Education

There was pandemonium on Wednesday in the Bayelsa State-owned University, the Niger Delta University, located in the Wilberforce Island, following the shooting to death of a 200 level student, James Okunmakpeye, by suspected cultists. The deceased, James Okunmakpeye, a student of marketing at the Faculty of Management Science of the Institution, was shot in the head at close range at about 11 am while standing by the door of his lecture room and the bullet tore through the right eye. Many of his colleagues and the lecturer, according to sources, scampered out of the lecture room for safety, while the…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the use of email is no longer required for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja, said consequently, candidates will have the following options to access their profile during or after registration. “As from Thursday, 15th April, 2021, candidates will no longer be required to provide any email address during registration.” “The use of Mobile APP on the candidates’ phone and on the 55019 option (being designed) for example admission status checking, will be used for…

The Global President of One Love Foundation and Democracy Observer General of Nigeria, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor has urged the Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Prof. Lillian Salami to make concerted effort to address the systematic and infrastructural rot demarkerting the prestigious citadel of learning. Eholor made the call in a statement on Tuesday, 13th April, in Abuja, while lamenting  that successive administration in the institution paid lip service towards addressing the challenges confronting it and that things has even gone worse under the watch of Prof. Salami. He said the issues of sex for marks, poor electricity and…

"Its important we remind both the state and federal government that history is an important part of the society that shouldn't be ignored." The President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Eholor, popularly known as Ultimate Equal in his avowed desire to provide a historical equilibrium between the past, present and future has set up a special legal team made up public interest lawyers to ensure that the instrumentality of the law is used to ensure that history is thought in all senior secondary schools in Nigeria, in view of the dearth of historical perspectives among Nigerian students. In a…

Officials of the Kano State Hisbah Board have warned students of Bayero University, Kano staying in off-campus hostels against immoral acts. The Islamic police also said any male and female students found together in a room will be fined N20,000 each, THE WHISPERER has learned. “They told us any guy and girl found together in a room will henceforth be fined N20, 000 each. Warning us to stay away from all immoral acts,” a student said. According to Sahara Reporters, operatives of the Islamic police invaded some off-campus hostels of the university, arresting students of the opposite sex found in…

After two failed attempts, Bayelsa undergraduate commits suicide after allegedly being tagged a failure by his family members A 200-level student of the department of History and Diplomacy at the Federal University Otuoke (FUO) Bayelsa State, Arikekpar Lucky, has committed suicide to reportedly escape being tagged as a failure in academics by members of his family. The 27-years-old student and one-time aspirant of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Student Representative, Central Zone, hung himself with a rope tied to a ceiling fan after locking the door and windows, behind him, on Monday morning, March 22, Nigerian Tribune reports. Sources in…

The scheduled date for the exercise is expected to end on Saturday, May 15 for all applicants. The Governing Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced April 8 for the 2021 UTME/DE nationwide registration exercise. The scheduled date for the exercise is expected to end on Saturday, May 15 for all applicants. This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the board spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja. The board in a meeting Tuesday concluded that every applicant must present his/her National Identity Number (NIN) during the exercise. However, the statement also disclosed that…

More than 60% Cross River secondary schoolgirls are not virgins — Governor’s aide The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Education, Castro Ezama, has said more than 60% of the girl child in secondary schools in Cross River State are not virgins. Exams said this during a programme on FAD FM Radio in Calabar monitored by Daily Trust while speaking on government’s effort to improve the standard of education in the state. He said there was high level of promiscuity and permissiveness amongst students in the state. “50 or 60% of girls in our secondary schools are not virgins.…

Covenant University Lecturer Arrested Over Rape Of Teenage Student The Police have arrested a lecturer in the Department of Business management at the Covenant University Ota, Ogun State, Dr. Stephen Ukenna, for allegedly raping 17-year-old student of the institution. The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ota Area command by the parents of the victim. Confusion As Oil Vandals Escape From NSCDC Custody In Kogi Index case of strange disease drank water near a cemetery – Kano Govt The parents reportedly told the police that the daughter informed them over the phone that the lecturer raped her…