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South African rands A South African student has gotten 1m dollar loan from error loan an equivalent of 14m rand and about #364m Naira. The error was notable when the picture showing the account number of the student went viral. According to   Time Live reports  A spokes person of the university, Walter Sisulu University had reported her living a lavish lifestyle. The student was quoted to have reported the error to the school authority. And also was quoted to have returned the money. But the university through its spokes person had said the student would pay for every cent. South African students receive loans for their education through the National student financial Aid , (NSFAS) and money is made to be paid back after graduation. According to the program a student is given a card and should be able to spend the money in designated shops. NFSAS in a twitter post blamed WSU and said it gives all the money to be paid to the University which in turn disburses it to the...

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Abuja: The Federal Government expressed its regrets over the industrial action by the ASUU as it appointed the vice president Professor Yemi Osibanjo to preside over the matter and carry out negotiations on behalf the Government. Speaking to press men, the minister of labour and productivity Dr Chris Ngige after the Federal executive meeting expressed the Federal Government regrets over the strike action that has stagnated educational activities in the higher institution in the country. ASUU had started the industrial action 2weeks ago in order to get  pressure government to implement the 2009 and 2013 agreement with the Federal Government for upgraded facilities in the nations University. Both parties where to meet on Tuesday in by the Union had boycott the meeting and kept the Minister of Labour and employment Dr Chris Ngige who headed the Negotiations on behalf of the government. Explaining why they had boycotted the meeting the union said in a ...

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Portharcaourt: The University of Portharcourt popularly known as UNIPORT on Wednesday 30th of August identified a suspect who dismembered his 8year old niece as 200level student of the institution. The spokes man for UNIPORT Dr Williams wodi confirmed this by a statement issued in Portharcourt on Wednesday. The suspect was said to have abducted, raped, killed and dismembered his 8 year old niece known as Chikamso Nmuzwumba on the 19th of August for ritual purposes. The suspect was caught by the the vigilante group while going to dispose off the remains of Chikamso's body and was handed over to the police in the state but escaped barely 24hours after he was handed over. According to wodi, "UNIPORT is working tirelessly with security agencies to apprehend and rearrest the dubious student who masqueraded  himself as a student. We will make sure he is brought to book for this grave injustice. " The University can not be blamed because the ac...

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Minna: The management of IBB University Lapai, Niger state on Teusday 29th of August confirmed its post UTME cut off mark to be 160. The Vice Chancellor proffesor Mohammed Nasir Maiture at a press briefing in Minna told news men that the mark represents 40% of students who selected the institution in the 2017 UTME. "Aside from the cut off marks, Candidates are also required to have 5 credit in O level and the the required combination of UTME subjects. "The school portal will soon be opened for candidates to upload their details and credentials for screening" JAMB hardly earlier this month made UTME cut off mark of 120 but has given various schools mandate to choose their post UTME cut off mark. (Click Fm)

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Akure: Everyone was in shock in igbekebo, Ese, Odo council of Ondo state as a higher diploma student (Akin) who accompanied his friend for his father's burial met his untimely death. The young man had accompanied his four friends to bury Chief Antony Eminure. He was said to have jumped into the river after he he saw people swimming in the riverine community His corpse was recovered 3 days by a search team delegated by the community. The divisional police in the area said the matter has been reported to the state police headquarters in Akure. The corpse has been deposited in the mortuary of the General hospital in Okitipupa. (Vanguard)

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Lagos :The University of Lagos on Tuesday 29th of August announced that its aptitude test would for prospective students intending to be admitted for the 2017/2018 session would hold on the 18th to 22nd of September 2017. The deputy registrar of information, Mr Toyin Adebule said that the online registration for post Unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) would commence on August 31 through September 15. According to him, only students who made University of Lagos their first choice and scored 200 in their UTME are eligible to apply, students who are below 16 years by October 2017 should not apply. Additionally all students should who are interested in the school must posses 5 credits in O level at one sitting. "The post UTME fees is 2000, and all students should follow the guidelines strictly. Students who are qualified can   click here   to continue registration process. How to register Log into the website Click on admissio...

