The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Com. Olusola Ladoja has affirmed he remained the only legitimate, and globally recognised leader of the body. He maintained that there is no factional leadership in NANS, saying the purported claim of a parallel NANS President as laughable and a pitiable display of imposture. A…
The office of Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement has disclosed that any tertiary institutions engaging in illegal deduction of Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND will be sanctioned. In a press release sent to GISTSMATE MEDIA, Hon. Asefon Sunday Dayo said his office has been notified over ongoing deduction of NELFUND…
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the Bilateral Education Agreement, describing the scheme as a “waste of resources.” The development followed cries by previous beneficiaries of the scheme who accused the government of neglect. The BEA Programme, established through strong diplomatic ties and mutual cooperation, enabled Nigerian students to study in partner…
Ekiti Varsity Student Slumps, Dies During Test A yet to be identified student of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, BOUESTI, has died after he collapsed during assessment test. According to reports received by GISTSMATE MEDIA, 100 level students of Science Laboratory Technology, SLT department were having a certain course test when…
The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council to adopt full Computer-Based Testing for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained how a female candidate in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) refused to attempt any question due to superstition. According to the examination body, this followed her grandfather’s instruction to await a ‘miraculous intervention’ instead of attempting the examination. This was disclosed in a statement…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone (Zone D), under the office of the Zonal Treasurer, Comrade Ojetola Babatunde (Toyyem), expresses deep disappointment in the Honorable Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Oyo State, Hon. Wasilat Adegoke, over the deliberate sidelining of student representatives in the build-up to the…
The Federal Government in a major step toward improving the quality of teacher education in Nigeria, has announced that Federal Colleges of Education (FCOEs) can now award the National Certificate in Education (NCE) and Bachelor’s Degrees in Education. This new development follows the revised Act governing FCOEs, which was approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted an interim order restraining the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from taking any further action against the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Fasina. Presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko, directed the ICPC and its agents to maintain…
The Governing Council of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has dismissed a senior lecturer, Dr Usman Aliyu, over allegations of sexual harassment involving a married postgraduate student, Mrs Kamila Aliyu. The decision was announced in the university’s official newsletter, ATBU Herald (Vol. 39 No. 5, April 22), following the 96th regular council meeting held on…