Category: Campus Gist

Let’s shut down schools till 2021 – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the federal government to keep schools closed till 2021 due to the spread of Covid-19. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi...

OSPOLY student on the run over girlfriend’s death

  A student of Osun state polytechnic,Iree,Ayo Maliki,is now on the run over the death of her visiting girlfriend,student of Federal university Oye,who was found...

2020: JAMB announces cut-off point for varsities, others

  The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admissions into...

April, May allowances intact: NYSC tells corps members

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured corps members that their April and May allowances will be paid. In a statement issued on Saturday by Adenike...

Nigeria: JAMB releases 2019 provisional admission list of successful candidate

  The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has published the 2019 provisional matriculation list of admitted candidates on the...

49 corpers to repeat service in Ekiti, four other states

  Forty-nine Batch A corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will repeat their service year in Gombe, Kaduna, Ebonyi, Sokoto and Ekiti states following...

Eniola weds Mayowa

lemnisation of the wedding between Eniola Sunday daughter of Prof Tola Sunday of the department of mass communication of the university of Lagos and her heartrob Mayowa...

UN kick starts UN75

  By Anthonia Duru Following the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres’, launch of UN75 global conversation campaign in New York, the United Nations...

We’re getting there: List of Nigerian words added to Oxford Dictionary

A total of 29 Nigerian words and expressions have been included in the latest January 2020 updates of Oxford English Dictionary. Some of the words included are ‘Ember...

Readers beware fraudsters, hackers posing as Newdawn staff

This is to inform the general public that hackers have compromised our site using several names like Barrister Johnson, Charles and several other names to deceive...