The United Kingdom government has activated an “emergency brake” on study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan following a sharp rise in asylum applications from individuals who initially entered the country through legal visa routes. The decision, announced by the UK Home Off...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone D, has held a roundtable dialogue with the Nigeria Police Force in Osun State following allegations that some officers physically assaulted a student. In a statement, the Coordinator of NANS Southwest Zone D, Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kay...
Wizkid has been officially named the highest-selling African artist on ChartMasters’ global all-time list. See the figures behind his historic milestone. Wizkid has been ranked the highest-selling African artist on ChartMasters’ global all-time best-selling artists list, with 13.18 million equival...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has urged more tertiary institution students in the South-East to subscribe to its loan programme to support their educational pursuits. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made the call at the matriculation of 7,523 students of Abia...
The University of Ibadan has asked 226 undergraduate students to withdraw over poor Cumulative Grade Point Average. The Senate of the university met last Monday to ratify the results of the 2024/2025 session for graduating and non-graduating students, approving that students with a CGPA below 1.0 be adv...
A 300-level medical student of the University of Ibadan (name withheld) has died after consuming an insecticide on Sunday night, according to authorities at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A fellow student reportedly found him on the ground floor of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, foaming at the mouth and...
