Tag Archives: Varsity

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded Gandu community located about two kilometres away from the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) Nasarawa State, and shot a 300-level student of  Sociology Department.    It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the community around 8.30pm on Monday, November 6, 2023, also kidnapped …

Two suspected kidnappers were arrested and beaten to pulp for kidnapping two tertiary level students in Kitengela, Machakos County, Kenya.     The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in a statement on Thursday, November 2, 2023, said the victims went missing on October 27, after being lured to their kidnappers’ …

A Nigerian man, Henry Omoregie, has shared his official receipt in 1987 when tuition fee at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology was N340 Naira only.    Omoregie, who posted the receipt on Friday, said Federal universities tuition fee was N10 the same period.    “340 Naira only. …

A suspected serial thief was allegedly caught at the Jubril Aminu Hall of Residence in the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, while students were away for Jumu’ah prayer on Friday, October 20, 2023.      The suspect identified as ‘Daniel’ was found in possession of a bag filled with food items …

A fresh graduate of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar campus, Confidence Ogar Enya, has died in an auto crash two weeks after her final exam.   Confidence, who is in her 20s, graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering on September 28, 2023.    The Ikom indigene …

Unknown assailants have attacked a student of the Taraba State University, Shishi Ali Ibrahim, in Jalingo.      The victim, Shishi Ali Ibrahim, popularly known as Akaha, was viciously attacked in his room by the assailants at 12 am on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.      The attackers assaulted him …

The Police Command in Ekiti has intensified the search for a missing 500-level female student of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Helen Eberechukwu Okorie.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Ado-Ekiti.   According to the PPRO, …

Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High court on Monday, July 31, 2023, sentenced three students to jail for conspiring to gang rape a 17-year-old girl.   The convicts, Omotosho Yahaya, 23, who is the cousin of the victim, Mustapha Ahmed, 23 and 22-year-old Mustapha Ridwan are students of …

Congratulations have been pouring in as Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo‘s wife, Busola Dakolo, graduates from a university in the United Kingdom (UK). The couples took to their separate Instagram pages on Thursday (today) to celebrate the latest achievement. Naija News understands that Busola bagged a Master’s Degree from Loughborough University …

Five inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre have bagged university degrees in various disciplines at the National Open University of Nigeria.   Speaking during the presentation of certificates to the graduands in Abuja on Monday July 17, the Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, said education was a potent …