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A Government is believed to be a body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization and as well advance all necessary social amenities for the betterment of the people. The Students Union Government (SUG) was established in several tertiary institutions to see the welfare of... Read More
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has indefinitely suspended two students union leader over a clash. The students are Vice-President, Jacob Tosin Grace and Director of Socials, Adedayo Afolabi Emmanuel. It was learnt that the clash occurred while the union was deliberating on how to expend the sum of N3.8m released to the union by... Read More
Men of the Nigerian army, on Wednesday, allegedly stormed the Bauchi College of Education, Kangere, injuring students who were having their Students’ Union election. The images appeared on social media, showing injured students, some already receiving treatment in the hospital. The Vice President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Comrade Shettima Umar, who witnessed the brutality,... Read More
by I. B. Nga Since the commencement of this new academic session, several students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have been badly destablised by the very frustrating method deployed by the Student Affairs Department in the allocation of hostel accommodation to students. Worst hit are the final year students, many of whom have... Read More
Pained by the actions of the school Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Olayinka, students of the University of Ibadan have taken to Twitter to call for the removal of the VC, using the hashtag – #Olayinkamustgo. The students protest emanated from the arrest of two former leaders of the Student Union Government, Tokunbo Salako, and Babatunde Badmus,... Read More
by Isi Esene Travellers using the popular Bauchi Road in Jos, Plateau State witnessed a traffic gridlock on Monday as students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) barricaded the road during a protest. The students boycotted their second semester examinations and embarked on protest against the imposition of N10,000 development levy by the school... Read More
by Akan Ido The police in Ogun state have reportedly arrested about 40 people in connection with the recent cult clashes which saw the death of six people within a space of two weeks. Among those arrested yesterday were students of the Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE) and some indigenes of the community in Omu... Read More
by Joe Igbokwe Please, let somebody tell President Goodluck Jonathan to use his left hand to throw away Salisu Buhari from the University of Nigeria’s Governing Council before we get annoyed. I may not know the current situation now but the University of Nigeria I left in 1985 was a citadel of learning where the... Read More
by Akan Ido The Ekiti State police command have announced the arrest of 15 students of a polytechnic in Kwara State for armed robbery. According to the police spokesman, Victor Babayemi, the students allegedly attacked two filling stations in Otun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area and dispossessed the attendants of the sales proceeds for that... Read More
Today, there are too numerous homicide cases that remain unresolved, and given our collective amnesia as a nation, the criminals in our midst also know this so they continue to ply their trade, almost certain they would get away with it. There used to be a popular car sticker with the inscription, “Insured by the... Read More
