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The Lagos State Government headed by Govenor Sanwo-Olu has made provision for the two students in the state who achieved the best results in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted last year to get on a scholarship of N200,000 every year.

The two beneficiaries, Abiodun Anuoluwapo Favor, and Sholana Taiwo Mohammed are from the same school, Vetland Senior Grammar School, Agege, Lagos State.

Favor has excellent results in 8 subjects, and Taiwo has excellent results in 7 subjects.

They are now all 100-level students at the University of Lagos (Akoka), studying medicine and surgery and chemical engineering respectively.

In addition, Favor got 329 points (out of 400 points) in the JAMB UTME, Solana scored 340 points.

They will both get N200,000 every year until they graduate five or six years from UNILAG.

The State Education Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, praised the beneficiaries and their teachers for their outstanding performance in a speech at the event.

She urged them to continue to pay attention and commit themselves to their academic pursuits and other legal activities during the journey.

Similarly, the state government also rewarded nine other students who won first prizes in various domestic and international academic competitions held in the past year, as well as one student from a private school.

Students include Mustapha Garuba from Abibat Mogaji Millenium High School and Ajasa Kehinde Timilehin from Jakande Estate Comprehensive Senior College, who won the star awards for the Stockholm Youth Water Games in 2020 and 2021, and Divine Ebere from Vetland Senior Grammar School, from Agege and Olajide Akorede and Samuel Seidu of Brainfield College (private school) won the first place in the national physics competition in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Others are Oladipupo Marvelous from Agidingbi of the Government Technical College and Samuel Seidu from Bransfield College again. They won the Best Critical Thinker in the 2021 African Leadership Academy Competition and second place in the Oluwole Awokoya Chemistry Competition in 2021.

https:///best-waec-students-get-n200k-yearly-scholarship-from-lagos-government-photo/

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The Governor of Borno State Babagana Zulum has distributed 476.64 million naira to pay for 2020/2021 scholarships to 15,374 students from Borno State in tertiary institutions.

The Commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Engr Babagana Mallumbe Mustapha, stated that e-payments will be used to pay the fund to all beneficiaries.

Mallam Bala Isa, Executive Secretary of the Scholarship Committee, called on the beneficiary students to take their studies seriously.

On behalf of the students, Sugun Abba, President of the National Union of Borno State Students (NUBOSS), praised Governor Zurum for his consistent passion for student welfare and his commitment to improving the state’s education.

https:///borno-state-governor-zulum-releases-n476m-for-scholarship/

The future is a thief

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Njeri, a third-year student at a local private Kenyan university has been charged with stealing a phone worth Sh143,000, cash, and passport all valued at Sh262,440 from her boyfriend.

Veronica Njeri is accused of stealing the phone, a wallet containing USD800 and Sh30,000, and a passport from Sierra Leone diplomat, Kabba Ibrahim on November 8 jointly with another accomplice at large at Black Rose apartments.

The 23-year-old is said to have called Ibrahim whom she’d just met two days earlier, and informed him that she was drunk at a nearby entertainment joint and needed help.

Ibrahim drove to the club in a cab and met Njeri in the company of a woman she introduced as just a friend.

He took both of them to his house in a cab and paid the cab driver who left immediately as he proceeded to his house with his two-day girlfriend.

After moments in his sitting room, he took Njeri to the washrooms to vomit leaving the other woman in the sitting room.

They spent around 10 minutes in the washrooms and upon return, the other woman had left with the items leaving behind her mobile phone which did not have a SIM card.

Ibrahim left Njeri asleep in his house and went to report the matter to the police. After sobering up a day later, Njeri told police that she doesn’t know the woman she was in the company of when she called Ibrahim to pick her at the club located at a mall in Kilimani area.

She was arrested and charged with the theft.

Njeri denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Esther Boke of Kibera law courts and was released on a Sh300,000 bo9nd with surety of a similar amount and an alternative cash bail of Sh100,000.

The case will be mentioned on November 24.

https:///kenyan-student-arrested-for-duping-boyfriend-of-cash-and-valuables/

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A video shared on instagram by @ has shown the moment some ghanaian kids who were swimming in a river, almost got eaten by a hippopotamus.

