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According to the Kremlin’s foreign minister, Russia is prepared to admit Nigerian students who have been displaced by the conflict in Ukraine to finish their education.

This offer was made by Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian Federation’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a meeting with Professor Abdullahi Shehu, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Belarus, on Friday in Moscow.

Russia considers Nigeria to be a strategic partner in Africa, according to Mr Bogdanov, who also serves as the Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and African Countries. Mr Bogdanov also serves as the Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and African Countries.

In his remarks, he stated that both nations will continue to work to deepen their current bilateral relations.

In addition, Mr. Bogdanov informed the Nigerian ambassador that preparations had been made by the Russian government to aid in the evacuation of Nigerian students who had become stranded in Kherson, Ukraine.

Assuring the Ambassador that the Russian Government will offer all necessary help to protect the safety and well-being of Nigerian people in the Russian Federation, he stated that

Their conversation covered a wide range of topics, including the current situation in Ukraine and the future development of the traditionally friendly Russia-Nigeria relationship. They also discussed efforts to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economy, science, technology, culture, humanitarian sphere and other fields during their conversation.

He remembered the friendly and mutually beneficial connections that existed between Nigeria and the Russian Federation in the previous years.

He cited the latter’s military and political help to Nigeria during the civil war, as well as its later assistance to Nigeria in the construction of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex, as examples.

He went on to say that this includes help for the development of nuclear technology for peaceful reasons.

Mr Shehu responded by expressing gratitude to the government of the Russian Federation for its concern and help with regard to the condition of Nigerian citizens.

The President remembered the warm ties between Nigeria and the Russian Federation at the bilateral, continental and global levels, including Nigeria’s support for the Russia-Africa Summit as well as the two countries’ shared concerns about global challenges.

In the battle against terrorism, climate change and international peace and security are examples of such issues.

He further urged that the Russian authorities create the required favorable environment for the welfare and well-being of Nigerians in the Russian Federation, and that our bilateral relations be strengthened in all sectors, as desired by the Nigerian government.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that its ongoing strike action would be extended for another eight weeks. In a lengthy meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC), which began on Sunday and lasted early on Monday morning, members of ASUU took the decision to strike.

The NEC conference took place at the University of Abuja, which serves as the union’s national secretariat. The Nigerian government, according to the ASUU, has shown insensitivity and is spreading misinformation.

A member of the ASUU National Executive Committee who did not want to be named in order to avoid disciplinary action by the union stated that a statement is now being developed by the organization’s leadership and that it would be circulated as soon as it is completed.

“Yes, we have prolonged the strike by eight weeks, pending the determination of whether or not the Nigerian government considers the university system to be worthy of the necessary attention.” A statement to that effect is now in the process of being written. We will make it available as soon as possible.”

While this is happening, the Federal Ministry of Education has stated that it would not engage into agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if it feels pressured to do so. ASUU was urged to call off its strike “so that we would not have gunpoint discussions and make promises that we will not be able to keep,” the ministry stated.

ASUU Declares Indefinite Strike 2022: Following the expiration of its one-month warning strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has launched an indefinite strike in response to the Federal Government’s apathetic attitude toward ASUU demands.

Professor Victor Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of the union, made the announcement of the strike at a news conference in Abuja, Nigeria, on Sunday.

In a statement, he stated that the union has chosen to go on a complete and stifling indefinite strike beginning on Monday, March 14, 2022.

“The union is opposed to the use of coercion to enroll in the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System  (IPPIS),” he stated.

Details will be provided later…

Okike Chinyere, a female inmate who was named the best graduating student and received a degree from NOUN
An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service’s Lagos state command, according to sources on Channels TV, graduated with a second-class upper degree in the course.

Okike Chinyere, a graduate of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Department at the National Open University, has been named the top graduating student in the department.

The correctional service made this information public in a statement. Another male detainee, Alegbe Afolabi, was given an MSc in Peace and Conflict Resolution, this time for his efforts.

