Education

Another UNIPORT female student found dead in her apartment

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6 months ago

November 7, 2023 6:31 am

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Another female student of the University of Port Harcourt has been found dead in her apartment in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The student simply identified as Adaeze is said to be a 200-level undergraduate of Accounting.

Adaeze’s lifeless body was found on Friday, in her off-campus residence in Aluu, a community near the university.

The cause of her death could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report on Monday.

This came barely two weeks after the decomposing body of a 300-level undergraduate of Biochemistry, Justina Otuene, allegedly killed by her ex-lover identified as Damian Okoligwe was found in the latter’s residence along NTA Road, Ozuoba in Obio/Akpor LGA.

Okoligwe, a 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering also in UNIPORT has since been arrested by the police.

Speaking on the latest incident, the Dean of Student Affairs, UNIPORT, Chima Wokocha, said the lifeless body of the student was found in her off-campus residence and brought to a health facility in the school by some of her neighbours.

Wokocha said the management of the institution and the police had visited the scene of the incident, adding that the parents of the late female undergraduate had also been notified of the incident.

He stated, “Her body was brought to the Chief Lulu-Brigss Health Centre by people who live around her in her lodge.

“She didn’t die in the university hostel. She died in her off-campus residence in Aluu and the scene of the crime was visited by the management of the university, including my humble self.

“The police were there with us also. We acknowledge the fact that she had taken a substance and passed out because there was a bottle of a substance that was found by her side.

“The parents have come there and I think they are making arrangements to take the body.”

When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident, saying that investigation has commenced to ascertain the circumstances leading to her death.

Iringe-Koko stated, “The Divisional Police Officer said a landlord came to report that he saw his tenant on the ground.

“So the DPO went there, they saw foam coming out from her nose and mouth and they also saw an insecticide close to her (the student).

“So they rushed her to the Hospital where she was confirmed dead. Investigation is ongoing to find out the circumstances leading to her death. “

Education

JAMB releases additional 36,540 UTME results

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13 hours ago

May 15, 2024 3:01 pm

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were withheld over irregularities.

Last week, JAMB released 531 results from the 64,624 results under investigation.

The exam body said the investigation includes verification anomalies, centres suspected of infractions, and cases of exam malpractice.

According to Fabian Benjamin, the board spokesperson, in a statement released on Tuesday, the total results released now stand at 1,879,437.

About 26,000 results are still being withheld over possible examination misconduct.

Benjamin also dismissed claims purporting to emanate from the board that the outstanding 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to intense scrutiny by its team of experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach and that it is considering rescheduling the examination.

He urged the public to disregard the report, adding that it was created by fraudulent people.

Education

ASUU threatens to embark on another nationwide strike

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19 hours ago

May 15, 2024 8:34 am

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be gearing up for another nationwide strike if the brewing issues are not immediately addressed.

The president of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday, May 14, 2024, threatened that the union would go on an industrial action to protest against the absence of governing councils in all federal universities.

Osodeke made this known while speaking at a press conference at the ASUU national secretariat, Abuja.

He said the dissolution of the Governing Councils was against the principles guiding the existing universities.

ASUU also criticised the ‘nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government’ on matters that concern academics in Nigerian Federal Universities.

Education

UNILORIN unveils 40 new professors

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2 days ago

May 14, 2024 9:22 am

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The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced the promotion of 40 of its senior academic staff to the rank of professor.

According to the university’s bulletin issued on Monday, the elevation was approved by Tahir Mamman, the minister of education.

The publication stated that the 40 distinguished scholars were found to have excelled in the realms of teaching, research and community service, and subsequently promoted to the highest rank obtainable in the academia.

The breakdown of the beneficiaries of the promotion exercise shows that 11 of the new professors are from the Faculty of Agriculture.

The bulletin disclosed that two lecturers from the Faculty of Clinical Sciences were also elevated to the rank of professor, while the Faculty of Communication & Information Sciences also produced two new professors.

It added that the Faculty of Law produced one new Professor, while the Faculty of Life Sciences produced four new professors, among others.

See the list below:

Faculty of Agriculture:

Sidiqat A. Aderinoye-Abdulwahab
L. L. Adefalu
F. O. Takim
A. A. Badmos
Foluke E. Sola-Ojo
W. A. Jimoh
M. I. Abubakar
T. H. Aliyu
R. O. Uddin II
T. O. Amusa
Mutiat A. Balogun

Faculty of Arts:

K. M. U. Gbodofu
Y. A. Abdullahi
Abosede R. O. Babatunde
Bolanle E. Arokoyo
P. U. Nwosu

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences:

A. S. Alabi who teaches at the Department of Anatomy.

Faculty of Clinical Sciences:

T. O. Olanrewaju
O. A. M. Adesiyun.

Faculty of Communication & Information Science:

Tinuke O. Oladele
Saudat S. Abdulbaqi

Faculty of Education:

O. O. Okoji
Folakemi O. Adeniyi-Egbeola
Florence O. Daramola

From the Faculty of Engineering and Technology:

A. T. Ajiboye
A. Y. Abdulrahman
M. O. Sumonu
Rasheedat M. Mahamood
T. K. Ajiboye

Faculty of Law:

A. C. Onuora-Oguno

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