By JKNewsMedia COLLABORATION BETWEEN Polaris Bank and Evolve Charity Trust has resulted in the distribution of school essentials to 1,000 students in ten public secondary schools across five states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A release by the bank states that the 2025 exercise forms part of its ongoing Corporate Social Res...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AGAIN, GUNMEN struck in Niger State barely one week after the Maga kidnapping of 25 girls, with armed attackers invading St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area and abducting students and members of staff in the early hours of Friday, where they made away...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia AUTHORITIES REPORTED on Tuesday that one of the 25 abducted students from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State has escaped and is safe, as joint security teams and local hunters continue a coordinated search for the remaining missing schoolgirls, according to AP News. Their confirmation came afte...
By Ofem John, JKNewsMedia Intern STUDENT DISCUSSION dominated discussions as the Students’ Union Government of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) led by its president, Comrade Ogar Favour Johobe, met with university management on Monday to review the proposed adjustment in school fees and assess ongoing development initiatives acr...
By Precious Achi, JKNewsMedia Intern, UI, Oyo State THE UNIVERSITY of Ibadan (UI) has said it is celebrating academic excellence as 448 students emerged with First Class degrees out of 5,900 graduating students in the 2024/2025 academic session. Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, declared the figures on Tuesday during the first day ...
By Joke Kujenya WIDESSPREAD RELIANCE on artificial intelligence tools is eroding key human cognitive abilities, new research findings have warned, revealing that overreliance on Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Gemini Deep Think and GPT-5 is leading to reduced focus, weakened memory, and diminished reasoning capacity among users worldwide...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FRESH FINANCIAL relief is underway for Nigeria’s public universities as the Federal Government has announced the release of N2.3 billion to settle arrears and backlogs owed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. According to a statement ...
By John Ofem, JKNewsMedia Intern COMMITMENT TO female education and empowerment was the main concerns of Fidelity Bank Plc, which marked the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child with a debate competition for female secondary school students in Lagos. The event, tagged the She Leads Debate Competition, was held on Thursday, October 16, 202...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLARIFICATION HAS emerged from the Federal Ministry of Education over the streamlined O-Level admission requirements, reaffirming that English Language and Mathematics remain compulsory subjects that every student must register and sit for during their O-Level examinations. The Ministry made clear that n...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES across Nigeria entered a second week of disruption as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) dismissed the Federal Government’s directive enforcing a ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy against lecturers involved in its ongoing two-week warning strike. The union maintained tha...
