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 The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has said it is on red alert and prepared to address the possible spread of cholera disease in Lagos. The management of LASUTH spoke in response to the death of five persons and hospitalisation of scores of others showing symptoms of the disease in Lagos, saying it has put its healthcare workers on red alert and other stakeholders on notice in readiness for a possible spread. The management of the state-owned health facility In a statement issued on its X handle @LASUTHIkeja on Wednesday morning, declared its readiness to manage the possible spread of the disease, saying precautionary measures in response to an outbreak have been set on course. The statement reads: “This is to inform the general public that precautionary measures have been put in place by the management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH concerning the cholera outbreak in Lagos. “It’s on record that scores of patients presented yesterday, Tuesday...

Notwithstanding the assertions of the federal government that education is a top priority, Nigeria does not rank among the top 1000 universities worldwide in the most recent Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2025, which include over 1,500 universities in 105 higher education systems. The only two elite Nigerian universities that are both listed in the 1100–1200 range are the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos. Currently holding the top spot among African countries is the University of Cape Town, South Africa, which is ranked 171. It is followed by the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, which is ranked 267, and Stellenbosch University, South Africa, which is ranked 296. Other African universities included in the QS 1000 ranking are the American University in Cairo, Egypt ranked 410, the University of Pretoria, South Africa ranked 354, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa ranked 312, and Cairo University, Giza, Egypt ranked 350. Ai...

The management of the Nigerian Edu­ca­tion Loan Fund (NELFUND) has cleared the air on reasons  stu­dents of the National Open Uni­versity of Nigeria (NOUN) were not eli­gible for the loan facil­ity put in place by the administration of the Pres­id­ent  and Commander-in-Chief, Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. The Man­aging Dir­ector/Chief Exec­ut­ive Officer of the Fund, Mr. Akin­tunde Saw­yerr, who stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja explained that it was due to their inab­il­ity to pos­sess the Joint Admis­sions and Matric­u­la­tion Board (JAMB) Num­ber- which is one of the major require­ments. This clarification means that although NOUN was lis­ted as the 29th school among the 126 fed­eral higher insti­tu­tions to bene­fit from the scheme on the NELFUND web­site, they, however, would not be among the 1.2mil­lion bene­fi­ciar­ies in the first phase of the project. The MD also revealed that 60,000 stu­dents had registered for the fa...

  A female student at Federal University Dutse in Jigawa State killed her recently born child in the dorm. The baby was reportedly tossed from the top floor of a three-story structure, and the student—whose identity is being withheld—was alleged to have planned the child's death. A heartbreaking scenario with other students struggling to understand the unfathomable loss was captured in a viral video. There are rumors that she gave birth in the hostel's restroom, and concerns are raised about her single status and the circumstances of her pregnancy. Abdullahi Bello, the varsity's spokesperson, verified the event on Monday. He reassured everyone that the institution alerted the authorities right away. He emphasized the recent start of the academic session and highlighted that the student's pregnancy did not arise during her time at the university. The student received emergency medical assistance after the incident. Bello said, "The university administration is inve...

A university has informed the Home Office that it will assist in paying for crisis-hit students' flights back to Nigeria. Due to a currency crisis that left them unable to pay for tuition, students at Teesside University were ordered to leave the UK and expelled from their degrees. The university reports that it has now re-enrolled some of the impacted students and established a travel fund in response to protests and the Nigerian government's intervention. The students, on the other hand, had experienced the biggest economic collapse in Nigerian history, which had completely drained their money. The university reduced their payment plans from seven to three installments, which made their financial difficulties worse. The effect was so great that, according to a local food charity, 75% of its clients are now Nigerian students who are finding it difficult to pay for their living expenses. Some were consequently prevented from continuing their education because they failed to p...

The University of Abuja (UniAbuja) section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared that its members will not abide by the management's instruction to sign an attendance record attesting to their teaching or resumed lectures. The union's action coincided with the strike it embarked on May 2, 2024, in protest of various issues, including violations of its establishment statutes pertaining to staff advancements and appointments made without a governing council, among other things.To lessen the effects of the strike and guarantee that classes continue, vice chancellor Prof. Rasheed Na'Allah issued an order asking teachers to sign a daily attendance register as of right now. The VC, on the university’s official Facebook page yesterday, said, “Having considered the views and pleas of concerned members of the university community, management has agreed to extend the deadline, earlier given to staff to sign the attendance register, to indicate that he/she i...

This is to inform the general public that  all academic activities at Auchi Polytechnic is to be suspended for staff and students starting from Wednesday, June 12th, 2024, and will resume on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 due to the mid-semester break. See the picture below for details;