Umaru Musa Yar’adua University in Katsina has expelled 57 students for cheating during examinations. The university decided after a meeting of its Senate, following investigations by the Central Examination Misconduct Committee. The probe covered several departments and found students guilty of different kinds of examination malpractice. In addition to the expulsions, five students were suspended
Dr Ashim Babatunde Sogunro, a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has been named the 2025 Lecturer of the Year by the Nigerian Actuarial Society (NAS). Dr Sogunro received the award during the NAS Annual Industry Conference held in Lagos. The award was given to recognise his hard work, strong commitment to teaching, and
A lecturer at Babcock University, Dr Adetutu Habib, has set up a learning hub in Awa-Ijebu, Ogun State, to help students struggling with Mathematics and vocabulary. The project, called Palm Tutors Learning Hub, was donated to the Ijebu North community to mark her recent PhD achievement. Dr Habib, who works in the university’s Directorate of
Crescent University, sitting quietly in the hills of Abeokuta, Ogun State, has become one of Nigeria’s fast-growing places of learning and good values. As the school celebrates 20 years, its beginning tells a strong story of sacrifice, big dreams, and helping to build the nation. Founded in 2005 by the late Judge Bola Ajibola, SAN,
A group of ex-students of Yakubu Gowon University, formerly known as University of Abuja, has expressed outrage over the granting of amnesty to students caught in examination malpractices. It also called for the immediate resignation of the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Lar Patricia Manko, and dissolution of the institution’s senate. The Concerned Alumni
No fewer than two hundred and twenty (220) students of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos (UNILAG), were recently inducted into the student membership cadre of the Nigeria Psychological Association, Lagos State Chapter. The induction ceremony which is the first of its kind in the history of the department, held
The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Professor Clement Adebooye, has disclosed that the school invest in lecturers in order to deliver quality services and enhance students’ learning experience. Speaking at the matriculation exercise for its part-time degree programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session on Friday, he said the university takes seriously the success of its
The Alumni Association of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, has decried the spate of killings of students of the university, describing the act as unfortunate and unacceptable. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, O’Seun Ogunsakin, on Friday, the group condemned in strong terms the recent killings of three undergraduates in quick succession by
A final-year student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, identified as Blessing, has been found dead five days after she was announced missing. The late student was said to be in the Department of Microbiology. Sources said she was seen last Sunday but missed an examination scheduled for Monday. The sources said messages sent from
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has announced Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya as its new Vice Chancellor, following a rigorous selection process involving 28 candidates. Professor Ortuanya, who previously served as Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), was appointed after the university’s Governing Council ratified the recommendation of the selection committee. The process, chaired
