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UNIBEN Stops Over 5,000 Students From Writing Exams Due to Unpaid School Fees
Tension is rising on the University of Benin campus as more than 5,000 students could be locked out of the second-semester examinations starting today, September 29, for failing to pay their school fees.
The university management, in a memo signed by Registrar Ademola Bobola, says its long-standing rule of “no payment, no examination” still stands. According to the memo, the affected students had been reminded several times to clear their outstanding charges but many of them ignored the warnings.
What makes matters worse is that a large number of these students have not applied for the government-backed Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which was set up to help ease the financial burden of tuition and charges. UNIBEN insists it has repeatedly encouraged students to either pay their fees or make use of the loan scheme, but the response has been poor.
To enforce the directive, the university’s Senate has instructed provosts, deans, directors, and heads of departments to compile and publish the names of defaulters by 8 a.m. today. A special enforcement team, led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), will also be on ground to make sure only eligible students sit for the exams.
Nigerian news analyst, Mahmud Jega, has shared his opinion on the recent airstrike carried out by the United States in Nigeria, stating that Nigerians should not blame President Bola Tinubu for the incident.
Jega made this statement during a recent interview, where he said he does not believe many people will hold the Tinubu administration responsible, as Donald Trump had issued threats against Nigeria long before Tinubu’s administration.
“No, I don’t think many people will blame the Tinubu administration for what is happening now because President Donald Trump, when he first made the threats, it was clearly not in coordination with the Tinubu administration or the government of Nigeria,” Jega said.
It has been reported that the United States carried out an airstrike targeting ISIS in the northwest region of Nigeria. The order was reportedly given by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS terrorist elements in northwest Nigeria,” Trump said.
He added, “I have previously warned these terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was.”
The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially declared the holiday dates for the festive season.
Thursday, December 25 will be observed as Christmas Day, December 26 as Boxing Day, and Thursday, January 1 as New Year’s Day.
The declaration was made by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani. He also added that Nigerians should celebrate the holidays in faith and pray for the nation.
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