The U.S government has suspended the scheduling of new interviews for student visa applicants worldwide as it considers strict vetting of applicants’ social media profiles. The directive was issued by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a cable sent out to diplomats worldwide on Tuesday, accordin...
As Nigeria’s youth population grows, the minister and civil society leaders agree that bold action, not promises, is what the country’s young people need to stay, thrive, and lead. At a youth dialogue hosted in Abuja on Tuesday, May 20, Nigeria’s Minister of Youth, Ayodele Olawande, made a compelling ca...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Branch, Igbariam, Anambra State, has called for the urgent appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor for the institution. The union made the call during its congress held at the university’s auditorium on F...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has expressed concern over the low number of loan applications by students at Rivers State University. The Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, raised the concern during the Strategic Engagement and Sensitisation Campaign on the operations of th...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies on Tuesday apologised over the human errors that disrupted the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in some parts of the country and demanded a comprehensive independent investigation into it. A...
The Chancellor’s Office at UW-Platteville confirmed Monday night that two students died following an emergency incident at a campus dormitory earlier in the day. The victims have been identified as 22-year-old Kelsie Martin of Beloit, Wisconsin, and 22-year-old Hallie Helms of Baraboo, Wisconsin. Both i...
