Persons living with disabilities working with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State have raised the alarm over their four months unpaid salaries. The staff, numbering ten said they were not just suffering but were dying as most of them had been ejected from their apartments for inability to renew their rents, while others were indebted
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UNIZIK Business School (UBS) has commenced Post-Graduate and Certificate courses for effective leadership and management in business, economy and governance. Director, UNIZIK Business School, Prof. Chinedu Onyeizugbe who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen to mark commencement of the new admission season said the move was part of the school’s commitment to making education
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Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof Charles Esimone has disclosed that the institution was the first in the entire southeast to make study of Igbo language compulsory. Esimone made the disclosure at the press conference ahead of lunching of ‘500 OCHIE Igbo STEM Project’ conceived to use Igbo language to advance
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Nnamdi Azikiwe Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State on Friday advised students to promptly pay his/her fees to enable them sit for examinations. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone stated this on Friday at the 2023/2024 matriculation ceremonies for fresh undergraduate students of the university. He said any student unable to pay
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A second year student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has allegedly poured hot water on her male colleague, identified as Mark. The suspect, simply identified as Chioma, was said to have also stabbed the victim. According to Valentine Mbadugha, on his Facebook page, the incident occurred on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Twins
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The Anti Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has been officially inaugurated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The committee headed by former Chairperson, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Comrade Stephen Ufoaroh was inaugurated at the Council Chambers of the UNIZIK following administration of
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The Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, UNIZIK Anambra State, Prof Charles Esimone has identified increased government investment in education, skill acquisition initiatives and mentorship as part of strategic plan to harness dormant talents among youths to become self reliant. He described Nigeria as blessed nation with vibrant and dynamic youths, representing approximately 60 percent
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Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka, Anambra State, has described as “fabricated falsehood” report making the rounds about the appointment of next vice chancellor of the university. An article authored by one Mathew Ugwuadi, had alleged that certain political parties and the current vice chancellor of the university, Professor Charles Esimone, had preferred candidates
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A lecturer at the Department of Technology and Vocational Education (Business Education), Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State, Dr Gabriel Alonta has emerged overall best Teaching Staff of the institution. Alonta was selected after a meticulous evaluation of 15 assessment parameters by Servicom and Quality Assurance of the University. Speaking during the
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The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated six TETFund-sponsored projects worth N2.8 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. Inaugurating the projects, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu, said the structures would enhance teaching, learning and improvement of academic standards in the university. The projects include lecture halls, faculty building for social
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Former Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo has described as shameful and embarrassing craze by academic professors to occupy the position of the Vice Chancellor of Nigerian universities. He lamented that it was both alarming and embarrassing having over 80 professors applying to be Vice Chancellor of one university even as most of them were
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The Vice-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka, Anambra, Prof. Charles Esimone, will on Thursday, December 7, 2023, commission completed projects at Nnewi, Neni and Agulu. The VC will also commission completed projects at Awka Campus on Friday, December 8 2023. The projects commissioning, according to a statement by the Public Relations Unit of the institution, are part
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Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof Charles Esimone has commended the industrious nature of the Yoruba staff and their professionalism. He however advised them to shun tendencies that could destroy their good reputation. Speaking at the maiden End of the Year Party of the Association of Yoruba Staff, the VC also called
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Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State conjunction with International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), the Federal Ministry of Environment and a Non-Governmental Organization, Sustainable TransEnvironment International Foundation (STEi Foundation); has inaugurated the first university-based Bamboo Research and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (SIBRED) to service 16 African countries. The occasion, which held at UNIZIK where the
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The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has launched a smart hub, named ‘CIBN Bankers Hall’, at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State to train and produce chartered bankers. President/Chairman of Council, CIBN, Dr Ken Opara, while opening the 160-seater hub, said the gesture was part of the institute’s commitment to advancing the course
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