Students at the University of Jos, Plateau State, staged a protest on Thursday, locking the institution’s gates to voice grievances over water scarcity and a lack of electricity supply to their hostels. The protest, marked by placards bearing messages such as ‘No light to soak gari’ and ‘We no get SUG,’ highlighted the frustration felt […]
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Thousands of Greek students rallied in Athens and other cities on Thursday to protest against planned education reforms that would allow the introduction of private universities in the country. The conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who won a second term last year, is expected to submit a bill to parliament this month that
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The University of Calabar (UNICAL) witnessed a significant development today as the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi, appointed Mr. Samuel Eno Okoi, popularly known as “Sammy Love,” as her Special Adviser on Student Affairs amidst an ongoing protest by students. The protest has been fueled by discontent over a recent hike in school charges. In
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Protesting students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have given the school’s management a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse the new tuition fees approved by the school. According to Edugist correspondent who visited the scenes of the protests where the students stood their ground and demanded a reversal of the new approved fees on Wednesday amidst
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The policemen, who came in over 20 vehicles, were joined by the university security personnel and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Admission seekers who wanted to get into the campus for screening process and other visitors were turned back at the gate by the security men who locked it up.
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to go on with their planned massive protest from Wednesday, September 6, against the recent increment in school fees by some federal universities in the country, insisting that the increment will never come to stay. The students’ body asked the institutions which had already started implementing
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The South-Western Townships (Soweto) uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16th June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in
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The recent hike in tuition fees in tertiary institutions and government schools, the National Association of University Students has threatened to embark on a mass protest against the recent hike in tuition fees in the country. This was disclosed in a statement titled “Warning Against Tuition Fee Increment”, on Saturday, signed by the NAUS Chairman
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The lecturers at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), represented by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), have issued a strong warning to the management and state government regarding their 13-month unpaid salaries. Frustrated by their financial struggles and the inability to adequately provide for their families, some union members expressed their intention not to
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Following the death of a 500-level student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize Chizoputam on Tuesday over the alleged stealing of a mobile phone at a hall of residence on the campus. No fewer than two persons connected with the murder of the student have been arrested by the Osun State Police
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The students of the Polytechnic of Ibadan have protested the postponement of the first-semester examination and suspension of the institution’s students union. According to a report, pandemonium broke out on Monday January 9, 2023, as students staged a peaceful protest within the campus and on the major roads that lead to the State Government Secretariat
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Students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Friday protested an alleged increase in school fees by the management of the university. Staff and visitors to the university were held hostage for hours until the protest lasted. The students locked the main entrance gate and other gates to the institution, thereby preventing people from
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Some workers at the University of Ibadan have protested the proposed appointment of Prof Kayode Adebowale, the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the institution, as the Vice Chancellor of the institution. While expressing their indignation, the workers blocked all the entrances into the institution forcing visitors, workers both academic and non-academic to park their vehicles by
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The Lagos State Government has announced plan to close schools, following the ongoing #EndSARS protests across the country. This was announced by Head of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi, on Monday October 19, 2020. Abayomi stated that academic activities were affected in some schools in the state as protests against police
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Students of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, have protested against difficulty in tuition payment and faulty school portal. According to the students, the school portal has reportedly hindered them from registering for their first-semester examination. The students of the institution gathered that at the institution’s gate on Monday October 12, rendering different songs to pass their message
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Students of Delta State tertiary institutions and their parents have protested over the imposition of compulsory N10,000 fee on them by their schools’ authorities While expressing their displeasure over the imposition on Thursday October 8, 2020, the protesters stated that their institutions had asked students to pay the fee tagged ‘upgrade of COVID-19 facilities’. It
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The National Association of Nigerian Students has announced plan to stage a protest in Abeokuta over the alleged victimisation of the student union leader of Ilaro Polytechnic, Comrade Adegboye Olatunji. Olatunji, a Senator in NANS and President, Student Union Government of the Polytechnic was suspended by the institution after he was arrested by the Police
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The students of the College of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences Students’ Association (COMPSSA), have reportedly protested their current living conditions at their hostel. According to reports, their rooms have been taken over by bedbugs, despite being fumigated at least twice every session. The students said they always have to be on the lookout, so as
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Lecturers in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities today protested against what they considered their poor treatment by the management. They were joined by students as well as pro-labour activists in their protest which held on the campus today. The ASUU members were led by Chairman
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The Zimbabwe National Students Union has demanded the withdrawal of a PhD awarded last month to the wife of President Robert Mugabe, arguing that it is not credible. First lady Grace Mugabe stands accused of having registered at the University of Zimbabwe in July this year and completing her PhD thesis last month, in a
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