By Frank Justice Abuja: There are indications that the Federal government may meet with academic staff union of Universities over the ongoing industrial action by the Union which have stagnated tertiary education in the country. The Union had met over the weekend to decide if the proposal by the federal government merits calling off the action. The federal government had proposed to pay twenty three billion Naira (#23b) to ASUU with a monthly payment of 1.5billion Naira pending on the forensic financial investigation that is presently on going by the ministry of finance. According to our correspondent in University of Abuja, ASUU had met on Saturday to decide weather it will call off the action based on the offers of the federal government. It was decided that they would seek an audience with the federal government this week in order to reach a concession to decide the next step the Union will take. Frank Justice is a prolific writer and content developer with campusGistars. He wr...

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Kwara: The management of University of Illorin located in the Kwara state capital has announced a new Vice Chancellor for the University, on Monday in the person of professor sulyman Age Abdulkareem. His credentials is said to be very impressive and also a renowned academician. According to the prochancellor and head of the governing body Dr Abdullahi Jibrin Oyekan who made the announcement in a press conference in the university, He said, the appointment takes effect from October 16th 2017. This is because the five year tenure of the out going vice chancellor professor Abdulganyi Ambali would be due by 15th of October. Campusgistars also found that the newly a appointed Vice Chancellor was appointed over other highly performing credential holders. His wealth of experience as a vice chancellor in a private faith based university Ali-Hikmah located in kwara state also which gave him an edge over others.

The Female hostel of plateau state Polytechnic Jos campus was completely burnt by fire on Monday. The fire which began by about 8:30am burnt burnt until at about 11:50am. All efforts to stop the fire by students was fruitless especially throwing the students and lecturers into serious confusion as everyone fled from the inferno. According to NAN report, No life was lost as almost all the students had left for lectures. Yusuf Ade a security man in the school told NAN "No one was around to bring out anything" NAN also reports that the fire service operatives came by 11:20pm when the fire had already burnt down everything. The rector of the school Dauda Geymeng said that the incident was very surprising and the fire had resulted from a gas explosion at about 8:30am. "We shall move the students to another place. I wonder why students will keep gas cookers in the hostel which is against the regulations of the school" he said. The hostel representative miss Christia...

By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson Abuja :The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has explained that the decision by stakeholders to reduce the the cut of points for the 2017 calendar year was geared towards reducing the search for Education abroad by Nigerians. JAMB in a statement by its Head of Media Dr Fabian Benjamin said that education in the country in seriously retrogressive and fear of the public has led some to keep quiet in the matter. It also said that the bench mark strictly condemned by the public is never strictly followed by tertiary institutions in the country and some have gone below the cut off mark, while many has offered admissions without candidates even sitting for jamb. The Board which argued that the decision and controversies arising from the stakeholders action can be blamed on the rising trend for foreign education. "Such and so many poorly thought out policies have pushed our frustrated candidates to developed and neighbouring African countri...

Matriculation By I.C Nelson The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Nigeria has announced deadline of direct entry admissions. The dead line for direct entry for 2017/2018 admission year is on Friday 15th of September 2017. Direct entry students in Nigeria are to skip the first year in tertiary education because of reasons ranging students who have gone through advanced courses or has gone through a year one equivalent either in the said institution or from another institution. Hence, we advice all direct entry applicants to hasten their effort so as not to be left out in this year's admission process.

Smiling Jessica Thank You! By I.C Nelson With gladness in our hearts, dancing in our feet and jubilation in our camp, we announce that Jessica Kalu Ndukwe a first year student with the University of Abuja in the department of Biology has been found! Confirming this report, the Mother Barr Elizabeth called to thank our team for assistance with the media and social network publicity which was critical in finding her. We are yet to get the detail in of what happened to her in full, However we are glad with the family of the Ndukwe's for assisting them find their beloved daughter. Campusgistars team would love to say a big thank you to all who retweeted, reposted and shared this link especially on Facebook; which was key to finding the young lady.

