LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Isidore Ojukwu Nwankwo, a former rector of Enugu Polytechnic has been sent to to prison for scamming his students. Justice N.I. Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu handed over the sentence on Thursday. Nwankwo was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government has confirmed COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. According to a report by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday night, a member of the school’s staff tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2. “Contact tracing has revealed that a student and four contacts…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amidst criticisms by many Nigerians and an opposition leader, the Nigerian government has defended its decision not to allow students in the country take part in this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The education minister, Adamu Adamu, explained the government’s decision last week. He said the government was concerned…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some students sponsored to Europr for postgraduate studies by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are reportedly stranded abroad because of the alleged lack of funding from the commission. The students this month sent a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, complaining that life for them abroad has been…