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March 21, 2024 Australia Tightens Student Visa Rules As Migration Hits Record High

Australia Tightens Student Visa Rules As Migration Hits Record High

Australia has said it will begin enforcing tougher visa rules for foreign students this week amidst a record-high migration rate, which threatens an already tight rental market.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said in a statement on Saturday that the English language requirements for student and graduate visas will be increased.

Oneil also noted that the government will also get the power to suspend education providers from recruiting international students if they repeatedly break the rules.

The moves follow a series of actions last year to end COVID-era concessions introduced by the former government, including unrestricted working hours for international students.

March 6, 2024 Sanwo-Olu Increases Bursary, Scholarship For Lagos Students In Tertiary Institutions

Sanwo-Olu Increases Bursary, Scholarship For Lagos Students In Tertiary Institutions

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has increased scholarships and bursaries for students in tertiary institutions who are of Lagos State origin.

He said his administration would now pay N225,000 and N60,000 as scholarships and bursaries to indigene students, as against the existing N200,000 and N50,000.

Sanwo-Olu spoke during a One-Day Interactive Session with student union leaders and stakeholders organized by the Ministry of Tertiary Education.

The governor also announced scholarships for the less privileged and physically challenged students in public tertiary institutions, noting that the scholarship would not be limited to Lagos indigenes alone.

He also announced the appointment of four former Students Union leaders as his Senior Special Assistants (SSAs). The appointed SSAs were Eniola Opeyemi, Kayode Samuel, Giwa Moore, and Adeola Adewunmi.

January 3, 2024 Nigerian Students, Others No Longer Able To Bring Dependents

Nigerian Students, Others No Longer Able To Bring Dependents

The United Kingdom Home Office has said that overseas students, including those from Nigeria, will no longer be able to bring family members to the country, effective January 1, 2024.

In a New Year post on X, the UK Home Office said they are fully committed to seeing a decisive cut in migration.

The Home Office, however, exempted postgraduate research or government-funded scholarship students from the ban.

The United Kingdom first announced moves to stop overseas students from bringing migrants to the UK in mid-2023.

The UK is one of the top destinations for Nigerian youths relocating to pursue better education, employment and security purposes, among other reasons.

With Nigeria’s unemployment rate at a new record high of over 33.3 per cent, the mass exodus known as the ‘Japa’ phenomenon is in full swing.

December 13, 2023 500-Level Student Dies, Two Injured In OAU Multiple Crashes

500-Level Student Dies, Two Injured In OAU Multiple Crashes

A final-year student in the Department of Agric Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Chisom Nwankwo, has died in an accident that occurred on the campus.

Nwankwo was said to be travelling on a commercial motorcycle along Road 1 on the campus when the accident that claimed her life occurred.

Sources on campus said immediately after the accident occurred, Nwankwo and the motorcyclist who conveyed her were rushed to the health centre, from where they were moved to OAU Teaching Hospital, where the student was confirmed dead.

Before the accident, a motorcyclist and another student of the university, Deborah Okunola, had been injured in another accident.

While they were being attended to, a motorcyclist conveying Nwankwo, upon arriving at the scene, got carried away and lost control after a bus coming behind hit it.

The spokesperson of the school, Abiodun Olanrewaju, confirmed the accidents.

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