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  A 43-year-old LASU student and one other were, Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s court over alleged examination malpractice. The suspects are Bruno Aire Ehidiamen, 43 and David Onuche, 35. The defendants who were docked before Magistrate Eniola Fabamwo, are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, examination malpractice, forgery and impersonation. Examination malpractice is […]

  A Nigerian police officer, on Tuesday, in Ikorodu area of Lagos allegedly killed a student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure – FUTA – for disobeying the Lagos transport law. The victim, Kunle, aka Ifa, was hustling with the motorbike to make some money while waiting for the Nigerian government and university lecturers

  Imagine waking up every day to a new year. That’s exactly what happens on a Earth-size fireball of a planet 700 light-years away, which orbits its star in just 8.5 hours. The newly discovered planet, named Kepler 78b, has one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected with a radius that is only about

The federal government has granted the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University approval to award degree certificates in traditional medicine practice. The National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) National President, Omon Oleabhiele, confirmed the unprecedented development in the Edo State. He said the Federal Ministry of Health had already inaugurated the body

  The federal government Thursday distributed N100 billion to 59 public universities as its first intervention fund for the provision of critical infrastructure in the  institutions. It also appealed to the Academic Staff  Union of  Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike and allow resumption of activities in the ivory towers. But its plea may have not

  Graduates have taken over most car wash businesses in Kaduna metropolis to end their endless search for formal jobs. A correspondent who went round the city reports that the operators were making brisk business and smiling to the banks. Julius Samba, a graduate of the University of Maiduguri, who operates a car wash centre

  An Italian teenager who wrote to Pope Francis got a shock when the Catholic leader called him up for a chat — the latest example of the pontiff’s down-to-earth approach. Francis called up a journalist friend on the day of his election and even phoned a newspaper stand in Buenos Aires to cancel his

  The Borno State Government says it will start paying parents who enrol their children to acquire Western education, especially in the northern part of the state. Governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Sunday while interacting with some Bama elders at the GRA, Maiduguri. Shettima said this initiative was part of the government’s `Conditional Cash

  (By Atiku Abubakar) My name is Atiku Abubakar. I wouldn’t be who I am today without education. I have always talked about how I attended school very much against the wish of my late father. My dad was actually sent to prison for barring his son from access to education. As my biography makes clear, I only

  A scientist has discovered it is beneficial to be a glass-half-full person. Sophie Chou has found people who have a realistic sense of optimism are more likely to be happy and successful than people who are pessimistic or wildly optimistic. The psychology researcher believes realistic optimists’ positive outlook, combined with their rational perspective on