By Ovat Abeng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri zone, has decried lack of recruitment of academic staff at the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, since 2015. The lamentation was contained in a Communique signed by the ASUU-Owerri zonal coordinator, Prof Dennis Aribodor during the Union’s interactive session with the press, held at…
Arthur Jarvis University located in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, has officially matriculated a total of 255 students into its Basic, Applied, and Social Sciences programmes. The milestone event comes on the heels of major academic success for the institution, arriving just months after an Arthur Jarvis University graduate achieved a first-class…
By Ovat Abeng First daughter of Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Adaora Soludo, has re-launched her non-governmental organization, Gloria Foundation, with scholarship awards to ten underprivileged female university students. Gloria Foundation was launched in 2018 as a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women to become leaders of change. The Paradise News gathered that Adaora…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses in College of Education and Polytechnics will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board disclosed this in a post shared on its official X handle on Monday during its…
By Ovat Abeng The Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Igbariam, Anambra State has taken a significant step toward advancing agricultural innovation and food security through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SARBJJACK FARMS. The agreement, signed today, May 5, 2026, centers on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the establishment of F1 hybrid…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has called on Nigerian academics to transition from passive teaching to active developmental intellectualism, stressing that the wealth of knowledge within university walls must directly translate into public policy and societal transformation. Delivering a lecture on Tuesday, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, during…
By Kelvin Obambon In seeking to enhance the professional readiness of future media practitioners, the newly unbundled Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has sought a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council. The Acting Head of Department, Dr. Kwita Dan-Obo, led a…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has appointed Professor Victor Ifeanyi Obiora Ndirika, a renowned Agricultural Engineer and eminent scholar, as the new Provost of Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe. Christian Aburime, Chief Press Secretary to governor Soludo, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, said…
By Ovat Abeng Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has announced that the Anambra State Government will provide full academic sponsorship for 37 first-class graduates of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam. Speaking during the institution’s 2024/2025 Convocation Ceremony at the Igbariam campus, the Governor confirmed that the scholarship covers both Master’s and PhD programmes at…
By Ovat Abeng The management of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State, said it has mapped out plan to commence distance leaning programme. The University Vice Chancellor, Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha, announced this during a press conference, held at the Varsity’s Conference, on Tuesday to commence her 16th Convocation ceremony scheduled to last…
