Education

A final year student of the Federal University, Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State has committed suicide after accusing his girlfriend of cheating on him on Valentine’s Day. The university’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Bello, told newsmen that the incident occurred on Monday. He added that the vice chancellor, Abdulkareem Sabo, has ordered an investigation. He said the deceased, Abdullahi Bashir, a 400-level student of Mathematics, died after ingesting an insecticide, Sniper, at his off campus apartment at Yalwawa quarters in Dutse. Mr Bashir was pronounced dead at Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital in Dutse, the official added. The university identified his girlfriend as Rafi’atu,…

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has suspended its lecturer, Dr. Chigozie Odum, accused of impregnating a student and threatening her. Dr. Odum, a senior lecturer in the Department of Archeology and Tourism, Faculty of Arts allegedly impregnated a student identified as Onah Chinyere. Dr. Odum Jude was said to have demanded to be sleeping with the student and threatened that if she refuses, she will never graduate from the department. It was further alleged that he had impregnated four students within 4 years of being appointed as a lecturer. The suspension of Dr. Odum was confirmed in a letter dated Monday, February 15, 2021 and…

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, approved the establishment 20 additional private universities in the country. TheWhisperer reports that approval followed a memo presented by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during today’s meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Nine of the private universities are located in North-Central, three in South-South, two in South-East, five of them in North-West and one in South-West. Briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the minister said the approved universities will get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission, NUC. He gave the names of the approved institutions as Topfaith University, Mkpatak,…