Students of the University of Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday, blocked roads leading to the campus in protest, following an…
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DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jos.
“The students comprise 159 in Ph.D. degree level, 3,669 in master’s degree cadre, 281 in postgraduate diplomas, 11, 281 in bachelor’s degree level and 5,142 from affiliate institutions,” Prof. Tanko Ishaya, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, said Wednesday in Jos, the capital city.
The University of Jos (UNIJOS) has organised a town hall for the governorship candidates of the various political parties in the state ahead of the forthcoming elections.
Prof. Idyorough of Department of Sociology, University of Jos, gave the suggestion while delivering the 100th inaugural lecture of the university, Tuesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The Command’s Commissioner, Bartholomew Onyeka, offered the insight when he presented the suspect to journalists.
Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, the Chairman of the union in the university, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos.
Tanko, who is the Staff Adviser of the Kebbi State Students Association in the university, spoke in a statement.
The evacuation became necessary following recent attacks and killings on the plateau.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Students Affairs, Chidi Ilogebe, disclosed that 37 evacuated students returned safely to Enugu yesterday, 28 were conveyed to Abuja to join their loved ones while others were taken to their various homes within Plateau and surrounding areas based on their requests, amid tight security.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu.
Hassan Abdulsalam, Spokesman of NULASS, said this in a statement on Saturday following the crisis in Jos.
Abdullahi Abdullahi, the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, who announced this in a statement on Sunday, in Jos, explained that the examinations, slated for Aug. 16 to Aug. 21, have been suspended till further notice.
It was gathered that Ella, with the Department of Theatre Arts in the institution, was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday by gunmen who attacked his residence located at Haske quarters in Lamingo community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state
This is contained in a statement issued by Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, on Wednesday in Jos.
Gov. Samuel Ortom said this on Monday in Makurdi, when he received a delegation from the University of Jos led by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Prof. Tanko Ishaya.
The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Dr. Nandi Drenkat, a lecturer with the University of Jos, by gunmen.
The family of Rinji Peter-Bala, the slain 300-level student of History and International Relations at the University of Jos, has called out the Federal Government, demanding that its son’s killers be brought to book.
Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has said members of the chapter have joined the ongoing two-week warning strike embarked upon by the national body of the union.
NANS said in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Danielson Bamidele AKPAN, GCNS that for the lackadaisical attitude of the management and the pathetic condition of the health centre, Okafor may have survived.