Nigeria: Closure of Unity Colleges - Thousands of Students Face Uncertainty

10 March 2014

Damaturu, Yola, Abuja — Thousands of Federal colleges' students who have been asked to move from their locations in the North-East to other states have been left in the lurch because their parents have opposed the transfer, Daily Trust learnt at the weekend.

Five Unity Colleges have been shut, following the killing of at least 29 students at the Federal Government College Buni Yadi, Yobe State two weeks ago.

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