UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
(Breaking) UTME: JAMB cancels national cut-off mark
*Each institution to fix minimum admission point *Stakeholders fail to arrive on deadline for 2021/2022 By Joseph Erunke, ABUJA THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled national admission benchmark, otherwise called cut-off mark. With the scrapping of the age-long method, each of the nation’s tertiary institutions is now authorised to peg its admission […]
Without basic facilities, there shouldn’t be a city — Fagbohun
A senior lecturer in the Department of Urban Regional and Planning, Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Dr. Philips Fgbohun, has revealed that the only viable solution to cities challenges was to remove the uncertainty, through adequate provision of basic needs of life towards creating a functional global city.
BU matriculates 3411 students
By Elizabeth Osayande Babcock University has matriculated a total of 3411 students admitted in the 2020/2021 academic session. The matriculation ceremony which took place recently saw the School of Computer and Engineering Sciences admitting a total of 983 students, the highest of the 12 schools in the institution. Speaking at the ceremony, President/Vice Chancellor, Professor […]
Students groan as AE-FUNAI hikes hostel fee from N70,000 to N300,000
By Arogbonlo Israel SOME medical students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi (AE-FUNAI) have decried the recent hike in accommodation fee by the school management. In a memo issued August 2 by the university to announce the new fee, the total school fees for medical students came to N513,500, while accommodation fees sky-rocketed from […]
2022: Osun teachers endorse Oyetola for second term
By Shina Abubakar Teachers in Osun State, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, have endorsed the state Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola for a second term in office following his prioritization of their welfare and wellbeing. A statement issued by Governor Oyetola’s spokesperson, Ismail Omipidan stated that NUT chairman in the state, Comrade […]
TETFund to disburse N292.6bn to select varsities, polytechnics,colleges of education
Approves 217 research grants By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–SOME select universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country are get the sum of N292.66 billion intervention fund from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund. The amount, according to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, has already been approved by the federal government. Bogoro,who disclosed […]
Okopoly students protest prolonged strike, seek council chairman’s removal
Thousands of students of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, on Tuesday, took to the streets to protest the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of the institution. The local chapter of ASUP has been on strike for the past one month, paralyzing academic activities in the institution. Aggrieved […]
WAEC begins WASSCE registration for 2nd series
By Modupe Ogunji, Victoria Nwachukwu & Josiah Oghagbon The West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WAEC, has commenced the registration for 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for second series. The body, in an advertorial signed Monday, by its Head of National Centre, Patrick Areghan, rolled out certain rules and regulations to be strictly adhered to. […]
Killing of ex-colleague Omomeewa: LASU students give govt, management ultimatum
‘”It must however be noted that it is Omomeewa today who knows who might fall victim tomorrow?”
Students decry deplorable state of university hostels in Bayelsa
Bayelsa students have decried the deplorable state of hostels in the state’s two Universities. The students bared their minds in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the two universities in Amassoma and Otuoke in Bayelsa. Some of the students at the Niger Delta University( NDU) Wilberforce, Amassoma, Bayelsa, in […]
