Enugu Governor Clears N23m Initial Fees For 17 Years Old Training As Pilot

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...

Gunmen Storm Kogi University, Abduct Students 

Unease gripped the campus of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, in Osara, Kogi State, on Thursday night, as gunmen stormed the institution and abducted a yet-to-be-determined number of students. According to an eyewitness account, the assailants believed to be bandits, arrived around 9:00 p.m. while students were engrossed in late-night studies for their upcoming semester examinations. The witness reported, “They came through the bush, entered three lecture halls, and started shooting into...

Insecurity:  Kaduna State Government To Merge 359 Schools

Due to incessant attacks on schools by bandits leading to abduction and kidnapping of pupils, students and their teaching and nonteaching staff, the Kaduna State has announced plans to relocate 359 schools from high-risk areas to safer communities within the state. Governor, Senator Uba Sani represented by his Chief of Staff, Sani Kila, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ forum and training session for the newly established Schools’ Protection Squad. He attributed the decline primarily to...

Prof. Biereenu-Nnabugwu Delivers the 102nd Unizik Inaugural Lecture

Prof. Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu, has delivered the Nnamdi Azikiwe University 102nd inaugural lecture. Nnabugwu, a professor of Political Theory and Methodology of Political Inquiry, is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Political Science, under the Social Science Faculty of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. He is now the very first inaugural lecturer of the university, from the Department of Political Science. The inaugural lecture which was held on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University auditorium, under the chairmanship...

Nigerian Woman is First Black to Earn PhD in Robotics at University of Michigan

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....

ASUU Strike: Academic, Administrative Activities Continues-VC UniAbuja

Despite the reported strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, the management of the University said academic and administrative activities would continue on campus. Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, Vice Chancellor of the university, who described the strike as divisive and unnecessary during a meeting with Provosts, Deans, Directors and Heads of Academic Departments, vowed that the management would never allow the school to be crippled again. According to...

Anambra Schoolgirls Win National ICT Competition

A team of three Anambra schoolgirls has emerged the winner of the National Girls in ICT Competition. Team Vianney of St. John Vianney Science College in Igbariam , Anambra East local government area of Anambra State, emerged winner in the competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, for Schoolgirls in ICT. Team Vianney represented by Immaculate Ebube Ikegwuonu, the team lead, Camila Anyadike, and Nweke-Nonso Oluchi, easily out-performed their competitors...

Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize Journalism Profession – Prof. Umaru Pate

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, Professor Umaru Pate, has said Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come to revolutionize journalism. Delivering a speech as a keynote speaker during the 2024 International Conference organized by the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), described AI as the “intelligence of a machine or computer that enables it to imitate or mimic human capabilities.” The theme of the conference was, “Artificial Intelligence,...

Federal Govt Bans Higher Institutions From Admitting Students Below 18

Tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been directed not to give candidates less than 18 years of admission. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education gave the directive on Monday while monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. Mamman decried the activities of some parents, who were pressuring their underage students to get admissions into tertiary institutions, saying that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4...

JAMB Sanctions Officials For Asking Muslim Candidate To Remove Hijab

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its accredited officials of the board for asking a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to remove her headgear. According to a report, the officials, at one of the examination centres in Lagos, had insisted that removal of the hijab by the candidate was a prerequisite for her to have access into the examination hall. The Board deeply regreted the incident...

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