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Last update: 6 hours agoUNIBEN Fund Push: The University of Benin has unveiled a proposed N100bn Trust Development Fund to rebuild infrastructure and become financially self-sustaining, with projects like hostels, a hotel, sports facilities and an agriculture-focused abattoir with labs—while alumni and stakeholders are urged to back it ahead of a July 4 launch. Campus Security Shock: The same university remains in the spotlight after gunmen reportedly killed a part-time student near the main gate in broad daylight, prompting Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo to condemn the attack and promise arrests. Admission Pressure in Nigeria: JAMB has set the 2026 minimum UTME cut-off—Pan-Atlantic at 220, top public/private universities at 200, and LASU/LASUST at 195—as LASU also tops first-choice applications with 84,426. Africa’s Wider Fight: ECOWAS moves to set up a regional counterterror force, with financing flagged as the make-or-break issue. Geopolitics Watch: A new report highlights Russia’s shadow fleet using African flags to keep sanctioned oil moving.
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