University of Benin Student's Death - IGP Orders Full Investigation

Following the death of Ibrahim Momodu, a student of the University of Benin, on May 27 in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, has directed the Commissioner of Police Edo State to take urgent and appropriate steps to unravel the real circumstances that led to his death.
An orderly to the redeployed officer, Amadi Idahosa, a Police Constable, allegedly shot Momodu to death in a case that has led to much public outcry.
The Divisional Police Officer, DPO of Ogida Division, Carol Afegbai, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), and her orderly, Amadin Idahosa, who shot the deceased have also been redeployed to facilitate further investigation.

How a Student of Kogi State University was Kidnapped by Facebook Friends & Rescued by the Police

Seven months after the entire nation was put in shock by the killing of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University who was killed by friends she met on social media, Facebook, an undergraduate student of Kogi State University, Oludoyi Bamidele Samuel, was abducted by a kidnap syndicate, facilitated by a friend he also met on Facebook.

Samuel was however lucky to have been rescued from the kidnappers den and to tell his story of how a friend he met on Facebook lured him from Enugu to Delta state.

Delta State University lecturer caught pants down with female student

It was learnt that the lecturer had insisted on having sex with the student without which she will continue to fail the 200 level course.
According to information made available to DailyPost, the student’s refusal to
accede to her lecturer’s amorous desire was the reason she has been failing the course since her second year.
However, last Friday, Mr Ifeanyi, who is working towards earning his Ph.D Degree from the same university, had gone to see the female student with the understanding that he will come along with her exam scripts and after sleeping with her, upgrade the scores immediately, not knowing that she had a hidden.
Sources said the female student had planned with her male friends and some neighbours to barge into her room whose door she left unlocked once she had gotten Mr Ifeanyi undressed.
Luckily for her, according to reports, her game plan was successful as the promiscuous lecturer removed his clothes almost immediately he entered her room. The lady then signalled her male friends who rushed into the room to bundle the lecturer out of the room.

Delta State University lecturer caught pants down with female student

It was learnt that the lecturer had insisted on having sex with the student without which she will continue to fail the 200 level course.
According to information made available to DailyPost, the student’s refusal to
accede to her lecturer’s amorous desire was the reason she has been failing the course since her second year.
However, last Friday, Mr Ifeanyi, who is working towards earning his Ph.D Degree from the same university, had gone to see the female student with the understanding that he will come along with her exam scripts and after sleeping with her, upgrade the scores immediately, not knowing that she had a hidden.
Sources said the female student had planned with her male friends and some neighbours to barge into her room whose door she left unlocked once she had gotten Mr Ifeanyi undressed.
Luckily for her, according to reports, her game plan was successful as the promiscuous lecturer removed his clothes almost immediately he entered her room. The lady then signalled her male friends who rushed into the room to bundle the lecturer out of the room.

Kings College Wins Monopoly City of Lagos Tournament

Bestman Games, the exclusive distributor in Africa with the rights to produce ‘local’ editions ofMonopoly, the world famous board game owned by Hasbro hosted the 1st Annual City of Lagos Edition Monopoly Tournament on Friday 24th May 2013 at the prominently featured cultural center, Terra Kulture.

Ex-West Africa Idol Finalist, KLAUS registers for the BIGGEST Student Fashion Week in Nigeria.

Ex-West Africa Idol Finalist, Klaus registers for the BIGGEST Student Fashion Week in Nigeria. Its 8 days to the Nigerian Student Fashion and Design Week(#NSFDW). and Jumoke of ob9ja.com unveils yet another designer who will be showcasing at the big show.

NSFDW: Goodday.Can we get †o know you?
Klaus: I’m Klaus U. Ume, Creative Director, Co-founder & Head Designer of KUUME.

Ogun Police Nab 53 Student Cultists On Way to Initiation Ceremony

About 53 suspected cultists from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNNAB, and other higher institutions in Ogun State were accosted by the state police command on their way to a night-time initiation ceremony.
The students were said to have taken off from the Obantoko area, few kilometers from FUNAAB, in a convoy headed for the

NANS Condemn Naval Officers' Attack On Students

The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Committee, JCC, has condemned the alleged attack on students of Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos by naval officers said to have assaulted and shot sporadically until three students were feared dead and 30 others injured.
The incident, the group alleged, took place on Sunday night, during a disagreement between one Ajose Olalekan, a student of the school and two unnamed naval officers attached to the dockyard on Ahmadu Bello Way.
The students are demanding that the Federal Government should produce the naval officers who shot the students within three days.

