Najeeb Shehu Umar, 24, a 300-level student of the Federal University Dutsinma has clubbed his stepmother to death in their family residence in Ambassadors Quarters, Katsina State. Najeeb also broke his father’s leg and arm with the pestle when he tried to intervene in the matter, throwing the neighbourhood into confusion. His father, Shehu Umar…
The Federal Government has told students of Nigeria to institute a legal action against the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has told the students to drag university lecturers to court over the prolonged industrial strike. Adamu made this revelation during a press briefing at the Presidential Villa on…
Happiness Odeh, a student of the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, has been reportedly killed by her kidnappers. It was gathered that Odeh, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022. The female student was reported to have been abducted on her way to Ipara, in Ode Remo on Tuesday evening The…
Some students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State have saved a girl who was sighted picking food from a garbage bin to feed her family. Sources reported that the girl regularly visited a trash site, close to an eatery in the community, where people dropped left over food. A student of the Polytechnic, Iyke…
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, and Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, have extended their industrial action by additional two months. This was revealed via a circular sent to branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Friday. The circular which was dated June 21, 2022, was jointly signed…
The Supreme Court has approved the wearing of hijab to school without discrimination and harassment in Lagos State. The apex court in the country has approved the rights of Muslims female students in Lagos State to put on hijabs to school. The ruling was made by the supreme court on Friday in Abuja. On the…
The Founder of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN), Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has given Usman Yahaya, a stranded Nigerian medical student in Russia, a sum of N1 million. Yahaya who’s the Best African Medical Student at the Russian Centre for Scientific Research has been suspended by Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU). He was…
Students in various south eastern tertiary institutions on Thursday staged a protest over the lingering industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The students have given the federal government two (2) weeks ultimatum to put an end to the strike. The students expressed sadness and regret that many students have missed the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) will screen some 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The board’s weekly bulletin noted that 1,761,338 candidates registered for the exercise. The 2022 UTME was conducted across the country from Friday, May 6 to Friday, May 13. A total of 1,707,626 sat for the examination with 1,671,203…
Some Katsina State students yesterday came together to stage a peaceful rally. They called on the delegates across leading political parties to choose credible candidates for the progress of the state. The students demonstrated from Continental to Steel Rolling Roundabouts in the state metropolis. They carried placards with various inscriptions including, “Katsina State is not…
…as court remand him in Prison A Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin has remanded one Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa, expelled 400-level Microbiology student in the Ilorin Correctional Service Centre for allegedly beating up a female lecturer, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyat. According to Police report, it was revealed that the suspect, had consumed some hard drugs before going to…
No fewer than three armoured tanks and two Hilux vehicles filled with Soldiers were spotted at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) on Friday as students protest the arrest of their Union President (SUG president), Sodiq Ridwan, and others by men of the Nigerian Army. Photos and videos shared online claimed live bullets were…
A few days after sacking two lecturers who were found guilty of sexually harassing students, the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has expelled 30 of its students for examination malpractice and forgery of their certificates. The Rector of the institution, Sanusi Gumau, flanked by the Chairman of the Governing Council, Barr. Isaac Abbot Ogbobula disclosed this at…
About 500 students drawn from schools in Kwara State have been trained in entrepreneurship and leadership in Ilorin. The programme, organised by the Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative, has professionals mentoring the students. The foundation’s director of media and communication, Olatunji Hassan Taiye, stated that apart from the 500 students that were trained, another…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, secured the conviction of one Abubakar Abdulbashit Opeyemi, a final year student of the University of Ilorin and two other undergraduate students charged with offences bordering on love scam and internet fraud. The two other convicts are Alimi Abiodun and Idowu…
Lagos suspends secondary school students caught smoking shisha – The Informant247 The five female secondary school students spotted in a viral video proudly smoking shisha in school uniforms have bagged suspension following their identification. The underage girls who were in their school uniforms were seen in the clip puffing smoke while serenading to music playing…
The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, on Wednesday dismissed as untrue reports of civil unrest and rioting in the institution. “This is to bring to the notice of members of the general public and the Polytechnic community that there is no civil unrest, rioting or breach of the peace in any of the…
Olabisi, a final year Biochemistry student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, is now cooling her heels at the Iyanganku police station, Ibadan, for allegedly killing her boyfriend. It was gathered that Olabisi allegedly stabbed Adegun Lekan to death, on Thursday, over a yet to be disclosed matter. The deceased, who…
The Informant247 Mr. Isiaq A. Omotayo, the Director of Lankotheory Educational Services Limited has been alleged of extortion by some students of the institution. The allegation, which prompted THE INFORMANT247 correspondence to investigate the issue further. This has called for a counter-attack as the allegation was said to have been generated from the competitors as…
NAKSS, NAUS react THE INFORMANT247 29-04-2018. There was wide outbursts following the just concluded Student Union election of the Kwara State University, Malete over the allegded irregularities that mar the election. The Student Union, only approved last year after several agitations by the student, is of the purpose of representing the students both within the…
