The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, for allegedly hacking a fellow student to death. SP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s public relations officer (PPRO), confirmed the arrest in a statement in Lafia, the state capital. According to Nansel, the arres...

The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi State has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cylinders for cooking by students. The Dean, Student Affairs of the university, Prof. Sa’id Umar, who disclosed this during the orientation ceremony for the newly admitted students...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged the federal government to allow the National Universities Commission, NUC, to manage the budgets of tertiary institutions in addition to its role as the regulator that accredits courses in schools. The Registrar of the board, Prof Is-haq Oloy...

Academic and non-academic staff of higher education institutions in Nasarawa State, under the aegis of Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions (JUNSTI), is set to embark on an indefinite strike. The union resolved to commence a strike over the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage...

The House of Representatives has passed a bill through its second reading seeking to transform Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, into a conventional university. The proposed legislation, titled “Bill Seeking for an Act to Establish Michael Okpara University, Umudike, to Make Comprehensi...