University of Ibadan Admits 2,671 Out of 41,367 Candidates for 2012/2013 Session

Ibadan— Prof. Isaac Adewole, Vice-Chancellor(V-C), University of Ibadan, on Friday said the institition admitted 2,671 candidates out of 41,367 candidates who applied for the 2012/2013 academic session. Adewole said this in Ibadan while speaking at the matriculation ceremony held at the International Conference Centre of the university. The V-C disclosed that 75 students of 100 level for 2011/2012 session were asked to withdraw from the university for failure to meet the institution's academic requirements. While noting that the university had built a reputation for itself as an institution of first choice, Adewole assured the students that the college had the relevant resources to make them the best they wanted to be in life.

Student Makes Donation to Orphanage

Minna — As part of activities marking his birthday, Joel Adeniyi, a 400L part time student of the Department of Criminology and Social Work, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo state has made donations to Grace Orphanage Home in Akure, Ondo State.
The donations were made in collaborations with Minds and Moments Initiative, a student group which comprises of undergraduates spread across Ondo and Ekiti states.

Senate advocates adequate funding of universities

Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Education has called for adequate collaboration between government and private organizations to enhance speedy development of essential infrastructure in Nigerian universities.
The committee, which gave the charge at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN while inspecting projects as part of its oversight functions, also commended the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bartho Okolo over the massive infrastructural projects going on in the institution.

Pornography case: Covenant University was right to expel student – Court

The law suit filed by 20-year-old Longji Felix Vwamhi, a 400 level student of Information and Communication Technology Department of Covenant University against the institution, has been struck out by Justice Mobolaji Ojo of an Ogun High Court sitting in Ota, Ogun state on Wednesday.
Vwamhi had challenged the institution over his expulsion for being in possession of pornographic materials in his laptop.
The case was dismissed for lack of merit.

Alleged Rape - Varsity Rusticates Five Students

No fewer than five students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, have been rusticated for allegedly raping a female student. The students whose cases were already in the law court were apprehended on Thursday , March 7,2013 through the joint efforts of the institution's security men, the Nigerian police, and youths from Iworoko Ekiti, a neighbouring town. Their rustication was as recommended by the report of the university disciplinary committee headed by Professor W. O. Adebayo that tried them. According to a statement by the deputy registrar, information and public relations of the university, Ajibade Olubunmi and made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the rusticated students included Babalola Adedotun Kolawole, a 300 level psychology student with matriculation number 092819,

Atiku pledges building, bus to University of Ibadan

Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has pledged to build a fully furnished, two hundred-seat lecture theatre for the Department of Political Science of the University of Ibadan. This followed a request by the University made to the former Vice President.

Student Arrested For Attempting To Bomb Market In Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested an undergraduate student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) in connection with an abandoned polythene bag containing wheat flour mixed with guinea corn with a remote controlled bomb inside. A statement signed by the force spokesman, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said the bag was seen abandoned on January 23 at bout 220hrs at a popular GSM market junction at Farm Centre by some men riding tricycle. “A Good Samaritan alerted the police through our emergency telephone line. On receiving the information, the command’s Anti Bomb Disposal Unit was mobilized to the scene, where they confirmed the object concealed was a remote controlled bomb. The scene was safely secured and the bomb was detonated without any injury or damage,” according to the statement. The statement also said upon investigation, the police arrested Mohammed Kabir, an indigene of Auchi in Edo State who is 400 level student of Business Administration at the university as the one who dropped the bag containing the concealed bomb. “The suspect confessed to the ownership of the bag and is helping the police investigation.” Mr Majia said. Source Channelstv.com

Indiana university honours Obasanjo

Valparaiso University in Indiana, United States has established an African Institute in honour of Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo. The institute, which was inaugurated Saturday would would serve as a cultural exchange centre between it and Nigeria in particular and Africa at large. It will also serve as an exchange and resource centre for professional studies of Nigerian/African commerce and culture among students, artists, writers, educators and politicians. At the ceremony, Obasanjo identified corruption, insecurity, and infrastructure decay as major problems confronting the Africa. Obasanjo said that almost every country in Africa had one form of security problem or the other, pointing out that insecurity would not allow development to thrive. On the security challenges facing Nigeria, Obasanjo said that government must properly identify the remote causes of the activities of the Boko Haram sect. Obasanjo stressed the need for more attention to be placed on the improvement of infrastructure within the continent. He said the issue of human development should not be such that the individuals were allowed to leave the continent and be servicing other land. The former president, however, called on Nigerians living abroad to return home where their knowledge would best be utilised. “We must develop people and retain them, we must encourage most of them that are in Diaspora, to move back home,’’ Obasanjo said. The former Nigerian leader said that corruption was very serious that should not be underestimated, adding that it was virtually in every aspect of life. “If you pretend that there is no corruption, the world already knows there is corruption,’’ he said. Earlier, the President of the 154 year old university, Dr. Mark Heckler, said the exemplary leadership of Obasanjo in Africa and in Nigeria was a driving force for the choice of honouring him. Heckler said that the university was established in 1859, stressing that the establishment of the Africa Institute was a dream fulfilled. Prof. Ade Adefuye, the Nigeria Ambassador to the U.S, also commended the University “for giving honour to whom honour is due’’. Adefuye described Obasanjo as someone who had contributed greatly to the development of Nigeria. Present at the event were Dr. Ewa Ewa, Chief Financing Officer, Ilinois Human Rights Commission, Chief Bayo Ojo, former Attorney General of the Federation and Mr Frank Nweke, Director-General, Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Others were Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary, National University Commission and Nigeria Consul-General in New York, Habib Habu. source pmnewsnigeria.com

