Amosun assures on release of withheld WAEC results
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: OGUN State government has assured that necessary measures have been taken to ensure the release of the 2016/2017 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for students of the state. The state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, gave the assurance during a courtesy call on him at his Oke-Mosan, […]
Nigerian emerges best graduating student in Ukraine varsity
By Femi SHODUNKE UKRAINE: FIFTY medical students from Osun State have graduated from the 213-year-old V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, with one of them emerging as the overall best graduating student. The Vice-President, Research and Education of the university, Prof. Mykola O. Azarenkov, said at the convocation held over the weekend that […]
NTA staffer charges student journalists to expose corruption in campuses
By Ifedayo OGUNYEMI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: STUDENTS, who are cub journalists in higher institutions in the country, have been counseled to expose corrupt and sharp practices of school authorities through their day-to-day news reporting. A journalist with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Osogbo, Osun State, Oluwatope Alabi, further charged the budding journalists not to relent […]
Rape lands 65-year-old man, three teenagers in detention
NIGERIA: OGUN State Police Command has detained a 65-year-old man for alleged rape. The police said that Alosuposo Louis, who was arrested following a complaint from the mother of one of the victims who lodged the complaint at Ayetoro Division, had sex with 10-year-old and eight-year-old girls. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant […]
Turkish school abduction: Police nabbed high profile suspects, says Commissioner
NIGERIA: HIGH profile suspects are among those apprehended by men of the Nigeria Police Force in connection with the abduction of eight students of the Nigeria-Turkish International School in Isheri, Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu, disclosed this on Tuesday while handing over the rescued victims, who were led by […]
FUNAAB: Final year students celebrate end of university session
NIGERIA: THE campus of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), in Ogun State recently went agog when the final year students could hardly contain their excitement as they expressed joy for successfully completing their examinations. While attributing their accomplishments to the grace and mercy of God, the students, however, shared their dreams and aspiration for […]
Ogun donates N.7m to parents of students killed in auto crash
NIGERIA: SUCCOR has come the way of families of three students of Methodist High School, Arigbajo in the Ewekoro Local Government Area who were killed in an auto crash. Ogun State government donated N750, 000 to the parents of the affected students in the accident that occurred last November 2. They were killed by […]
Police, students forum debuts in Ogun
NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Police Command has taken steps to cement cordial relationship between it and the students in the Gateway State. In this regard, the state Police Commissioner has launched Police/Students Forum, the platform which will provide ample opportunities for mutual interaction between the police and students populace. Abdulmajid Ali, at the launch […]
Court orders seven protesting students detained in Osogbo
NIGERIA: AN OSOGBO Magistrate Court has ordered seven secondary students to be detained pending their next appearance in court. The students, who were arraigned on Tuesday, are going to stay behind bars for alleged conspiracy, felony and unlawful damage of government property levelled against them. The students were in court for allegedly damaging the […]
Osun blasts protesting students over WAEC fees
NIGERIA: OSUN State government is not happy over the protest embarked upon by some secondary school students in the state, which led to vandalization of government property. Government said that the show of anger by the aggrieved students in Ile-Ife and Iwo was condemnable as it was unnecessary. Some of the students, GatewayMail learnt, […]
