UNESCO CELEBRATES GOV MBAH'S SMART SCHOOL INITIATIVE

* Set To Partner On Strategic Training

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, for what it described as a transformative and forward-looking Smart Schools initiative, pledging strategic partnership with the state in teacher training, digital education development and cultural renaissance of the Igbo heritage.

UNICEF'S AI-Driven Education Initiative: A GAME-CHANGER FOR BAUCHI SCHOOLS

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

In its continued efforts to leave no one behind and provide equal opportunities for quality education, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided 1,210 tablets to facilitate the learning process among primary school pupils in Bauchi State.

UNIJOS DON GETS BANGOR UNIVERSITY AWARD

• * She's First Black To Be Elected As Bangor City Council Councillor

A senior lecturer and Deputy Director, Centre for Climate change at the University of Jos, Dr. Salamatu Jidda-Fada, has been confered with an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the prestigious University of Bangor, Wales in the United Kingdom.

UNIMAD, BAUCHI FEDPOLY PERFECT AFFILIATION PROCESS ON FIVE DEGREEE COURSES

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Liman Tukur, said that the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has all the necessary structures, facilities and manpower to run degree programmes in management and social sciences.

UNIVERSITIES SHOWCASE NASENI-FUNDED R&D PRODUCTS

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Researchers from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Oyo State and Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State have showcased their research and development (R&D) products funded by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).

UNIVERSITIES WILL BE CLOSED FROM FEBRUARY 22 TO MARCH 14 DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD

Universities across the country will be closed for three weeks during the upcoming elections, according to the federal government.

University Admission: STILL ON THE AFE CONTROVERSY

By Bola Bolawole

Those who insist that 16-year-olds are old enough to qualify for admission into our institutions of higher learning - if they satisfy other criteria - may have won the battle for now, but the controversy over this very sensitive issue is far from being over yet! Not only are the arguments against 16 years unassailable, the law, as it is, is on the side of those rooting for 18 years as the minimum required age for admission into our institutions of higher learning - making exceptions, though, for specially-gifted candidates who are usually far in-between.

UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN NIGERIA ON SAME SALARY REGIME SINCE 2009.....Prof. Sabo

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The Zonal Coordinator, Sokoto Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (USUU), Professor Abubakar Sabo has lamented that lecturers in Nigeria have been on same salary regime since 2009.

University Strike: LIKE ASUU, SSANU, NASU EXTENDS INDUSTRIAL ACTION

• * Says FG Not Ready To Talk With Unions
• Orders Congresses For Monday April 11 To Deliberate On Next Line Of Action

With the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Education and Associated Institutions have extended their warning strike by two weeks.

UNN Degree Certificate Forgery: FG PANEL FINALLY INDICTS EX-MINISTER, UCHE NNAJI

By Our Reporter

An investigative panel constituted by the Federal Government has confirmed that the immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, forged a degree certificate purportedly issued by University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

UNN HOLDS 183RD INAUGURAL LECTURE IN ENUGU

By Chinua Albert Okafor (In Enugu)

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) is set to hold its 183rd Inaugural Lecture on Thursday, July 13, 2023 with a theme that focuses on how to improve the living standard of man.

UNN SPOKESMAN EXPLAINS VARSITY'S ADMISSION PROCESSES

* Says Genuine Cut-Off Marks Are Displayed Only On The Institution's Website

By JVINN Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN

The Public Relations Officer of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Chief Okwu Omeaku, has debunked an online trending cut-off marks for the 2020/2021 admission for the institution, describing it as fake.

UNN, NOUN, UNIABUJA, OTHER VARSITIES INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ADMISSIONS.....JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused some universities of engaging in illegal admissions.

The JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, levelled the allegation against the institutions on Thursday during an admission policy meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

VCDP, IFAD TRAINS WOMEN ON GARRI PROCESSING IN TARABA STATE

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Value Chain Development VCDP/FG IFAD, assisted in Taraba state, through FOJIBAJEN WOMEN CASSAVA PROCESSOR, on Wednesday, assisted in training Cassava women farmers on Garri processing in Taraba State.

VICE CHANCELLOR ARRAIGNED BY EFCC FOR N260M FRAUD

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC today, Tuesday, October 12, 2021, arraigned a former Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Professor Magaji Garba before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja on a five-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and forgery,

WAEC RELEASES 2024 WASSCE RESULTS, GIVES NO HINT ABOUT PERFORMANCE LEVEL

• * How Candidates Can Check Their Exam Scores

By Anabel Ibeabuchi (Education Reporter)

Anxious candidates in the last May/June West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Examination can now heave a sigh of relief as the regional exam body has released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, results.

WAEC, NECO EMULATE JAMB, ABOLISHES PEN- ON-PAPER EXAMS TO CURB MALPRACTICES

• * Says Exams Will Be Computer Based From 2026
• Outline Stringent Measures To Frustrate Corrupt Students, Exam Officers, Parents, School Authorities

By Tayo Oguntade (Education Correspondent)

In a swift move to save the education system in Nigeria and by extension, within the West African region, the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO) have resolved that the Pen-on-paper examination model which has existed since the inception of the two exam bodies will stop in 2025.

Warning! WHY YOU MUST HAVE OPTION B

By Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

1. Building Resilience: The book emphasizes the importance of building resilience in the face of adversity, providing practical strategies for overcoming challenges and finding strength in difficult times.

WE ARE TARGETING MORE INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS, SAYS MARITIME ACADEMY RECTOR

By Akpan Udoh (Akwa Ibom State Correspondent)

Rector, Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Commodore Duja Effedua, has declared that his target is to attract more International affiliation and certifications for the Academy.

WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR...... Army University, Biu

• * Inducts 333 Students At 4th Matriculation

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

Authorities of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, in Bornu State, North East Nigeria, says the institution has continued to maintain zero tolerance on all forms of anti-social behavior, since the inception of academic activities in the school, four years ago.