By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The leading aspirant for the Anambra State House of Assembly, Arch Paul Ileka has formally been inducted into the academic exclusive club of doctorate degree holders. The Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University held its 16th convocation at Igbariam Read more…
The FCT Stakeholders Assembly have applauded the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, following his decisive intervention to resolve the indefinite strike action by public school teachers in the territory. The strike, declared by the Nigeria Union Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo has approved the appointment of Prof. Peter Azikiwe Onwualu as the Chairman, Pro-Chancellor of the Governing Council of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Igbariam. The news of the approval was Read more…
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that two Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates who were among passengers abducted in a commercial bus have escaped from their captors. The Police Command added that efforts are being made to rescue Read more…
Gunmen have abducted passengers, including candidates sitting for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ((UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ((JAMB), along the Makurdi-Otukpo road in Benue State. The victims were travelling in a Benue Links bus Read more…
By Ijeoma John, Nnewi Hundreds of youths within Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State are set to benefit from the ongoing Nnewi Youth Digital Skills Bootcamp, sponsored by Hon. Ekene Iwuchukwu, as part of his philanthropic gestures. The Read more…
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have kidnapped a student of the University of Jos alongside six others while they were traveling from Jos, Plateau State, to Kaduna. In disturbing video now circulating on social media, a young man identified as Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze It was a cheering news for the Anambra State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu PhD JP as the undergraduates of the faculty of social sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka nominated Read more…
By Ijeoma John, Nnewi Amb. Ikebunwa Lotanna, PhD (H.C), a frontline House of Representatives aspirant for Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, today attended the graduation ceremony of the One Girl, Two Skills Empowerment Programme held at Obi Read more…
Authorities of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have directed all students to immediately evacuate the institution’s hostels due to rising security tensions in Jos and its surrounding areas. The directive, issued on Wednesday by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, follows Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze A lecturer in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, Prof. Dennis Aribodor has challenged Nigerian women to stop agonizing and start organizing to achieve their expectations in contesting and occupying elective positions. He also urged them to Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The HND-BSc dichotomy is a long-standing, structural discrimination in Nigeria’s education and labor sectors that disadvantages Higher National Diploma (HND) holders from polytechnics compared to university-educated Bachelor of Science (BSc) holders. It involves unequal hiring levels, lower Read more…