The Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed a bid to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from investigating Kano State’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scholarship Board over alleged financial impropriety. Justice Josephine Obanor ruled against officials who had challenged ICPC’s summons, stating that “an invitation letter from ICPC
The Ondo State Government has suspended three senior officials of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for alleged involvement in job racketeering during the recent teacher recruitment exercise. The suspended officials, identified as two directors and a deputy director, were accused of working with external fraudsters to issue fake employment and post letters to
A staff member of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has been accused of collecting money from a parent in exchange for admission. The university’s spokesperson, Louis Njelita, said on Saturday that Kenneth Nnaji, who works in the Registry Department, allegedly took ₦400,000 from the mother of a prospective student with a promise to secure her
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Offa branch, has accused the institution’s management of inflating the cost of an upcoming departmental accreditation exercise. The union alleged that the budgeted amount, put at N500 million, is excessive and unjustifiable. In a statement on Monday, ASUP chairman Dr. Idowu Atilola described the expenditure as
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has warned applicants and parents against paying money for the ongoing 2025/2026 scholarship application. Otuaro said the act is fraudulent and unacceptable, stressing that no payment is required to benefit from the programme. He made this known in Abuja during the opening of the
Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has urged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to arrest and prosecute individuals involved in the alleged diversion of N71.2 billion from the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). In a statement released on Thursday, Adeyanju described the alleged mismanagement of the student loan scheme as a
