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Sylvester Oromoni's Death: Court Orders Copies Of Investigation Released To Counsel
BOBOJAYTV 14 hours ago
Education Nigeria
An inquiry into the death of 11-year-old Dowen College studeNt, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr commenced on Saturday at the Epe Magistrate Court. After hearing the parties, the presiding magistrate, Mikail Kadiri, ordered the Police to immediately release copies of statements obtained during the investigation to interested parties, and that counsel make…
The story has been told of a student of the University of Port Harcourt who has been arrested by the police, The student was nabbed by police after his girlfriend died in his house. Twitter user @TheBriden, who shared the story online claimed the girl was ill and died…
Scientists: 2021 was sixth-hottest year since records began
Education Foreign
US government scientists have said 2021 was the sixth warmest year on record, and they are putting the blame squarely on climate change. On average, 2021 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) hotter than the baseline between 1901 and 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said…
Kenyan LGBT students protest suggestion they be banned from boarding schools
A group of Kenyan LGBT students protested Thursday against a Cabinet minister's recent suggestion they be banned from boarding schools. The schools are common in Kenya and the students and rights groups say a ban would be discriminatory and compromise their safety. Dozens of angry students took to the…
Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of N110.4m Traced To Anambra Primary School Teacher And Her Accomplice
Crime Education Gist
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the interim forfeiture of N110.4 million traced to the bank accounts of one Mr. James Erebuoye and seven other suspects. In an ex-parte motion filed by Raheem Adesina on behalf of ICPC before Justice D. Okorowa, the…
Poet Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman To Appear On US Coin
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday. Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," will also be the…
Actor Bishop Umoh reacts on Sylvester Oromoni's case
Chiamaka Egbunem 2 weeks ago
Education Gist Nigeria
Imeh Bishop Umoh, the comic actor, who is popularly known as Okon Lagos, has asked if justice will ever be served in the case of 11-year-old Dowen college student, Sylvester Oromoni, who died on November 30, with family members stating that he was tortured by his seniors days before his…
Anambra university awards full scholarships to 5,000 ex-sex workers
Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra has awarded full scholarships to 5,000 repentant commercial sex workers and vulnerable people. Prof. Marcel Ezenwoye, the National President, CIEPUK, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. The scholarships were awarded in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners, U.K. (CIEPUK). Ezenwoye said that…
Autopsy Result Of Sylvester Oromoni Junior Has Been Released
Autopsy result has revealed what caused the death of Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni. Recall that the 12-year-old boy reportedly died after he was beaten by fellow students. His autopsy report has been now released. According to the report, he died of Acute Lung Injury due to Chemical Intoxication in…
JAMB exempts under-18 from presentation of vaccination cards
Education Health Nigeria
Candidates and visitors below the age of 18 years are not required to present COVID-19 vaccination cards before being granted access into JAMB examination halls and facilities, The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has confirmed. A statement issued and signed by the head of JAMB's media and protocol unit, Fabian…
Oko Poly loses two female students
Education Gist
A tragic auto crash that occurred in Anambra state on Boxing Day claimed the lives of two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, alongside nine others. The accident involving three vehicles occurred on Agulu lake bridge near Golden Tulip Hotel Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area. According to the Sector…
Police Officers Extorted N405,000 From Us After Falsely Accusing Us Of Being Cult Members — University Student
Yeiyah Samuel, a student at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has narrated how operatives at Adeniji Police Station in Lekki, Lagos, extorted him and his friends to the tune of ₦405,000, according to SaharaReporters. According to Samuel, he was in a private car alongside a man and two ladies, heading…
Tension in Bayelsa University Over Sudden Recall Of 3,000 Final-Year Students From Christmas Break
According to a report by SaharaReporters, there is palpable tension in the state-owned university, the Niger Delta University, Ammassoma over the directive by its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo that 3,000 final-year students should cancel their New Year's Day celebration and return to school for their project defence. Edoumiekumo had…
Man Kills Secondary School Student After Luring Her With Christmas Gift
A young boda boda rider (Okada rider) has been arrested for allegedly killing a secondary school student after luring her with Christmas gift. The Form 3 student of Thaara Secondary School in Maragua Constituency, Murang'a County, Kenya was brutally murdered by the man on Monday, December 20. The suspect who…
ASUU postpones planned strike action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting was held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, on Saturday,…
ASUU: Earned allowances paid to universities – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, insisted that the Federal Government had released funds for payment of earned allowances and revitalisation to universities. Buhari, who identified funding as a major problem confronting the Nigerian university system and as well the primary basis of incessant industrial actions in the ivory towers,…
Buhari urges Nigerian universities to find cure for coronavirus
Education Health
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian universities to come up with a cure for COVID-19. Represented by Mr John Mairafi, a Director with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Buhari gave the charge in Oye-Ekiti, at the 5th and 6th convocation ceremony of the Federal University (FUOYE). He charged scholars…
Why Parents to sign undertaking for students in Ogun schools
BOBOJAYTV December 18, 2021
Parents of students in public secondary schools in Ogun are to start signing undertakings on behalf of their wards to curb unruly conduct in schools. Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, the State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, disclosed this on Friday before members of the Ogun House of Assembly Committee…
Chinese embassy Gifts 50 ABU Students N5 Million
The Chinese embassy has rewarded fifty students of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, with the sum of N5 million for their outstanding academic performance. The ambassador of China to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, presented the awards to the students on Wednesday during a virtual ceremony. "Because China's National Day and…
Strike Update: FG Lying, We Didn't Receive N52.12 billion – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied claims by the federal government that it received N52.12 billion as part of the cumulatively earned allowance owed to the union. Addressing the press in Kano, the State Zonal Coordinator of the union, Professor Abdulkadir Muhammad, said only N22.17 billion was…
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