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Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary video released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where lecturers allegedly sexually assaulted students. The development was announced on Monday by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) of the university, Taiwo Oloyede. The …

Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State Governor, has raised concern over the continuous increase of out-of-school children in the state. Fayemi said the State which was ranked first on school enrolment ladder, had slumped due to the N1,000 per term tax policy introduced by the administration of Ayodele Fayose. Fayemi …

Ramatu Ahmed, the Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, says no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian girls are forced into prostitution in the country. She said the victims of the sex-trade were mainly underage girls kept in appalling conditions in Ouagadougou and in mining camps across the West African country. She said …

Students in public secondary schools in Niger State are unable to access their National Examinations Council (NECO) May/June Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results. The body has withheld the results following the debts owed by the government. The results were released on August 27. Students in public secondary schools, who …