Reports have it that one of the kids got swallowed by the sea animal while the others including those filming fled the scene.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLS_INDiZ8

https:///watch-moment-a-hippopotamus-ate-up-a-ghanaian-kid-while-swimming-video/

Lol...

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A beautful nigerian lady has shared via tiktok how she was able to finish her university education in a Canadian university, 7 years after the Nigerian government stopped her scholarship.

According to lady who will be graduating this month, she arrived the North American country in 2012 on a $40k scholarship which increases every year, but two years after she started off her education and with three years to go, she got an email telling her that the scholarship has been stopped and she has a day to respond and book a return flight back to Nigeria.

According to her, this happened when her tuition was already $60k. The social media user said she started off a food and clothing business which allowed her move into her own apartment.

The lady who will be graduating on November 18 and has already gotten her first job, added that what seemed to be far is now here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-q50Tr4C4k

https:///lady-shares-how-nigerian-govt-failed-her-after-getting-into-canada-university/

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Marvellene Ekott, a Pharmacy graduate from the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) has posted a picture online that has left many mouths open in amazement.

The 25-year-old shared a picture from her pre-induction photoshoot where she flaunted her numerous awards.

We say a big congratulations to Pharmacist Marvellene Ekott. That's a lot of certificates right there.

https:///uniuyo-pharmacy-graduate-takes-photoshoot-with-her-numerous-awards-photo/

We thank God.

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A Nigerian female student has celebrated graduating from the university after a bitter divorce and being recalled after being expelled from the institution,

@Shyprecious disclosed that she was expelled while enmeshed in a bitter divorce because her course adviser who allegedly couldn't get her to sleep with him, reportedly lied that she assaulted him. She revealed that she was recalled a month after she was expelled.

https:///female-student-graduates-amidst-divorce-and-expulsion-saga-photos/

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Forty (40) students from Gokomere High School were on Monday November 8, detained at Masvingo Central Police Station after being accused of destroying school property.

The students were accused of destroyed the dining hall window panes and the school head Acquanos Mazhunga’s vehicle during a protest. It is not yet clear what the students were protesting against.

They were however freed following the intervention of human rights lawyers. Giving an update on the matter, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Right (ZLHR) wrote;

"40 Gokomere College students who were taken from their school premises this morning have now been released following @ZLHRLawyers intervention. The OIC advised that if need be they will go after the “ring leaders”. The students were accused of staging a protest at school".

https:///40-secondary-school-students-arrested-for-engaging-in-destructive-protest/

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Razaq Lasisi, a former secondary school principal in Ogun state has narrated his ordeal as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped three residents in Ogun State and demanded a sum of N10 million, packs of codeine, marijuana, water and food as ransom.

It was gathered that the gunmen hid in a bush in Obada-Oko area of Abeokuta, the state capital on Saturday, November 6 and unleashed terror on residents.

They reportedly shot Lasisi and whisked three residents after the police from the Obada-Oko division engaged them in a gun duel.

According to Lasisi, who identified himself as a former secondary school principal, he was on his way home from work around 9pm, when the gunmen attempted to kidnap him but he managed to escape.

Narrating his ordeal, the survivor said he narrowly escaped from the kidnappers at an area called Ogba Kehinde, a stone’s throw to his house.

“Immediately I tried to escape, one of them shot me twice, and as I was about to move faster, one grabbed me and I gave the person a heavy blow which made him to leave me. Blood spread all over my body and I have to run down to my neighbour’s house. So, I told my neighbour that he should take me to Aro Psychiatric hospital because I felt that was the only place I could be treated.”

According to him, Ogba Kehinde is a six-acre land with some buildings on that land but since some years back, the land has been abandoned by the owner.

Lasisi said the palace was being used for a poultry farm long time before Obada-Oko developed to the present situation. He claimed that the buildings on the acres of land now harbour criminals.

Speaking on the fate of the kidnapped victims, Lasisi said the kidnappers have called the community and demanded a sum of N10 million and some hard drugs as ransom.

