The Commissioner for Higher Education, Delta State, Dr Hope Eghagha has maintained that university education is a very important public service deserving the attention of all, from governments to corporate organizations and public spirited individuals since government alone cannot fund education.

As standard of education keeps deteriorating with widespread examination malpractice linked to the rot, the police cannot be blamed for this sordid situation.

Femi Feyishayo, a 27-year-old-son of a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who is currently cooling off at the dreaded cell of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island, following his alleged involvement in various armed robbery activities, within Ilorin, the Kwara State capital and it environs, has described the fate that befell him as ‘unfortunate’. The young man who was wearing a remorseful look confessed that he took to robbery due to his inability to afford registrations fees for his admission into the Kwara state Polytechnic.

The service of songs was part of an elaborate funeral programme organised for the late media guru, Dr. Stanley Macebuh who passed on last March at the age of 67 and was buried at the weekend.

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Security operatives and authorities of the Federal University of Technology Yola in Adamawa State have swung into action to unravel the circumstances behind an acid attack on a female undergraduate of the university. The lady, a 25-year- old 100 level student of Economics, Miss Franca Ogbu, is presently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Center, Yola.