Alvan Ikoku FCE shut down over students’ protest

The management of Alvan Ikoku Federal Collage of Education, Owerri, has announced the indefinite closure of the institution following a protest by the students on Monday.

The provost of the institution, Dr Blessing Ijeoma, confirmed the closure.

She said that the management issued the directive after the students destroyed the institution’s administrative block and about nine government vehicles.

“We have approved an indefinite closure of AICE following today’s students’ protest and we have directed that every student should vacate the school premises,” she said.

Students of AIFCE staged a violent protest against the management of the institution over the hike in both tuition and acceptance fees.

The students said that management decided to increase the acceptance fee from N10,000 to N30,000 without consultation.

They also alleged that the management raised the school fees from N30,000 to N70,000.

The students said the essence of the protest was to draw the attention of management to their plight.

However, the provost said the students’ claims were baseless and added that hoodlums seized the opportunity to cart away valuables, such as computers, from the ICT centre.

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Ondo Police Arrest Students Of Owo poly And A Mechanic Over Violent Protest

Officers of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have confirmed the arrest of two students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO) in connection with a violent protest that disrupted the peace of the town last week Sunday.

The officers from the ‘B’ Divisional Police Station, Otapete in Owo town of Ondo state, disclosed this latest information to SaharaReporters correspondent on Sunday during a phone chat.

One of the officers who pleaded anonymity identified the arrested students as Dimeji Olasunkanmi and Ojo Ogungbe.

“Both suspects are evening [part-time] students from the Department of Accountancy and Mass Communication of the state-owned institution”, he told reporters.

He further disclosed that an apprentice in an automobile mechanic workshop in the town was also nabbed in connection with the protest, the student protest led to a clash between the students and police that left many injured and lots of properties destroyed.

Another officer from the station told our correspondent that the suspected students were caught with a locally made gun and charms during a raid at a private hostel opposite the campus gate.

Update: Protest in OAU continues

Workers of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, under the aegis of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, on Thursday continued their protest.

They organised a protest on Thursday to mark the exit of the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bamitale Omole, who will complete his tenure today.

On Wednesday, they protested non-payment of their allowances and alleged imposition of a  newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the univesrity, Prof. Ayobami Salami, which they claimed was illegal because of alleged manipulation of the process that produced him.

The members of the university staff unions had embarked on continuous protest and strike action since June 6.

They noted that the protest and strike action were to enable the university authorities accede to their demands.

The protesters, who carried a mock coffin of Omole round the university campus, were singing unprintable songs against the outgoing the former vice chancellor, describing his tenure as “oppressive and corrupt.”

Putting on white dresses, the protesters said their choice of white attire was to show that they were not mourning but rejoicing the exit of Omole.

Update: Protest in OAU continues

Workers of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, under the aegis of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, on Thursday continued their protest.

They organised a protest on Thursday to mark the exit of the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bamitale Omole, who will complete his tenure today.

On Wednesday, they protested non-payment of their allowances and alleged imposition of a  newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the univesrity, Prof. Ayobami Salami, which they claimed was illegal because of alleged manipulation of the process that produced him.

The members of the university staff unions had embarked on continuous protest and strike action since June 6.

They noted that the protest and strike action were to enable the university authorities accede to their demands.

The protesters, who carried a mock coffin of Omole round the university campus, were singing unprintable songs against the outgoing the former vice chancellor, describing his tenure as “oppressive and corrupt.”

Putting on white dresses, the protesters said their choice of white attire was to show that they were not mourning but rejoicing the exit of Omole.

3 Shot As Police And Students Of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Clash

Three students of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic » Owo (RUGIPO), were reportedly shot during a clash between students of the school and the police command at the Owo local government area of Ondo State.

DailyPost reports that the victims were accidentally shot during the clash which began when a private car of a police officer allegedly hit two students in the town.

The police were accused of abandoning the victims after the car crash. The students then embarked on a protest to the Police Station, B Division at Otapete.

During the protest, the police, with the use of tear gas and sporadic shooting, attempted to disperse the students. The victims were reportedly hit by the bullets.

This intensified the protest as students reacted by destroying residents and vandalizing cars parked in the station.