"The kidnappers have called today and asked us to pay N10 million before they can release their victims. They said we should come along with packs of codeine, marijuana, water and food as ransom. But, after serious appeals, they have reduced the ransom to N1.5 million with codeine, water and food.” he said.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said one suspect had been arrested in connection with the kidnapping.

“Yes, it is true. The suspect arrested is a strong member of the kidnappers. We have commenced the investigation and we would soon arrest them." Oyeyemi stated.

Watch the survivor narrate his ordeal to Splash FM Abeokuta and how he managed to escaped...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqvPwr3MOe4

https:///school-principal-narrates-ordeal-as-fulani-herdsmen-kidnap-people-in-ogun-state/

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Good news

Don't expect this news to go viral... Since it's not a bad news.

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The Federal University Lokoja (FULOKOJA), Kogi State, has employed 60 local hunters within the neighborhood to engage for campus security in order to tackle all forms of insecurities challenges facing the school.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Olayemi Akinwumi, disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing to mark the commencement of the school’s fifth convocation ceremonies, which started on Monday.

Akinwumi said the idea was motivated by the abduction of university staff in the parts of the country. He added that students would not be allowed into their hostels until the institution is satisfied with the security on its premises.

“The management of this institution will not toy with the security of students and staff of the university. We have seen what happened just recently in some tertiary institutions in the country where professors and their children were kidnapped on the campuses.

We have engaged over 60 hunters and they have mapped out areas where criminals can use as an escape route and we will block those areas. Until we are satisfied with the security here in the permanent site of the university, we will not move students to the hostels for now,” he said.

The Vice-Chancellor explained further that the hunters would complement efforts of the police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps while providing adequate security to the staff and students of the school.

In another news, the institution has on Monday 8th November 2021 commenced their 5th convocation ceremony.

The school management revealed that out of 804 graduands, a total of 14 students bagged first-class honours.

This was released in a statement on the school’s official facebook’s page.

The statement reads: “Of the 804 graduands, he said 14 have First Class honours, 188 with Second class upper division, 441 with Second class lower division, 95 with Third Class honours and 66 graduated with post-graduate diplomas. “

The statement also added that FULOKOJA is now the 3rd best among the 12 new federal universities and 35th best universities in the country.

“The VC said his concerted and painstaking efforts along with his management team paid off recently when the university was ranked to the 3rd position among the 12 new Federal Universities,35th in the country 122nd in Sub Sahara Africa, 221st in Africa and 5024th worldwide by the second edition of 2021 Webometrics Ranking”, the statement added.

https:///fulokoja-hire-60-local-hunters-to-protect-students-staffs-against-kidnapping/

Wonderful...

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A lady has received accolades from internet users for being the only female graduate in Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) 2020 Electrical Engineering department.

The lady was given a prominent spot in a photo with her coursemates which has gone viral after being shared online by @

https:///only-female-in-abus-elect-engineering-class-of-2020-gets-accolades/

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A funny phone conversation between a University of Lagos (UNILAG) student and an emergency line operator has been shared online.

In a viral video, one of the students claimed that some gay boys who resided in their hostel were having sex.

The phone operator who sounded irritated by the call, responded saying ''Is that an emergency?''

One of the male students then responded '' They want to rape us as well''.

The emergency line operator who was already irritated responded ''Then join them there''

Her response left the male student and his colleagues in stitches. The video shared on instagram @ as attracted lots of reactions on social media.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9HM0oG-rL0

https:///funny-phone-conversation-between-unilag-student-and-emergency-assistant-video/

I thank God for your life.

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A 19-year-old secondary school leaver, one of the survivors of the 21-story building collapse in Ikoyi, Lagos, William Nwachukwu, narrates his ordeal.

The young construction worker who narrowly survived the collapse of the Ikoyi building that has reportedly claimed the lives of over 40 people including that of the CEO of the building project, Femi Osibona.

In an exclusive interview captured by The Guardian, William narrated that he was sleeping on the fourth floor of the building when the vibration that led to the collapse started.

Watch Video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2G-Ki9fi9A

https:///ikoyi-building-collapse-19-year-old-survivor-narrates-ordeal-video/