Godfrey Okoye University is partnering with the NigerWives Association (Enugu branch) on a three-month intensive literacy programme aimed at empowering home assistants and caregivers with essential communication, reading, and numeracy skills. Speaking during the NigerWives’ visit to GOUNI Radio, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Brother Professor Ekene Gregory Osuji, noted that the programme
Kano Pillars have officially unveiled their latest signing, Chiedozie Jude Okorie, a graduate of Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu, at the historic Kurmi Market, highlighting the growing intersection of higher education and professional sports in Nigeria. The move highlights how academic institutions are increasingly shaping athletes who excel both academically and athletically. Okorie, who recently
Chinedu-Ogbonna Donald Ugochukwu of Godfrey Okoye University has earned international recognition for his outstanding performance at Agonia 4.0: The Renaissance ’25, a virtual British Parliamentary Debate Tournament held from June 24 to 26, 2025. At this prestigious tournament, which brought together brilliant debaters from countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, India, Peru, and the
Dr Chioma Anorue of the Department of Biology at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI) has been elected Southeast Coordinator of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Nigeria chapter. Her election was announced at the 7th Biennial International Conference of OWSD, held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, from
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) will host a series of workshops as part of the 2025 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP), following the arrival of two visiting scholars from Virginia State University, Professors Richard Omotoye and Laban Rutto. The workshops, aimed at enhancing academic and stakeholder engagement, would focus on thematic areas
Academic activities have resumed at the University of Jos following a brief disruption caused by a peaceful student protest over poor sanitary conditions in the hostels. The situation has since been resolved through dialogue between the university administration and student representatives. The University Administration has been actively working to address the issue of delayed cleaning
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced that Alhaji (Dr.) Adeniji Murtadha Adeyemi, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Starlink Global and Ideal Limited, will be honoured at the 2025 Award of Excellence Ceremony, which is scheduled for July 29. Dr. Adeyemi is being recognised for his outstanding contributions to technology and education
The Federal University Gashua (FUGA) marked a significant milestone in history with its maiden combined convocation ceremony, honouring 3,449 graduates from four faculties. Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, graced the occasion, among the six distinguished individuals conferred honorary doctorate degrees. The degrees were also conferred on the wife of Nigeria’s President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu;
Dr Rasaq Muhammed Adisa, an Associate Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has been appointed Chairman of the Editorial Board of the African Telescope Newspaper. The appointment of Prof. Adisa was conveyed to him penultimate Friday (July 4, 2025), in an official letter jointly signed by the Chairman of the
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, has joined the rest of the nation in mourning the demise of former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Former President Buhari, who led the country twice from December 31, 1983, to August 27, 1985, and between May 29, 2019, and May 29, 2023, as
