Lamentations over alleged neglect and poor state of infrastructure at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) took centre stage at the weekend as members of the Human Race Foundation (HRF), a group formed by some young men at its Enugu Campus (UNEC) in 1983, commissioned the faculty of health sciences and Technology building which they…

The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Polycarp Chigbu, has applauded the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), UNN chapter on their acquisition of 347 plots of land. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plots of land were officially handed over to ASUU by Gov. Peter Mbah of…

An experienced academic staff, Department of History and International Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Chukwuma Opata, has offered an insight into why the western is claiming civilization ahead of Africa despite its rich cultural heritage. Opata, who gave the clarification while speaking as a guest lecturer at a memorial lecture in…

The maiden edition of Nigeria’s first yearly university football competition for men and women, the Varsity Cup 2024, kicked off yesterday, with two matches hosted at the main bowl of the University of Benin Sports Centre.

Management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, has said the institution is experiencing constant power

Authorities of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have reached out to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for support towards the establishment of its Endowment Fund. The Alumni Association of the premier institution plans to collaborate with the University to establish an Endowment Fund for research and support lecturers in mitigating brain drain in the country.…

A former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Polycarp Emeka Chigbu, has stated that the process of appointing an acting Vice Chancellor for the institution has not yet been concluded. He noted that five professors have been selected and forwarded to the governing council for consideration and vetting. Prof. Chigbu…

Five academic staff of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) including three professors have dragged the management to a federal high court sitting in Enugu for alleged refusal to allow subsisting elected members of the governing council to exhaust their tenure. They argued that they were elected for a four-year tenure as internal members of…

Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday suspended Mfonobong David Udoudom, a lecturer in the General Studies division, who was caught in a video allegedly harassing a female student. The university said that the indefinite suspension is with immediate effect pending the outcome of a disciplinary panel constituted to investigate the incident. UNN spokesperson,…

The Centre for Igbo Studies, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, (CIS-UNN) has taken a bold step towards saving Igbo language, culture and tradition from going into extinction.

A Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, has said that it is time for Nigerians to develop their natural medicines rather than importing them from abroad.