UNESCO CELEBRATES GOV MBAH'S SMART SCHOOL INITIATIVE

* Set To Partner On Strategic Training

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, for what it described as a transformative and forward-looking Smart Schools initiative, pledging strategic partnership with the state in teacher training, digital education development and cultural renaissance of the Igbo heritage.

UNGA 2023 Summit: TINUBU DEPARTS FOR NEW YORK TODAY

Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will, today (Sunday) depart Abuja for New York, where he will participate in the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be his first as Nigerian leader.

UNGA 78: CISLAC PRESENTS SDG 16 SHADOW REPORT TO NIGERIA'S FIRST LADY, REMI TINUBU

By Cecilia Ologunagba

A non-governmental organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has presented the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal 16 Shadow Report to First Lady Oluremi Tinubu.

UNGA 78: NIGERIA TO CHAMPION GLOBAL TAX RESOLUTION

• * As Permanent Rep Urges Nigeria's Delegation To Work For Common Vision.

By Cecilia Ologunagba (Agency Reporter)

Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Tijiani Muhammad-Bande, said Nigeria will continue to champion global tax cooperation discourse at the ongoing 78th session of UN General Assembly (UNGA).

UNGA 78: TINUBU, OTHERS TO MARK HALFTIME OF SDGs IN NEW YORK

By Cecilia Ologunagba (Agency Reporter)

President Bola Tinubu will, on Monday, join world leaders to participate in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UN 2023 Summit on SDGs) as UN marks the halftime of the SDGs

UNICAL Sex Scandal: I'M SORRY, MINISTER APOLOGIZES OVER VIRAL VIDEO COMMENT

• * 'She's Just Too Incompetent To Hold a Ministerial Portfolio In Any Country'....Female Psychologist

By Our Correspondent

The Minister for Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Sunday, tendered apology on the controversy which has trailed comments credited to her in a viral video concerning the sexual harassment scandal at the University of Calabar (UNICAL).

UNICEF'S AI-Driven Education Initiative: A GAME-CHANGER FOR BAUCHI SCHOOLS

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

In its continued efforts to leave no one behind and provide equal opportunities for quality education, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided 1,210 tablets to facilitate the learning process among primary school pupils in Bauchi State.

UNIJOS DON GETS BANGOR UNIVERSITY AWARD

• * She's First Black To Be Elected As Bangor City Council Councillor

A senior lecturer and Deputy Director, Centre for Climate change at the University of Jos, Dr. Salamatu Jidda-Fada, has been confered with an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the prestigious University of Bangor, Wales in the United Kingdom.

UNIMAD, BAUCHI FEDPOLY PERFECT AFFILIATION PROCESS ON FIVE DEGREEE COURSES

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Liman Tukur, said that the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has all the necessary structures, facilities and manpower to run degree programmes in management and social sciences.

UNIVERSITIES SHOWCASE NASENI-FUNDED R&D PRODUCTS

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Researchers from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho, Oyo State and Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State have showcased their research and development (R&D) products funded by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).

UNIVERSITIES WILL BE CLOSED FROM FEBRUARY 22 TO MARCH 14 DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD

Universities across the country will be closed for three weeks during the upcoming elections, according to the federal government.

University Admission: STILL ON THE AFE CONTROVERSY

By Bola Bolawole

Those who insist that 16-year-olds are old enough to qualify for admission into our institutions of higher learning - if they satisfy other criteria - may have won the battle for now, but the controversy over this very sensitive issue is far from being over yet! Not only are the arguments against 16 years unassailable, the law, as it is, is on the side of those rooting for 18 years as the minimum required age for admission into our institutions of higher learning - making exceptions, though, for specially-gifted candidates who are usually far in-between.

UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN NIGERIA ON SAME SALARY REGIME SINCE 2009.....Prof. Sabo

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The Zonal Coordinator, Sokoto Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (USUU), Professor Abubakar Sabo has lamented that lecturers in Nigeria have been on same salary regime since 2009.

University Strike: LIKE ASUU, SSANU, NASU EXTENDS INDUSTRIAL ACTION

• * Says FG Not Ready To Talk With Unions
• Orders Congresses For Monday April 11 To Deliberate On Next Line Of Action

With the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Education and Associated Institutions have extended their warning strike by two weeks.

UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT PETER OBI FEVER

By Jude Eze

"In the Bible story where Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego said they'll not bow to the Babylonian god, even if God fails to deliver them. Nebuchadnezzar was more worried, why? Intransigent minority." - Kelechi Deca.

UNKNOWN GUNMEN ASSASSINATE TARABA GOV'S AIDE IN DONGA

• * Killers Stopped Our Motorcycle, Ordered Us To Kneel, And Shot Him Three Times, Says Eye Witness
• Corpse Allegedly Taken By Gunmen To The Bush

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, on Saturday, killed Hon. Levi Gbashi, the Special Adviser to Gov. Darius Dickson Ishaku, during a burial ceremony in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.

UNN Degree Certificate Forgery: FG PANEL FINALLY INDICTS EX-MINISTER, UCHE NNAJI

By Our Reporter

An investigative panel constituted by the Federal Government has confirmed that the immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, forged a degree certificate purportedly issued by University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

UNN HOLDS 183RD INAUGURAL LECTURE IN ENUGU

By Chinua Albert Okafor (In Enugu)

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) is set to hold its 183rd Inaugural Lecture on Thursday, July 13, 2023 with a theme that focuses on how to improve the living standard of man.

UNN SPOKESMAN EXPLAINS VARSITY'S ADMISSION PROCESSES

* Says Genuine Cut-Off Marks Are Displayed Only On The Institution's Website

By JVINN Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN

The Public Relations Officer of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Chief Okwu Omeaku, has debunked an online trending cut-off marks for the 2020/2021 admission for the institution, describing it as fake.

UNN, NOUN, UNIABUJA, OTHER VARSITIES INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ADMISSIONS.....JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused some universities of engaging in illegal admissions.

The JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, levelled the allegation against the institutions on Thursday during an admission policy meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.