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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.
A viral clip has made its way online showing a police officer in Delta State shooting a suspect who had already been restrained.
It can be noted that the suspect was pleading, claiming he had been framed and deceived, and said he would lead them to the right place.
However, while he was pleading, the police officer shot him. The officer later stated that the suspect was armed with a gun.
It was later revealed that the police officer has been arrested, as it is against the law to shoot a restrained suspect.
It was reported by the Kogi State Government that 24 children were abducted from an orphanage home. It was shared that this happened on the 26th of April, Sunday, and gunmen were seen in the area that day.
The information was shared by the Commissioner of Information, Kingsley Fanwo, who shared this sad news and described it as unfortunate.
“We condemn in strong terms the abduction of innocent children from an orphanage, the government is working closely with security operatives to ensure their safe return,”
Ghanaian media personality Afia Schwarzenegger speaks on the xenophobia issues occurring around Africans in South Africa.
She stated that Ghana is not the same as Nigeria and shared that if such issues happen to Ghanaians in South Africa, they will speak up and not keep quiet. She added that they will react.
“Ghana is not like Nigeria and we won’t hesitate to return the stupid favour.”
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