Education
I-G orders CPs, others to boost security around schools

I-G orders CPs, others to boost security around schools
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs), Tactical Commanders and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to boost security around schools and colleges.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
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He said the I-G had also ordered the review of police personnel and operational assets deployments to schools and colleges around nationwide.
Adejobi said that the I-G gave the order on Tuesday, at a meeting of the Force Management Team in Abuja.
He said the order followed a review of the general security in the country, including the security of schools and colleges as a result of some isolated incidences reported in some schools.
Adejobi said the decision was to ensure the protection of schools and colleges, particularly boarding schools, tertiary institutions, and its campuses in areas prone to security breaches around the country.
He said the I-G had called on CPs, Tactical Commanders and their supervising AIGs to explore all available options and think outside the box to boost security in and around schools, colleges, and student based communities.
Adejobi said the I-G had also directed detectives/operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) and the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to ensure sustained surveillance and intelligence gathering activities within various school environments.
According to him, the Police Airwing has also been directed to extend its aerial patrols to the six geo-political zones of the country.
He said the I-G had pledged that all hands would be on deck to ensure a safe environment for all pupils and students in various schools and colleges within the country.
Education
Final year student dies during abortion in Lokoja

Final year student dies during abortion in Lokoja
By: Zagazola Makama
A final year student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has died during an abortion procedure in a private clinic.
Zagazola learnt incident occurred on Aug. 26 at Al-Hassan Clinic and Maternity, Sarkin Noma, Lokoja.
The deceased, identified as Omotosho Dorcas, 26, was six months pregnant and had gone to the clinic for termination of the pregnancy.
“In the process of the abortion, she bled to death,” said sources.
The sources said police detectives visited the scene, took photographs, and evacuated the corpse to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, for preservation.
The sources added that the suspect behind the procedure has been arrested, while the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
Final year student dies during abortion in Lokoja
Education
Automatic Tuition Aid: Al-Ansar University Offers Scholarships to New Intakes

Automatic Tuition Aid: Al-Ansar University Offers Scholarships to New Intakes
By Auwal Umar, Gombe
In a remarkable move to reduce the financial burden of higher education, Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, has announced an Automatic Scholarship Scheme for self-sponsored candidates seeking admission into the university for the 2025/2026 academic session.
The initiative, approved by the Founder and President of the Al-Ansar Foundation, Dr. Mohammed Kyari Dikwa, offers partial tuition fee scholarships to all qualified new students.
According to the university management, this initiative underscores the foundation’s long-standing commitment to educational access and youth empowerment.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Abubakar Musa made available to Newsmen on Wednesday.
He said that the scholarship is open to candidates applying through UTME, Direct Entry, or those transferring from recognized universities.
The university emphasized that this offer is specifically for fresh applicants, and excludes students applying for the MBBS programme.
To qualify, UTME applicants must have scored at least 150 in the 2025 examination, possess the correct subject combination for their chosen course, and have at least five credit passes at O’ Level, including English Language and Mathematics.
The Direct Entry candidates are expected to hold recognized qualifications such as NCE, ND, or IJMB, along with five O’ Level credits including English and Mathematics.
Transfer candidates must have secured original admission through JAMB from 2022 or later, and are required to confidentially submit their official academic transcript to Al-Ansar University. They must also meet the academic and departmental requirements of their chosen programme.
The scholarship applies to degree programmes in the College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, the College of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, except for the MBBS programme which is not covered under this scheme.
Interested candidates are encouraged to visit the university’s official website at www.aum.edu.ng, where they can complete the online admission application form and upload all relevant documents.
The university also issued an important reminder about the admission process. All result uploads must be done through JAMB-approved CBT Centres, otherwise, the candidate may not appear on the JAMB CAPS portal for admission recommendation.
The Candidates are urged to check their JAMB CAPS profiles and respond to any offer of admission within four weeks, or risk automatic withdrawal of the offer. Furthermore, JAMB has set a final deadline for admission into private universities, which is the end of November 2025. Any delay beyond this will make it impossible for JAMB to approve such admissions.
Al-Ansar University is calling on all eligible candidates to take advantage of this unique opportunity to pursue their dreams without the full weight of tuition costs. The Automatic Scholarship Scheme is a bold step toward transforming lives through inclusive and quality education.
Automatic Tuition Aid: Al-Ansar University Offers Scholarships to New Intakes
Education
DIGITAL RIGHTS: EU, ASF FRANCE SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST CYBERBULLING IN NIGERIA

DIGITAL RIGHTS: EU, ASF FRANCE SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST CYBERBULLING IN NIGERIA
By: Michael Mike
Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France with the support from the European Union (EU) in conjunction with the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), through it e- RIGHTS Protect has called for more strength to fight against cyberbulling and digital rights violation in Nigeria.
This was made known at the grand finale of the national inter-school digital rights competition organized by ASF under it E-RIGHTS platform last Tuesday in Abuja.
After a thorough engagement by various schools across the country, four schools from different States and zone were qualified to the final, namely Kano State, Lagos, Imo and FCT.

In the keenly contested competition, the Sonmori Senior Comprehensive High School, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos State emerged as the winner, followed by FCT, Imo and Kano respectfully. The winner takes home the sum of one million Naira with support also from the eRights project to empower what they are doing in terms of digital literacy.
ASF France, Nigeria County Director, Angela Uwandu Uzoma, explained that, the competitions is more than celebration of talents, but celebration of courage, consciousness and commitment. She said, the occasion is not just to shaping conversation of the students, but to shaping their future.
She further said “The eRights project aims at promoting digital rights, not just for the adults, but also for the children, ensuring that the children are not left behind in this conversation. So children are themselves today participating in putting out empowering videos, messaging to discourage cyberbullying, to say no to cyberbullying because of the attendant effects and the harms that it can cause”

“The Cybercrimes Act, which was recently revised, amended particularly with Section 24, which was amended in 2024, to ensure that the government addresses some of these issues
“The government needs to do more. And we’re seeing that this Act, which ordinarily should protect citizens, to empower them to create a safe space for engagement, ensure that people are able to express themselves freely as guaranteed by the Constitution, including children” she added.
Also, the EU representative at the event, Program Manager, CSO, Human Rights and Youth, Mrs. Wynyfred Achu-Egbuson, believed that, the competition will bring to the understanding of Yong people that they have a responsibility towards not only protecting their rights but also protect the rights of other people who use the digital space.
She further said, the issues surrounding digital rights in Nigeria and other developed countries of the West is dynamic. Therefore, the issues of legislations and regulation towards digital rights is developing, the situation is dynamic and ever changing
DIGITAL RIGHTS: EU, ASF FRANCE SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST CYBERBULLING IN NIGERIA
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