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It brought together student councils in Ife, Zaria, and Nsukka. [1] In April 1978, Nigerian students were faced with the imposition of increased fees, and NUNS participated in a series of Campus protests across the whole of Nigeria known as the Ali Must Go protests. The government responded by sending in the army and police, leading to the ...
On March 13, 2019, a three-story building in the Ita Faaji area of Lagos, Nigeria suffered a structural collapse, killing 20 people and leaving over 40 trapped. [1] A school, housing 100 students, was located on the third story of the building, leading to the story gaining significant coverage in local and international media.
Nigeria Primary School Enrolment by state in 2013. Primary education begins at around age 5 for the majority of Nigerians. [12] Students spend six years in primary school and graduate with a first school-leaving certificate.
An honor pledge created before an assignment that is signed by students can help increase academic integrity. [33] Universities have moved toward an inclusive approach to inspiring academic integrity, by creating Student Honor Councils [34] as well as taking a more active role in making students aware of the consequences for academic dishonesty.
In February 1999, student leaders organized a campus-wide search, which found eight secret cult members who were stockpiling machine guns and other weapons in their dorm room. This enraged the Black Axe confraternity, who organized a murder squad that hacked the student union secretary-general to death in his bed and targeted other student leaders.
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012, Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence. [2] [3] Nigerian politicians find themselves in a strong position of power and wealth due to their connections with the oil and gas industries in Nigeria.
The first set of schools considered unity schools in Nigeria were established by the British colonial government. Following independence from Britain and the Biafran War, however, the Nigerian government established many more of these schools to bring together children from different geographic, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds to provide a high quality education and build Nigeria's future.