popoola Olaniyi, Oluwadare Tobiloba, Nandi Jessica, Ajuwon Emmanuella, Emmanuel Taiwo […]
Continue ReadingA nine-year-old boy who is studying electrical engineering at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is set to be the youngest ever graduate after nine months. His university is saying that he is three times smarter than any student they’ve ever had, The Punch reports. According to Sky News, Laurent Simons, who is inspired by inventor […]
Continue ReadingFacebook user, Ugochukwu Tony Oputa posted photos of a sculpture of a female Corps member which looks like a real human being. The sculpture was made by Arigbede Ojo Olaropo, a talented artist, who just completed his national youth service in Edo state. “This should pass as one of the most realistic sculptures ever made […]
Continue ReadingA 12-year-old Nigerian boy, Chika Ofili has been awarded the TruLittle Hero award for discovering a new way to divide in mathematics. Chika’s mathematic’s teacher, Miss Mary Ellis who is also the head of the mathematics department at Westminster Under School said he (Chika) discovered the new formula while solving a holiday assignment. She revealed that she gave […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has unveiled a policy document on sexual harassment on campus, clearly defining the rules of engagement between lecturers, administrators and students, including visitors to the university. Its the first effort by any Nigerian university, after the scandal of teachers demanding sex for grades from female students. The Vice-Chancellor of UNIPORT, […]
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