NEC denies role in varsity students’ voting saga

>Former Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) executive director Emmanuel Ole Naiko, who was on the list of beneficiaries of the Tegeta escrow account billions, said the scandal has not tarnished his image as Honorary Consul for Botswana in Tanzania.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan denies he was consulted over the controversial postponement of Saturday's hard-fought presidential and parliamentary elections.

Some higher learning institutions’ students in Dar es Salaam will be locked out of October General Election after they failed to register because the exercise started in Dar es Salaam when they were already on holidays. Speaking in Dar es Salaam during a symposium, which brought together higher learning students to discuss the role of young people in election, they expressed their anger towards the National Electoral Commission (NEC) for not considering students when preparing the...

Nominated MP and NCCR-Mageuzi chairman James Mbatia has criticised parliamentarians from the ruling CCM who have been opposing his fight against people involved in the escrow account scandal.

Three of South Africa’s biggest universities have been shut down due to student protests over increased tuition fees.

The government has announced that it will not allow graduates it sponsors to go abroad for work or prolonged studies unless they clear their student loans.

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Isles varsity students default on loan repayment to board
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MANY students who received loans for higher learning have not settled their debts, the Zanzibar Higher Education Loans Board (ZHELB) Director, Mr Iddi Khamis Haji, has said. He said that only 1bn/- out of 29bn/- loaned to the students in the past ten ...

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) yesterday announced the postponement of elections in Sumbawanga District, Rukwa Region, after armed people burnt voting kits.