According to eyewitness reports, the students were seen burning tyres at the main gate of the school, Fasawe and white House areas, which are mainly occupied by the students.

The police were eventually able get a hold of the situation after an armored tank was brought in to clear the blocked road.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Femi Joseph confirmed the story while alleging that the students attacked the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr. Akande and that he was presently on a critical condition.

Joseph added that the students were not truthful when they blamed the police for hitting and abandoning their colleagues.

“ The police vehicle that hit the students was not deliberately done; it was a total lie that the driver abandoned the students, because he immediately took the victims to a hospital and they are currently receiving treatment," he said.

The Polytechnic director of Information Protocol and Public Relations Unit (IPPPR) Mr. Olumide Olugosi, however, said no student died during the protest.

University Of Nigerian (UNN) shut down over students protest

The authorities at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus has officially shut down the school indefinitely following a recent student protest which quickly turned violent.

This announcement was made in a statement by Prof. Smart N. Uchegbu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Enugu Campus, on Wednesday, June 15.

According to the statement, the school announced the immediate and indefinite closure of the university following last week' students’ protests over poor academic environment, that halted academic activities.

“This is to bring to the notice of the University Community that in the light of the violent protest and monumental destruction of properties on 13th June, 2016, the Vice Chancellor has approved the implementation of the measures listed below:

“Immediate suspension of the Enugu Campus Student Union Government; and closure of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus indefinitely ,” the statement said.

Last week, the students of the institution halted academic activities in the school went on a rampage to protest the lack of electricity and poor learning environment.

The students were agitated, saying the lack of water, electricity among others have prevented academic and non-academic staff from working to the best of their abilities.

Tai Solarin University of Education Students lead protest over non-payment of lecturers’ salaries

Students of the Tai Solarin University of Education, have resorted to a protest to fight against the non-payment of salaries to the lecturers at their school.

According to Punch, the Ogun State Government are owing the lecturers fourteen months’ salaries.

The students took their cry to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists , located at Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta.

According to reports, the students arrived the venue in groups conveyed in three buses. They held placards stating the reason for their protest.

Notes from the boldly written placards reads, “Amosun save TASCE from extinction, ”Lectures are not going on in TASCE,” “Amosun restore education at TASCE” and “Please we students are suffering in TASCE”, Punch reports.

Dotun Opaleye, the Ogun State Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students, lamented that the delayed payment of their lecturers has negatively affected their studies and the school in general.

Gombe University Shut Down Over Protest

The Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, has reportedly been shut down indefinitely by the management following students' protest » of inadequate water supply on campus.

According to Thenation , the school had be deserted and students sent home pending invitation to continue with their truncated second semester which started in April, 2016.

The college's provost, Dr. Gimba Abbas said the College would remain closed until management does its assessments, meet and decide on way forward which he said would take three weeks.

Abbas confirmed that there were some casualties during the uprising.

He said about six students were affected, five of them being asthmatic were affected by the police teargas while the other got a bullet wound.

TheNation spoke with some students who explained that the campus has been suffering from water scarcity for three days now.

“ We are in a fasting period. In the morning, there will be no water to cook or do ablution for prayers. In the evenings, it is the same thing; we don’t get water to prepare something to break the fast.

“I was in my hostel I heard voices from the other block, ‘we no go gree, we no go gree’. Before you know it, everyone joined. Now we have been told to go home ” they said.

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Gombe Command, Ahmed Usman said there was no casualty but confirmed the injury of a staff of the institution who was pelted by the students.

He said about 100 students were apprehended in connection with the crises and they were immediately released to their Dean of Students Affairs after their statements were taken.

Breaking News: Auchi Polytechnic Resumption Date Announced

The management of Auchi Polytechnic heard a meeting today  and concluded that morning (regular ) students should resume in 2 weeks time dated 26 June.

However, no conclusions was reached concerning SPAT (part time studies) as they wait for the investigative panel to submit their report by next week to determine the extent of the damage cause by the riot on 2nd June 2016 before a date for resumption will be fixed for them.

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Students’ uprising: Gombe College Shut Indefinitely

The Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, has been closed down indefinitely by the management of the school following students’ uprising over inadequacy of water supply in the campus.

