The body of Emmanuel Kefas, the prime suspect in the death of Comfort Jimtop, a 100-level Mass Communication student at Taraba State University, has been discovered in Tudiri, Ardo-Kola Local Government Area. Police confirmed the discovery on Saturday, a day after Kefas was found dead under unclear circumstances. James Lashen, spokesperson for the Taraba State
The University of Lagos has pledged continued collaboration with security agencies to maintain a safe campus environment following a courtesy visit by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Area C Command, Lagos State. The delegation, led by the PCRC’s South-West Vice Chairman, Prince Sunny Yemi Adenowo, and Area C Chairman, Rotarian Akibu Bankole, visited the
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
Chairman of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Aminu Masari, says the board has received N1.6 trillion for various interventions across tertiary institutions in the country. Masari made the comments while addressing the press on Sunday in Katsina. He said the fund, the highest in recent allocations, was accrued from the three per cent education
The Edo State Government has expressed that it is working to prevent children from engaging in cultism and other social ills by providing them with the proper training and development needed to lead the state in the future. While at the NEPL/Seplat Empowerment Programme for teachers in Edo and Delta States, which was held in
Lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly have lamented the incessant killings of students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) by some suspected criminals. Recall that three students of AAUA were recently killed in different circumstances by some indigenes of the university’s host community. The lawmakers, who spoke at the plenary yesterday under
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,
Two students of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State have been abducted. It was gathered that the two were from the Department of Science Lab Tech at the polytechnic. Community sources said that the victims were driving home to Asaba in a Toyota saloon car when they
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Joint Campus Council, Ondo State Axis, has criticised the consistent attacks and killings of students at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). The Union expressed its concerns over the killing of a female student, weeks after two were murdered. Comrade Adekanye Mayomi Adeboye, the NANS JCC Chairman, and Comrade
The Nigeria Police Force has announced plans to expand its School Protection Unit services to include tertiary institutions in Ondo State, with Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) set to benefit from the initiative. This was revealed during a courtesy visit by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adebowale Lawal, to the university on Tuesday,
