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Remember OAP Daddy Freeze spoke about Nigerians not appreciating raw talents when it comes to education? Well Ayodele Dada who has been declared the best student so far in the history of UNILAG when he scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.00, which has never been recorded by any student of any department since the institution came to existence, is now about to start living on the streets because his landlord is about to evict him due to his non-payment of house rent.

The authorities of the University of Ibadan have advised 97 students of the university to withdraw from the institution for their failure to obtain the minimum academic requirement at the end of the 2014/15 academic session.

A statement by the university’s Registrar, Olujimi Olukoya, stated that three of the students voluntarily withdrew from the school, adding that the affected students were from seven faculties and at various levels, including those in the final year of their studies.

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, told journalists yesterday that a total number of 1,589,175 candidates applied for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and 201 out of them are blind while another 343 candidates are prison inmates.

The University of Ilorin will soon commence production of goat milk. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Abdul Ganiyu Ambali disclosed this during a new year interaction with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State yesterday.

The verification and biometric exercise of students of Delta State origin benefiting from the State Students Assistance (Bursary) Scheme, has led to the discovery of about 8,141 ghost students who benefited immensely from the scheme during the government of the former governor of the state, Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Social critics and activists have slammed the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for naming troubled Senator , Senator Buruji Kashamu representing Ogun-East senatorial district, for naming him the ‘Golden Man of the Year’.

Tijani Usman, NANS National President had presented the award to Kashamu last week for his ‘untiring, exemplary and compassionate leadership style’.

These men have come again. The Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old 400-level law student (name withheld) .

The mother of the victim, Mrs. Irene Akpan (not her real name), who is resident in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, told a Punch correspondent on Monday the incident happened between 3 and 5pm on August 29 at the dean’s private office in the faculty building.