EKO HOT BLOG reports that Troops of ‘Operation Safe Haven’, OpSH, on Operation Hakorin Damisa IV, have arrested no fewer than 91 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of University of Jos, UniJos, students, and attack on Takania village, farm destruction, armed robbery, drug peddling and cattle rustling, among others, in Plateau and Kaduna states. … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that reprieve may have come for protesting students of the University of Jos as its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, on Saturday, announced that the institution has crashed its fees. According to him, the decision to reduce the fees followed a series of negotiations between UNIJOS authorities, students and other stakeholders. … Read more
Eko hot blog Reports that Unknown Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped seven off-campus students of the University of Jos, UNIJOS. The students were kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday at about 2:am, at a private hostel close to the former Nigerian School of Accountancy, along Bauchi Ring Road in Jos North Council Area … Read more
UNIJOS ASUU has reversed the sit-at-home order and has resumed lectures. EKO HOT BLOG reports that barely one week after ordering its members to sit at home following the payment of half salaries to members by the Federal Government, the University of Jos branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday, reversed the … Read more
UNIJOS ASUU has asked its members to stay at home indefinitely over the half salaries paid to them. Eko Hot Blog reports that the University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal … Read more
Here is a list of Nigerian universities and their date of resumption. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian students and their parents were excited last week, when news broke that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its eight months strike which commenced on February 14. This online media platform presents a … Read more
Police arrest suspected killer of UniJos 300-level student EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Plateau State Police Command has arrested the suspected killer of one Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-level student of the University of Jos. The suspect, identified as Moses Oko, was arrested in Benue State by “hawk-eyed police operatives of the Command”. Recall … Read more
One of the students expressed his relief at being evacuated from the troubled zone and appreciated the governor’s prompt reaction The Imo state government has evacuated over a hundred of its indigenes studying at the University of Jos (Unijos) in Plateau state following rising tensions in Jos Plateau State. Chief of staff to the Imo … Read more
The Lagos State Government has evacuated students and indigenes of the state from Jos. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has evacuated students and indigenes of the state, who were stranded in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The state government, EKOHOTBLOG reports, had received emergency calls from the students who said they were stranded … Read more
UNIJOS has announced the date for the reopening of the institution. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the management of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) has announced its reopening for full academic activities on August 30, 2021. The UNIJOS Registrar, Monday Danjem, made this known via a statement on Tuesday. The statement was titled, ‘Re-opening of the school on … Read more
It was learnt that four students of Unijos had been killed in the incident The Ogun State government has evacuated no fewer than 80 of its indigenes studying at the University of Jos (Unijos) following the killings in Plateau State. Recall that the management of the university had recently shut the academic institution as a … Read more
The University management also approved the suspension of examinations for the second semester… The University of Jos (UniJos) on Friday suspended academic activities and closed its hostels. The suspension order was due to the intensified killing of students around the university area shortly after the relaxation of a 24-hour curfew in Jos. According to a … Read more
The Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), University of Jos chapter, Comrade Jeremiah Dalong, told newsmen in Jos on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Not less than three students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been feared killed while two others are missing after the attack on commuters along the Rukuba road … Read more
UNIJOS has announced the suspension of second semester exams. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the management of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) has suspended the ongoing second semester examinations till further notice. UNIJOS made this known via a statement signed by its Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications, Abdullahi Abdullahi, on Sunday. According to the institution, the announcement … Read more
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President Buhari has offered Prof. Attahiru Jega a new appointment. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Jos (UNIJOS). This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, while … Read more
“But we are not happy over what is happening because this is the 4th time our colleague was abducted within this year…” A senior lecturer with the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Dr Dan Ella, who was kidnapped by gunmen in his home has been freed. Ella was reportedly picked up on Thursday night along Jos-Bauchi … Read more
…the gunmen who arrived in the community around 2am on Wednesday headed straight to the apartment of the lecturer and whisked him away after breaking their door… Unidentified gunmen have again abducted a lecturer with the University of Jos in Plateau State, Dr. Dan Ella. It was gathered that Ella, a lecturer in the institution’s … Read more
Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted a professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos (UNIJOS), Grace Ayanbimpe. It was learnt that the gunmen abducted the couple in their residence located at Haske Quarters, Lamingo in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted a professor with the Department … Read more
Four students of Capro Secondary Mission School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were abducted in the on Thursday, although three later escaped University of Jos authorities has ordered the immediate closure of all hostels on its premises. The decision was reached after the Manangment held a meeting … Read more