The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Prof Joseph Ikechebelu, has been announced to oversee the office of the Vice-Chancellor as Prof Charles Esimone’s tenure ends today. Esimone became the University’s Vice Chancellor about this time five years ago. Having served out his five-year tenure, it only became natural that his deputy should take over pending the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor in due course. The announcement for Ikechebelu to take over was...

The Kogi State government has promised that it will ensure the safe return of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH). This was contained in a press statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo on Youth and Student Matters, Oladele John Nihi. The statement read, “I understand the concern and anxiety of the students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) regarding the abduction...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has awarded a full scholarship to Master Israel Echezona and promised to offset the N23.2m initial fee for his training as a pilot at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. Echezona, a 17-year-old aspiring pilot who hails from Mgbagbu-Owa, Ezeagu Local Government Area in Enugu State emerged as the overall best candidate in the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria entrance examination. Congratulating the brilliant young...

Nigerian-born Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi has etched her name in history, becoming the first Black woman to receive a PhD in Robotics from the prestigious University of Michigan in the United States. Dosunmu-Ogunbi’s accomplishment was celebrated during the university’s College of Engineering convocation. The ceremony provided a platform for Dosunmu-Ogunbi to acknowledge the importance of the support system that propelled her to this achievement. She emphasised, “I do not stand here on my own two feet alone....