The family of the late University of Port Harcourt student, Justina Otuene, expressed relief on Friday after the Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt sentenced her boyfriend, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for her murder. Okoligwe, a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student at UNIPORT, killed Justina, a 300-level Biochemistry student, on October 20, 2023,…
The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has confirmed the death of one of its students, following days of speculation surrounding the tragic incident. In an official statement released by the Registrar, Mr. Olayinka Balogun, the institution revealed that the incident occurred on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, during an unauthorised…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has denied claims of mismanagement in disbursing student loan funds. They development comes after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it was investigating alleged corruption in the disbursement of the funds. In a statement by the fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFund…
