A final-year student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, identified as Blessing, has been found dead five days after she was announced missing. The late student was said to be in the Department of Microbiology. Sources said she was seen last Sunday but missed an examination scheduled for Monday. The sources said messages sent from
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has announced Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya as its new Vice Chancellor, following a rigorous selection process involving 28 candidates. Professor Ortuanya, who previously served as Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), was appointed after the university’s Governing Council ratified the recommendation of the selection committee. The process, chaired
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziak Adekunle Salako, has called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to ensure equitable access to healthcare and reduce the country’s disease burden. Speaking at a public health conference at Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State, Salako said service disruptions in healthcare were not abstract statistics but
Students and residents around Bayero University Kano (New Site) were thrown into panic on Saturday evening after a violent confrontation erupted between horse riders and officers of the Nigerian Police. The clash occurred at about 4:50 p.m. in the Rimin Gata area opposite the university, when a surveillance team from the Rijiyar Zaki Division attempted
The Provost of the Federal College of Education, Ofeme, Abia State, Dr Titus Ezeme, has warned that Nigeria’s tertiary institutions cannot rely on government funding alone and must attract private and community support to survive. He gave the warning while receiving books donated to the college library by Mr S.K. Nwokoye, a former lecturer at
The Federal Executive Council has approved ₦68.7 billion to deliver reliable electricity to eight universities and their teaching hospitals, in what officials describe as a decisive move to end crippling blackouts on campuses. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said after Thursday’s FEC meeting that the projects fall under the Energising Education Programme, managed by the
The Pro‑Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise sweeping investment in higher education, warning that years of neglect have left the sector at breaking point. Speaking at the university’s 54th convocation ceremony, Ojo described the decay in
Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union’s battles under his leadership prevented Nigeria’s public universities from collapsing. Speaking at an event in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Osodeke recalled the stormy years of confrontation with former President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and ex–Labour Minister Chris
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Dr David Oyedepo, has urged students to place the Bible above academics as their “most trusted companion” in life. Speaking at the institution’s End-of-Session Assembly after the Omega Semester examinations, Dr Oyedepo delivered an address titled The Bible, the Answer Book of Life. He told students that Scripture, not just
Covenant University’s Class of 2015, known as the Admirable Set, has returned to Ota to revive and expand Admirable Park, a legacy project they first gifted to the institution a decade ago. At the unveiling, Vice-Chancellor Professor Timothy Anake praised the gesture as a sign of enduring commitment to the university’s ethos of leadership and
