UN MISSION VISITS BORNO STATE AHEAD OF 5TH LAKE CHAD BASIN GOV'S FORUM

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, the SRSG for the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abdou Abarry, and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed M. Fall, visited Bama a day before the kick-off of the fifth Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum for Regional Cooperation on Stabilization, Peacebuilding, and Sustainable Development in Maiduguri.

UN WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION DWELLS ON DIGITILIZATION OF TOURISM OPERATIONS

• * As ITPN Collaborates With Communication Ministry To Set Agenda For Nigeria

By Micheal Jegede (In FCT Abuja)

In addressing current challenges and trends of the tourism industry, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is focusing on innovation, education, digital transformation and investments as strategies to apply in generating new business opportunities that will ensure global competitiveness, growth and sustainable development of the tourism sector.

UNCERTAINTY IN TARABA STATE APC, AS PARTY IS YET TO PRESENT GUBER CANDIDATE

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Taraba state All Progressive Congress (APC) is yet to present the gubernatorial candidate who will represent the party in the next general election.

Underage Admissions Controversy: THE WAY FORWARD

By Bolanle Bolawole

Visit any of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over the place! Boys and girls who should still be in SS1 are already preparing to graduate! Merely looking at them testifies to the fact that they lack the much-needed maturity. They may pass through the university but will the university pass through them? At the tender age that many of these boys and girls gain admission into institutions of higher learning, do they - can they - have a true understanding of the real essence of higher education?

UNDERSEA CABLE CUTS, DISRUPTS DATA, VOICE SERVICES ALONG AFRICAN WEST COAST

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

A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others.

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.