Yaba College of Technology’s (YABATECH) Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) has received praise from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Generation Unlimited. GESP received the commendation during both organisations’ delegation visit led by Mr. Kevin Frey, the Chief Executive Officer of Generation Unlimited, to YABATECH. Frey said, “These young women are not just
Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has been closed indefinitely after students staged a protest over a late-night robbery at the male hostel. According to Registrar Alhaji Kasimu Salihu, robbers broke into the hostel, stole students’ belongings, and injured at least two people. While management was addressing the situation, hoodlums reportedly hijacked the protest, leading to violence. Students
The Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, has launched an investigation into alleged breaches of the Polytechnic Act by Rector, Dr Adegoke Agbabiaka. In a letter signed by Council Chairman, Dr Ohawale Adebisi, a five-member panel led by Mr. Akpan Aniekan was set up to review petitions from the Academic Staff Union of
Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, on Tuesday, was shut down by the school management over insecurity that led to student protests. The students were robbed around 2:00 am on Tuesday at the male hostel, with some of them reportedly stabbed during the robbery. Angered by the situation, the students trooped out to march against insecurity on the
The management of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has ordered that academic activities in the institution be halted after an invasion of the male students’ hostel. Kasimu Salihu, the institution’s registrar, said in a statement that the invaders carted away the students’ belongings and injured two of them. Reacting to the issue, students protested at the
The Federal Government has approved 60 academic programmes for the Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu, Yobe State. According to a letter signed by Dr. Fatima Kabir Umar, Director of Polytechnic and Allied Programmes at the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the approval covers 24 new programmes in emerging fields at both National Diploma (ND) and Higher
The management of the Federal Polytechnic (Fedpoly), Ede, Osun State, has urged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to fence the institution to protect it from land grabbing. Prof. Taiwo Olaiya, the governing council chairman of the institution, appealed on Monday, July 28, 2025, when inspecting the landscaping of TETFund projects in the school. According
Despite an official ban placed on the controversial ‘sign-out’ ritual by the management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, some graduating students of the institution have continued to engage in the act. The situation has prompted fresh moves by the school authorities to deepen collaboration with security agencies. The sign-out practice, once a celebratory ritual among
The management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has reaffirmed its readiness to partner with the Nigeria Police to combat all forms of criminal activities within the institution. The Rector, Dr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, disclosed this when he led the principal officers of the institution on a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police, Kwara Command,
The management of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, has limited movement and religious activities for its students and Polytechnic community, especially at the back gate area of the campus, for security reasons. This was contained in a memo signed by the Deputy Registrar, Mrs. Mary N. Unegbu, on behalf of the Registrar. She said that the
