Lawmaker offers scholarships to undergraduates, postgraduates

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Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Clever Ikisipo has given scholarships to about 145 students in various institutions of higher learning.

The beneficiaries, drawn from his senatorial districts of Ogbia, Brass and Nembe areas of Bayelsa State, comprised 135 undergraduates and 10 postgraduate students.

UniJos Undergraduates Steal ₦2B Electronically From Union Bank

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Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two young men identified as Isaiah Friday and Azzaior Samuel for allegedly defrauding a bank the sum of N2.05b. The suspects who claimed to be undergraduates of the University of Jos and two bureau de change operators, Salihu Mahmoud and Dan Ibrahim, connived to commit the criminal act.The suspects were also accused of being members of a syndicate that specialised in breaking into thecomputer data base of financial institutions to carry out dry posting of funds...

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TERRIBLE! 80% Of Prostitutes In Ogun State Are University Undergraduates

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A university don, Prof. Elizabeth Balogun, on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, expressed her concern over the prevalence of prostitution among female undergraduates in the country.

Balogun said the sex trade had become rampant on Nigerian campuses to such an extent that 80 percent of prostitutes that patronise night clubs, hotels and tourist centres in Ogun State are students of tertiary institutions.