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Tribune
Fuel Subsidy: University of Ibadan directs staff to work three days weekly

Amid the economic challenges faced by Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy, resulting in increased prices of goods and services, the University of Ibadan (UI) has taken a proactive step by making adjustments to its schedule.

The institution aims to alleviate the impact of the fuel subsidy removal on its staff members.
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Daily post
Sexual harassment: UNICAL students protest against varsity don

Several female law students of the University of Calabar have staged a protest in the institution, accusing one Prof Cyril Ndifon, Dean of Faculty of Law, of the University, of frequently harassing them sexually.

They moved about in groups on the campus late Monday afternoon chanting ‘Ndifon, go! go!’
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Legit
UNIPORT, OAU, Others on List of Nigerian Varsities to Offer MSc in Artificial Intelligence as EU Gives Grants.

The European Union (EU) has selected five Nigerian universities to offer Masters’s degree programmes in artificial intelligence (AI).
The five Nigerian universities are among the eight universities selected to offer the programme with a grant The EU Culture Executive Agency approved the International Msc Programme in Embedded Artificial Intelligence.
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Punch
Students tackle OOU over withheld results

Ex-students of the Olabisi Onabajo University have called on the management of the institution to release the results of their examination without further delay.

Some of the students who spoke with our correspondents on Monday said the result of the courses they wrote since 2006 had yet to be released.
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VC laments encroachment, illegal mining activities

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilesa, Osun State, Prof. Taiwo Asaolu, has called on the state government to address the incessant encroachment of the institution’s land and activities of the illegal miners causing environmental degradation on campus.

Asaolu, who spoke while formally receiving the UNILESA Pro-Chancellor, Mr Gbenga Onigbogi, into the premises of the university, lamented the incessant thefts and negative impacts of the activities of herdsmen on the premises of the university.
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Don seeks conversion of natural resources for industrialisation

The Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation to the President of the African Development Bank, Prof. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, has advised Nigeria to harness the abundance of its natural resources, human capital, science and technology for industrialisation.

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka who gave a keynote, titled, ‘From fragility trap to sustainable economic development,’ at the recently concluded Africa Social Impact Summit in Lagos, said Nigeria was an example of a poor nation consuming what the rich nations manufactured.
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Poly lecturers back conversion of HND to BSc

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has said it is in support of the National Board for Technical Education’s online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities.

Although National President, ASUP, Anderson Ezeibe, confirmed that the NBTE decision validated the union’s position that the HND vs Degree dichotomy was demarketing Nigerian Polytechnics.
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Scholars proffer solutions to Nigeria’s challenges

Renowned historian, Prof. Toyin Falola of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has said there is a need to investigate the reason Nigeria has refused to make tangible progress.

Speaking at the First Dialogue Series of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, titled, ‘Understanding Nigeria,’ Falola maintained that it might be difficult for Nigeria to attain its potential if some questions were not answered.
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NOUN debunks financial allegations against deputy gov

The Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, Prof. Peters Olufemi, has debunked the allegations that the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Mr Monday Onyeme, is involved in a financial scandal while he was a bursar of the institution.

Recall that the former Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, had alleged that Onyeme was dismissed from NOUN for forgery and financial irregularities.
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FUOYE increases study centres

The Federal University, Oye Ekiti, has approved two study centres for Isinbode Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government area of Ekiti State.

This is in line with its principle of impacting communities in the environment and bringing education closer to the grassroots.
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Newsnow.com

Energy Crisis: We Spend N75m Monthly on Electricity, Says BUK VC

The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has lamented the high cost of running the institution as a result of the energy crisis in Nigeria, particularly the payment of electricity bill and the purchase of diesel, which he said cost the university approximately N75 million monthly.

The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has lamented the high cost of running the institution as a result of the energy crisis in Nigeria, particularly the payment of electricity bill and the purchase of diesel, which he said cost the university approximately N75 million monthly.
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Subsidy removal: UI cuts staff workdays to three

The University of Ibadan on Monday directed that work days be reduced from five to three for every worker in the school.

This, according to the university management, is following the astronomical increase in fuel pump prices.
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Students, Businesses Struggle to Get Dollars From Banks Amid Forex Shortage.

Banks are struggling to meet the demand for PTA, and BTA by students and businesses Nigerian students are rushing to buy foreign exchange from dealers before classes resume abroad.
Meanwhile, there are indications that commercial banks are finding it hard to meet the increasing demand.
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UNICAL students protest lecturer’s alleged sexual exploitation, harrassment

Some students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Monday protested against a lecturer identified as Prof. Cyril Ndifon whom they accused of sexual exploitation and harassment.

The students, mostly female of the Faculty of Law at UNICAL were seen in a viral video carrying placards with different inscriptions, calling out Ndifon for allegedly harassing them as they held a peaceful rally within the premises of the university.
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