As at the time of visit, the school had been deserted and students sent home pending invitation to continue with their truncated second semester which started in April, 2016.

Provost of the College, Dr. Gimba Abbas who was in Abuja for an official assignment the Acting Provost on Wednesday called to inform him that the Shi’ite Muslims had sought permission to conduct a rally in the school, which he directed should not be granted them.

He nevertheless traced the origin of the crises to water considering the information he received about the situation, only to arrive Gombe on Thursday night with the intention to address the situation and met that his private residence and that of the school’s Registrar had been attacked by students.

Dr. Abbas said the Dean, Students Affairs at about 5:30am yesterday called to inform him that the students were on rampage and had become destructive.

Although he would not say the school is closed indefinitely, the provost said the College would remain closed until management does its assessments, meet and decide on way forward which he said would take three weeks.

He said about six students were affected, five of them being asthmatic were affected by the police teargas while the other got a bullet wound.

Some of the students told our reporter that there had been acute water shortage on the campus for three days now.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Gombe Command, Ahmed Usman said there was no casualty but confirmed the injury of a staff of the institution who was pelted by the students.

He said about 100 students were apprehended in connection with the crises and they were immediately released to their Dean of Students Affairs after their statements were taken.

Students uprising: FCE(T), Gombe closed indefinitely.

AUCHI POLYTECHNIC REMAIN CLOSED AS PANEL GETS 14 DAYS TO SUBMIT REPORT

Few days after the protest in Auchi Polytechnic that led to the destruction of properties running into millions of naira, the school has set up an eight man panel to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the fracas that engulfed the school.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the school, Mustapha Oshiobugie said the panel has two weeks to submit its report adding that the school remained closed for both part time and full time students of the school.

The rector however said that the polytechnic remained closed indefinately as investigation is still ongoing to unravel the circumstances that led to the destruction of the institutions properties.

Auchi Polytechnic Management Release Press Statement: School Remain Closed

Auchi polytechnic Release Press Statement:

The school management have today cleared the air over the rumor of resumption on 12th of this month.

In the press statement released today the management reinstate the shut down the polytechnic.

Thepolytescrib News can authoritatively state that Auchi Polytechnic Remain Shut!!!

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PHOTO: Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology students Staged Protest

Protesting students today, closed the entrance gate of Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology, the single point of entry and exit into the school premises.

Their complaint was that the Provost, Mr. Nnamdi Amadi  increased their hostel fee from 5,000 to 20,000.

This hostel, according to reports from the students is dilapidated. According to the students, the hostels are in bad shape and the toilets and bathrooms are leaking.

However, they do not have enough hostels to accommodate the population of the students. Most of the students sleep in empty classrooms and open places.

Last Sunday, June 5, 2016, a student who is a victim of no hostel space was rushed to the hospital with illness suspected to be acute cold because she slept in the classroom.

To add to their woes, they have not been provided electricity in the past six months, the students said that the last time they saw light was when the Commissioner of Health visited their school.

You may think that they don't have enough reasons to protest but then, the unavailability of water is another reason the students think they have had enough of the penury. They don't have water supplied to their hostels.

Students cross to the neighboring compounds and boreholes to fetch water, imagine the pains they would feel when they carry such heavy gallons and buckets, cross over to the other side of the community to get water.

They are pleading and calling on those in charge and the government to see to their welfare.

Police men from the nearby stations are on standby to keep watch of the protest and make sure it doesn’t go out of hand.

OAU SSANU, NASU protest appointment of new VC

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union, at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, are now protesting the appointment of Prof. Ayobami Salami as the new vice chancellor of the university.

Salami is the deputy vice chancellor (academics) and his name was announced as successor of the outgoing VC, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on Monday evening.

Omole is vacating the seat of vice chancellor before the of end of June.

The chairmen of SSANU and NASU, Mr. Ademola Oketunde and Wole Odewumi, respectively led hundreds of their members to stage a protest against Salami’s appointment in front of the Senate Building of the university as early as 8am.

Oketunde said despite the court order stopping the process of appointing a new VC, the governing council went ahead and announced Salami as Omole’s successor.

The protesters accused Omole of financial recklessness, saying the outgoing VC insisted on installing his DVC to cover his alleged illegal acts.

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