The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has adopted Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, as the venue for its 2018 national convention scheduled for May 17 to May 20, a communique has said.

The communiqué, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, was issued at the end of NANS 74th National Senate Meeting/pre-convention held at Niger State College of Education, Minna.

The communiqué, signed by NANS Senate President, Mr Taiwo Bamigbade, said that the tenure of incumbent NANS’s leadership had long elapsed constitutionally; hence the need for a convention and election.

As part of efforts toward immortalizing late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, the Federal Government on Friday renamed the Federal University, Ndufu-Ikwo Ebonyi to Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State. The change was announced by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo during the burial service of the late patriarch at the St John, The Divine Church, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The Senate of Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola has ordered an indefinite closure of the school following students’ unrest on Sunday. Students of the federal university of technology have two hours to vacate the campus.

The decision was the outcome of an emergency meeting of the Senate which took place Monday.

The school confirmed one student had been killed.

Earlier reports said the crisis was caused by a student union government leadership tussle.

About 10, 000 children in two local government areas of Benue state have been forced out of school following incessant violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The Chairman of Benue State Universal Education Board (SUBEB), Rev. Philip Tachin who stated this on Sunday during an interview with journalists in Makurdi lamented that after the New Year's attack in Guma and Logo LGAs of the state, many families fled their homes alongside their children to take refuge in different camps, forcing the children to abandon their education.