NUC Awards Six Universities

National Universities Commission (NUC) has awarded six Nigerian universities drawn from each geopolitical zone of the country for their high performance in the administration of their counseling centres. Director Student Support Services of NUC, Hajiya Uwani Yahya, said on Tuesday that after an assessment of guidance and counseling units in all universities, the commission decided to reward the best to encourage others to improve. The universities that were presented two computers each by the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i, are University of Lagos which beat the University of Ibadan for Southwest; Bayero University Kano which beat Ahmadu Bello University for Northwest; University of Ilorin for North Central; Nnamdi Azikiwe University for Southeast; University of Maiduguri for Northeast; and University of Benin for South-south. Hajiya Uwani said all the universities recognized were federal universities because they are more established and that most of the other universities were operating their guidance and counseling centres within the Faculty of Education which is an unacceptable practice. Source www.allafrica.com

Nigerian student kills self in India

Lagos - A 28-year-old Nigerian student allegedly committed suicide after jumping off the second floor of his rented accommodation in India, Linda Ikeji reports. Police authorities in India suggests that the late student, Kelvin Lakoju, was suffering from depression. Kelvin had been living in India since 2009 and was pursuing a photography course from an institute in Film City. source http://nigeria.news24.com

Bees disrupt exam at Adamawa Poly

Adamawa - A swarm of bees on Wednesday disrupted the on-going second semester examination at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that students of the polytechnic, who were seated for the morning papers at 8.30 a.m., scrambled out when the bees flew into the examination hall. ``We were sent packing by bees this morning and we have to abandon the examination hall," one of the affected students, who identified himself as Jacob, told NAN. When NAN correspondent visited the campus, the students were seen in groups holding leaves which they wave around their body to keep away the invading insects. Reacting to the development, the Rector of the institution, Prof. Bobboi Umar, said that the incident had been brought under control. ``So far, things are okay and there is no case of serious injury to the students from the attack of the bees," Umar said. He said that the morning papers had been suspended till afternoon. NAN http://www.nigeria.news24.com

Coca-Cola Celebrates Campus Journalists

It was a memorable night for students and patrons of Coca Cola as the global brand rolled out the drum to celebrate the 2012 edition of the Campuslife Dinner and Awards night; an annual celebration of student writers from various Nigerian universities, recently in Lagos. Campuslife Student Writers' Workshop and Awards is an adopted platform by Coca-Cola Nigeria and Nigeria Bottling Company to advance the course of youth empowerment and development by empowering student writers to tell their own stories and constructively engage society using mainstream media. Over the years, student journalists have always been encouraged to send in clippings of their published articles to be able to qualify for the awards. In this year's edition a total of eight prizes were up for grabs. An Executive Director at the Institute of Communication and Corporate Studies (ICCS), Lagos, Dr Austin Tam George, who made a presentation at the event, emphasised the need for investigative journalism to be made compulsory for students of Journalism and Mass Communication. He said; "Not every information gotten from the media represents the totality of the truth; which gives rise to the fact that media literacy skills requires that we question whatever information we receive to get the hidden motives behind the news," In a seeming validation of George's point, the award for the Best Reporter of the Year went to Gerald Nwokocha, an Information Technology graduate of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), who recently completed his National Youth Service Corps in Abuja and whose article 'Outrage Over Corp Members' Death, Mistaken for Boko Haram Member', generated a lot of debate and controversy. Nwokocha, who earlier won the Best Report in the Politics Category, was overwhelmed with joy that the article written to uncover the truth behind a Corp member's death had made a lasting impression on the judges. The winning report was picked for the prize because of its depth and accuracy. Public Affairs and Communications Manager at Coca-Cola Nigeria, Peter Muriuki, said the workshop was put together in a quest by the company to continually develop, and invest in youths who are the country's most important resource. "Our aim is to provide them with a platform to air their views and engage in meaningful dialogue with society on various issues in a logical and analytical manner. Coca-Cola Nigeria has been sponsoring this initiative since 2007 and we plan to continue this partnership because of our firm belief that the sustainability of our business lies in our empowering the youth who are critical to the success of our business," he stated. Source www.allafrica.com