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North Carolina State University has closed Poe Hall and launched an investigation into a cancer cluster of 150 people linked back to the campus’ Poe Hall building. Elevated levels of cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were reportedly detected in the campus building. About 150 people including alumni are said to have …

A fire incident at the female hostel of the Federal University, Gashua, in Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, has led to the death of a three-hundred-level student of the Department of Geography.    Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Goje confirmed the incident. A …

At least two students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi(NSUK) have been confirmed dead in a stampede that took place at the institution’s convocation square where they were asked to come and pick up bags of rice sent as palliatives by the state government.     The state government had …

The founder of Madonna University, a private institution in Nigeria,  Rev. Fr.  Emmanuel Edeh, says girls who gain admission into his university as virgins graduate as virgins.    According to him, the school helps in maintaining this standard.    While speaking at a ceremony in the school today March 20, …

A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and causing serious injuries to 42, police said.   The accident occurred at 5:50 pm on Monday, March 18, at Maungu, 360 kilometres from …

Five people have been arrested in India for assaulting some international students while they were offering Ramadan prayers in a university hostel.   Officials said there was a big fight at Gujarat University in western India on Saturday, March 16, over the location of the prayer, BBC reports.    Police …

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, ordered security to break open the gate of the university locked by protesting non-teaching staff members of the university.    Non-teaching university staff, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic …

A body found in the River Thames three weeks ago is believed to be missing student Samaria Ayanle, who has been missing for three weeks. The Met Police said that the teen was first reported missing by SOAS University of London, where she was in her first year studying Japanese …

A man fatally stabbed two women at a university in the western Mexico city of Guadalajara on Wednesday, a state prosecutor said. The assailant was described as a man around 20 years old. He burst onto the campus of Centro Universitario UTEG carrying a knife and a hatchet, which he …

The kidnapped Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the Abia State University, Prof Godwin Emezue, has regained his freedom after 11 days in captivity.    The Professor was abducted by unknown gunmen in a filling station in Umuahia, the state capital, two weeks ago.   The DVC was released on Tuesday night, …