Jessica Kalu Ndukwe A student of University of Abuja (UniAbuja) known as miss Jessica Kalu Ndukwe has  has been feared missing by her parents. Confirming the report, with one of our correspondant in UniAbuja, The mother who identified herself as Barrister Elizabeth said she to her daughter on the 19th Saturday August 2017, before the ASUU industrial action took a serious turn.   "I called her on Monday her phone rang but she did not pick, then on Tuesday I tried to reach her but her phone was switched and I felt it was her battery was low, but the same thing happened on Wednesday and I got worried" According to her, when ever she could not reach her she called her friends and they took the phone to her, but on the this occasion her friends said she couldn't be reached. "All her friends that was Said to be with her had confirmed that they had not seen her, and till this moment she is no where to be found" she said. Barrister Elizabeth was confirmed to be in...

CampusGistars official logo CampusGistars official logo CampusGistars a brand and product of Iconnelly Concepts(Inc) has opened multiple WhatsApp s groups for institutions and for students to connect with each other with their various universities in Nigeria and students from other countries. The group is like a test for connectivity within students before the chat apps are ready. Campusgistars is a platform created to center on students and their activities while on campuses. It is also to promote educational services, activities and persons that are within this sector. Here are the various groups and their group links available. CampusGistars worldwide This group is for students all over the world no limits to country,   click here to join   UniAbuja Group University of Abuja group is fun, and get to know about happenings within the school, our campus reporters and friends make it fun, don't miss thus if you are a student of Abuja, get to sell and buy goods within yo...

Uniben Gate   By I.C Nelson The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Peter Shaibu has warned all the bus Drivers attached to the University of Benin(Uniben) that he will lead a protest against them if they increase the fares of their services to the student. The warning came as a result of the reaction that followed the joint payment of the State and Local Government levies by the drivers who are threatening to increase the fares of their buses. The deputy Governor issued the warning during the meeting with the Student Union Government (SUG) of the school. He said that since January they have not been paying any levies and did not reduce the fares for the students, he also noted that other drivers has responded positively to the fair and theirs would not be different.

Students books The Joint Admissions and matriculation board of Nigeria with Vice chancellors, and Rectors of Universities and Polytechnics in the country, unanimously agreed in a meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja for a general cut off mark of 120 for Universities and 100 for Polytechnics in the country for the 2017/2018 admissions. The Registrar of JAMB professor Isaq Oloyede cautioned that Universities should not go below the cut off mark of 120. "All we have done is to determine the lowest cut off for admissions into higher institutions, what ever score you adopt is not below the score adopted in this meeting for admission into your various institutions is the decision of the school" He said. He also called for schools to be flexible in their adoption of cut off marks for admissions. He stated that the senate and school board should be given opportunity to choose their cut off mark. He said "30 percent of those in higher institution do not write jamb or falls below...

Guess who we caught up today in our campus live stories? Its the famous Keffi Campus Model, Aisha! She has been an inspiration to so many young girls of her age, her story is one to reckon with. Campusgistars team caught her up in Abuja and had to spend some time with her. You must have graced her gorgeous pictures above but below is all you need to know about her and how heart break made her famous. May I Know you? Hi ,am Aisha Ahmed Ibrahim ? Am 26 yrs old,from Nasarawa state. Information we got is that you are a model, what kind of model are you. I am a fashion model, and I also signup for commercial modelling. Are you presently signed into  a modelling outfit or you work as a freelancer? I am currently signed into one of the fast raising modelling outfit GnG modelling Agency with branches in Abuja, Lagos and Minna. Wow that's Wonderful, talking about fashion and commercial modelling have you worked with commercial brands? Yes, I have worked with a lot of brands, ...

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Awonchills the mic lord Lapai: Call him #Awonchils call him JesseChills all we know is he is chilling. Over the u years this guy has grown to be the biggest thing in the IBB campus music industry. He has just finished his final exams and entered kitchen of beats with one of the finest producers in on campus in Nigeria #Joenice. He is set to drop it today, alongside David swiss. He has other tracks to his name like #saturday which made the campus go wild. Chills is a powerful god on the mic and  he is good at what he does. He is set to drop this song tonight. Keep your ears down it will not be along.

