Students warn Buhari against fuel subsidy removal

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday warned the President elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari against any attempt to remove fuel subsidy, saying such action would be vehemently resisted.

Similarly, it called on the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan not to assent to the budget when it gets to his table, if there was no provision for fuel subsidy in it.

In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Com. Nwanko Ezekiel, in Abuja, the group said removing fuel subsidy was anti-people.

MAPOLY matriculates 5,000 students

No fewer than 5, 000‎ students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, on Tuesday took their matriculation oath after being admitted to read National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) courses.

Addressing the new students, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Oludele Itiola, assured them of an enabling academic environment with modern facilities to enable them excel in their studies.

Umana, Akwa Abom APC Gov candidate promises N50,000 bursary to students

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has promised to pay N50,000 bursary award per student if elected.

Umana made the promise on Wednesday in Abak Local Government area while flagging off his state-wide campaign for the February 28 General Elections.

He said that the N5,000 currently being paid to students of the state origin in tertiary institutions was grossly inadequate given the rate of inflation in the country.

NICON says appointment as sole underwriter of Students Welfare Insurance Scheme followed due process

Jimoh Ibrahim

The management of NICON Insurance Ltd, on Tuesday said its appointment as the sole underwriter of Students’ Welfare Insurance Scheme was done under due process.

A statement by the Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs of NICON, Mr Ade Adesokan, made the disclosure in Lagos.

The statement said that the scheme was presented to the Federal Ministry of Education and due process was followed before its appointment as the Underwriter.

Anger and grief as Pakistan buries students massacred at school

Pakistan parents mourning

A shocked Pakistan on Wednesday began burying 132 students killed in a grisly attack on their school by Taliban militants that has heaped pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency.

People across the country lit candles and staged vigils as parents bade final farewells to their children during mass funerals in and around Peshawar, the volatile city on the edge of Pakistan's lawless tribal belt where the school was located.

Grief mixed with anger as people looked to the authorities - long accused of not being tough enough on extremists - to stem spiraling violence in a nation which has become a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked groups.

OAU students protest as Jonathan’s visit paralyses school

Students of Obafemi ‎Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Friday expressed their frustration with the ‘unfavourable’ condition they were subjected to over the presence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the institution.

Jonathan was attending a conference with South-West traditional rulers and politicians at the OAU.

It was gathered that public buses were not allowed into the school premises and majority of the students had to trek long distances to their examination hall.

In one of the instances, ‎a Post Graduate Diploma student was seen arguing with security personnel after she was refused entry.

Though she explained that she had exam, the security officials refused her plea.

Students were also seen protesting at the front of Oduduwa Hall where the meeting was holding.

The placard-carrying protesters were heard shouting “thief” on all the politicians that storm the venue.

Mother of murdered Port Harcourt student cries for help

One of the parents of the students murdered by a vigilante group at Omuokiri Village in Aluu Community of Rivers State has petitioned the Senate  President David Mark.

Mrs. Chinwe Biringa, mother of the killed Mr. Chiadika Biringa, a second year student of Theater Arts at the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT in the petition to the Senate President and dated 9th October, 2012 was titled ‘’Petition: Gruesome murder of my son at Aluu, University of Port Harcourt host community.’’