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By Agency Report  The outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Prof  Emenike Ejiogu,  says the Auto Mechanic Workshop is refurbished to be one of the sources to generate revenue for the faculty. Ejiogu said in Nsukka on Thursday during the valedictory Board Meeting/handover to the new Dean, Prof Ikechukwu Ezema and end of his tenure party. He explained that the faculty has been repositioned to be financially self-sustaining to generate revenues from various sources in order to guarantee seamless running of its activities. "The workshop has been expanded and refurbished to serve as a source of generating revenue for the faculty,"he said. Prof. Ejiogu who is also the Director, Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED) disclosed  that the faculty’s Journal has been classed as one of the top three journals in the world, adding that it would be source of  generating more revenue for the f

...Urges college students to develop interest in soil science, agriculture The Southeast Zonal Coordinator of the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), Prof. Charles Asadu, has commended the International Union Soil Science (IUSS) for getting involved in creating awareness in the study of soil science among college students in Nigeria. Asadu made the commendation in Nsukka on Monday during a workshop organized by NISS for secondary school students in Enugu North Senatorial District, held at the Soil Science Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) with the theme: "Workshop on Encouragement of Soil Science Awareness at the College Level in Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria." sponsored by IUSS. He said that the sensitization workshop which was sponsored by IUSS was aimed at encouraging secondary school students to study Soil Science and other related agriculture courses in the university, as well as to educate them on career opportunities in the study of soil scien

In line with Governor Peter Mbah's target to grow the economy of Enugu State from the current $4.4bn to $30bn in four to eight years, the government has signed a strategic landmark investment partnership agreement with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) to facilitate investment flow into the state.   Speaking at the CWEIC Global Advisory Council meeting in London, Governor Mbah expressed optimism that the partnership deal would open scores of opportunities in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, tourism and hospitality, trade and network to the state. Read also;  https://newsupdatenija.blogspot.com/2024/07/animals-should-not-be-allowed-to-roam.html   The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Industry, Mrs Adaora Chukwu, added that the state had already embarked on massive investment drive, noting that the CWEIC meeting was a strategic opportunity to explore extensive areas of socio-economic interests amo

...As varsity dept holds maiden conference, alumni home-coming By our reporter  An Emeritus Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Chijioke Nwosu has said that it is an abomination for the federal government to still allow animals to roam about and graze open in this 21st century. Nwosu said this in Nsukka on Monday in a Special Paper Presentation, during the Maiden Conference and Alumni Home-Coming 2024 of the Department of Animal Science, UNN, with the theme; "Innovative Approach to Sustainable Livestock Production and Protein Supply in the 21st Century: A Panacea to Food Security in Nigeria." He said Nigeria must imbibe the practice of innovative approaches in livestock production that discourage roaming and open grazing of livestock and poultry to ensure global best practices as well as to maintain adequate animal protein supply and food security in the country. "It is an abomination for Nigeria to watch and

...supports Nationwide strike after expiration of ultimatum  By our reporter The Academic Staff Union of  Universities, University of Nigeria Nsukka (ASUU-UNN), on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest to bring the attention of the Nigerian public, to the inability of President Bola Tinubu-led Government to implement agreements it reached with the union. The union warned of impending industrial unrest if the federal government refused to act on all their demands after the expiration of their 21-day ultimatum. It will be recalled that ASUU had charged the government to act within three weeks to address all their outstanding demands bothering on the renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN Agreement, poor funding of the universities, breach of university autonomy, particularly by the Integrated Personal Payment Information System (IPPIS), non-payment of Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), among others, or they will embark on a nationwide strike. The ASUU members marched from the univers

By Our Reporter The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), on Wednesday, trained farmers, extension agents, and community advisors in the Enugu North Senatorial District on Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and soil fertility management to promote food security. The training workshop with the theme "Enhanced Research Aids on Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices to Promote Food Security," was facilitated by NISS's South East Zonal office domiciled at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Participants who were selected from across the six local government areas that made up the Nsukka zone (Enugu North Senatorial District) were conducted around experimental/research farms in the university for a practical display of the positive impact of the CSA on crops. Prof. Charles Asadu, the South East NISS Zonal Coordinator said that CSA is an approach for transforming and reorienting the agricultural system to support food security under the new realities

By Agency Report Prof Charles Igwe, the   Vice-chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Friday inaugurated the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED) two-story  core building. ACE-SPED is World Bank grant supported by French Development Agency (AFD project in UNN. Igwe applauded Prof Emenike Ejiogu, the Director of the Centre who attracted the grant in the university for the project. "I am happy today (Friday) inaugurating this project as one of the projects to mark the end of my successful 5-year tenure that will end on June 10 "I commend Ejiogu for attracting the grant to build Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development in UNN, aimed at providing solution to the problems of energy challenges in the country in particular and Africa in general," he said. Speaking, Ejiogu, who is also the Dean Faculty of Engineering in UNN said that the centre was selected by the World Bank  among 13