Young people getting pregnant are alarming I got serious grievances about the part one of this article, but mostly from guys, got me wondering what they were looking for. Our Nigerian audience complaining about using only USA statistical data. We will use Nigerian and Africa's data subsequently, but for now let's talk of the reasons why girls prefer the main thing than condoms, despite the risk of  pregnancy as we highlighted previously : http://campusgistars.blogspot.com.ng/2017/08/why-teenagers-and-unmarried-girls.html?m=1   As we spoke to few girls from various universities, they gave us various points of view, some funny though. In this article we will enlist four reasons from our findings while we continue with our research and find out more reasons with some statistical data for Nigeria and Africa. So let's get started. 1. Its Enjoyable : One of the girls however told us its enjoyable, I tried getting more information but she chickened out. I really tried to imag...

Justice Frank Justice Frank is a reporter in CampusGistars and also handles content management. Please  subscribe to get news to your mail, like us on Facebook, follow on twitter google+ and Instagram. We look forward to you! ASUU strike          By Justice Frank Abuja: The Academic staff Union of universities of Nigeria met yesterday in University of Abuja  to delibrate on the offer made by the Federal government of Nigeria on Thursday. CampusGistars correspondent in university of Abuja gathered that at the time of this report, the meeting was held on zonal levels with all Union members available to ascertain if they will yield to the offer. According to the chairman of Abuja chapter of ASUU, He confirmed the meeting, as he tried to conceal the conclusion from his zone. "All zone is to communicate their decisions to the National body which will in turn reach a final conclusion on the matter based on their results. We in CampusGistars...

Abuja: The leadership of National Association of Nigerian student has expressed joy on the return of president Buhari to the country after his vacation that lasted over 100 days in London. The president of the Association Chinonso Obasi said that the students stood with the president through the difficult times and would continue to stand with him in prayers . He prayed God to provide Buhari more wisdom to move the country forward. "As Mr president settles down, I will in the spirit of comradeship and solidarity, mobilize the leadership of Nigerian students to pay a special welcome back solidarity visit to him. He continued, " we will intimate him of certain development in nations educational sector and other issues of critical national importance" He urged the president to use the opportunity of his return to quickly introduce  a new sense of vigor into his administration by repositioning his cabinet for effectiveness. "There is need to bring on board    cere...

JA Nigeria essay competition ABUJA: The JA Nigeria invite all youths within the country to an essay competition to commemorate youth day. Confirming this report in Abuja, A representative of JA Nigeria in Abuja confirmed the event which is scheduled to begin from 12th of August and entries only lasting for Two weeks is held in conjunction with Access Bank of Nigeria. The competition is for youths and they are expected to write not more than 500 words of how entrepreneurship can solve the problem of unemployment. Saratu confirmed that the cash prices involved #100,000 for the winner and #75,000 and #50,000 for 2nd and third runner ups respectively. To view eligibility we urge you to visits   http:// ja- nigeria.org   CampusGistars is proud to of one of our team member who has participated fully in the JA Company program of Nigeria some years back and was also awarded a certification from Cambridge. We hope Nigerian youths will take a full advantage of this offer

Students writing Exams ABUJA: The Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted the ban off the post unified tertiary examination known as post UTME formerly known as JAMB. Speaking  on behalf of the Federal government of Nigeria,  the Education minister Adamu Adamu in Abuja reinstated that; Universities polytechnics and other institutions are free to organise post-UTME screening as a pre-condition to gaining admission into public institutions. He claimed that the process was halted because the federal government needed to understand the process involved and what the universities were doing. Which led to a complete investigation of the exams, there it is only wise that the government let it continue. He also pleaded with the universities to make the the fees affordable for students in order for them to enrol and desist from complaints. Recall that the Federal government had faulted the process with a lot of complaints coming from students and parents about the excesses involved...

Pregnant teens photo Credits: Sheela A. Moni, M. K. C. Nair, and Rema S. Devi Statistics of people who get pregnant Girls are getting pregnant, yet  many  are less concerned, Find out how.. I was in a restaurant yesterday to have a simple meal when  a  friend called to join me, as we ate; we talked about a lot of issues bordering from one topic to the other including state of the nation.  While we where yet talking two young people walked in, a male and a female in  coddle mood, they never caught our attention totally but the young lady did, she was very pretty. Ignoring them we continued our  gist  amidst our meal. Few minutes later  there  was a mild outburst between them and the lady was almost screaming on the top of her voice "I don't take shit" looking at my partner he shook his head in dismay  "This was the same girl who nearly died in this restaurant few weeks back as a result of abortion, and now she is not the shit sh...