Category: Education

By: Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has strongly condemned the violent intimidation and rustication of more than 25 students by the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), over a planned demonstration. In a statement signed by Robert Egbe, Media & Communications Officer, CAPPA demands the immediate reinstatement and an end to the crackdown on student activism in Nigeria. Part of the statement reads: “NSUK suspended these students for one academic session on bogus charges of criminal conspiracy, inciting public disturbance, and cyberbullying. “Their only offence was being…

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By: Mandy Park Former, Anambra State governor and Labour Party (LP) flagbearer in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has donated N50 million to the University on the Niger (UNINIGER), Umunya, at its take-off campus in Iyi-Enu, and N10 million to the School of Nursing at Iyienu Mission Hospital, Ogidi. This is as he disclosed that the country was facing shortage of doctors and nurses far below WHO’s recommendations. The money is to support human and infrastructure development in both institutions. During the visit, Obi explained that financial support…

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Mandy Park The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND), Arch Sonny Echonu has pledged fund’s assistance towards promoting and strengthening the Agribusiness Incubation Centre at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. He said he was impressed with the progress made by the Centre in so short a time and therefore deserved to be assisted by Tetfund to flourish and perform better. Arch Echonu spoke on Tuesday when the Vice Chancellor of MOUAU, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe led his management team on a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary…

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By: Màñdy Pàrk Hundreds of staff of Abia State origin working at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) have passed a vote of confidence on the Vice Chancellor, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, stréssíng that he has performed beyond expectations. and deserves súpport. At a meeting attended by Deans, Directors, scores of Professors and others, the staff were unanimous that Prof Iwe’s performance in the last three years has not only been outstanding but courageous, given the circumstances under which he has been operating.  In a motion moved by Prof…

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Mandy Park The Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, CFS has described the immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, Dr Philips Nto as a great asset to the institution. He said through his exemplary conduct and commitment to duty, Nto has set a record for other staff to emulate. Prof Iwe spoke when Nto paid him a courtesy call to inform him that he has resumed duty at MOUAU after his tour of service at Abia State College…

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By Ezekiel Njoku The Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical Arochukwu,( ASCETA), Dr Phillips Nto has demanded an apology letter from a former staff of the institution for defamatory statements against him and his office. In a letter dated January 06,2023 and signed by his lawyer, K. I. Oleh Esq of Sanctum Chambers, Dr. Phillips Nto gave the former staff, Kelvin Egesi seven days to retract  and apologize for the offensive and defamatory statements or face the legal consequences. The letter averred that Kelvin Egesi had on January…

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Vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof. Florence Obi has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in a water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed by the school’s registrar Gabriel Egbe on Saturday. Mr Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022. Egbe mentioned the affected students to…

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…Pass vote of confidence on provost By Mandy Park Students to of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu have expressed support for Gov Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and the management  on  the going reorganization in the institution.  They subsequently frowned at what they described as interference in  the affairs of the college by the national body of College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU). In  a press conference addressed by the leadership of the students’ Union Government, they warned COEASU to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of ASCETA,…

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By Uche Okoroafor It is inconceivable that a man with low IQ, low depth of knowledge and bereft of comprehension of basic grammar and usage of the English language which is the official communication medium in our schools  was ever allowed to darken the four walls of an institution of higher learning like Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu,(ASCETA). But those who sought to help KELVIN EGESI by elevating him from a mere clerk to lecturer may not have known that one cannot give what one lacks. They failed…

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