In his vote of appreciation, one of the graduating convicts, Nweke Chibueze, expressed gratitude to the Controller General, Haliru Nababa, as well as the Vice-Chancellor of NOUN for providing the opportunity.

Chibueze called with the government to grant mercy to the graduating students so that they might be free to contribute to the growth of the country.

The Bachelor of Science degree was delivered to eight graduates from the Lagos Command by the state Controller of Correctional Services, Adewale Francis Adebisi.

Graduates were encouraged by Adebisi to learn from their experiences and apply what they had learned.

The Governing Council of the First Technical University, Ibadan has nominated Professor Adesola Ajayi as the Vice-Chancellor to succeed Professor Ayobami Salami, who served as the university’s founding Vice-Chancellor.

The nomination comes as a result of the Council’s approval of the suggestion of the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board during its Special Meeting on Monday, March 7, 2022, which took place in Washington, DC. From the 9th of May in 2022, the appointment is for a single term of five (5) years and will take effect on the first day of May in that year.

Professor Ajayi was selected following a thorough selection process conducted in accordance with the university’s established regulations.

According to the vacancy announcement published in daily newspapers on the 6th of December 2021, eight Professors were shortlisted and invited to participate in an interview with the Joint Council-Senate Selection Board, which took place on the 2nd and 3rd of March 2022.

Vice-Chancellor Sola Ajayi is now serving as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of First Technical University, where he has been appointed since January. He has the title of Professor of Crop Science. In 1991, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a B.Agric. in Plant Science (First Class Honours) and the top overall score in the school. His M.Phil. (Plant Science) degree with a concentration in Plant Breeding/Seed Production was achieved from the same institution in 1997.

He also holds a B.Sc. (Botany) degree from the same university. Doctor of Agricultural Science (Dr. sc. agr.) degree in Seed Biology from Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany, was awarded to him by the university in 2003.

Ajayi has received a number of scholarships, fellowships, honours, and awards, the most notable of which are the Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement Programme (CIRCLE) Champion Award by CIRCLE Visiting Fellows (CVF), 2021; the Green Award by the National Association of Agricultural Students (NAAS, OAU, Ile-Ife) as the most-liked lecturer in the Department of Crop Production and Protection, OAU, Ile-Ife (1989).

The position of Graduate Assistant at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife was filled on the 15th of December 1993, and he was elevated to the position of Professor on the 1st of October 2010. As a visiting scholar at Pioneer Hi-bred International in Pandorf, Austria (2000-2002), and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Cell Biology Research Unit at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa (2002-2003), he has a diverse background (2003-2005).

His other affiliations include: Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2013); Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK (2003); Maize Improvement Program, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan (2011); and Agricultural Productivity Director, Winrock International/USAID-Nigeria Bridge to MARKETS II Project (Winrock International/USAID-Nigeria Bridge to MARKETS II Project) (2011).

He is a well-known research leader with a broad range of expertise that includes extensive research and industry experience in the areas of seed systems and agricultural innovations and enterprise development; climate change impacts; value chain analysis; research management; and agricultural policy dialogue.

Currently, he has more than 70 publications in the form of journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and research reports. He has received around 30 research and institutional development funds, including grants for mentoring Early Career Researchers (ECRs).

In addition to six PhD applicants, he has successfully supervised 17 MSc/MPhil candidates, as well as other final year student projects. A participant in several national, regional, and continental agricultural policy dialogues, he also facilitates national stakeholders’ meetings on topics such as the development of the seed sector, crop improvement, and increasing farmers’ income.

He has also served on the boards of several agricultural organizations. Having been a member of several professional organisations and associations for more than 28 years, Professor Ajayi is in high demand as a scientist, consultant, and resource person due to his extensive knowledge and expertise. He has completed more than 30 consulting engagements in the agricultural sector for a variety of development organizations and agencies both inside and outside Nigeria, mostly in the United States.

From 2008 to 2012, he served on the International Seed Testing Association’s Technical Committee on Seed Storage, and he previously served as President of the DAAD Alumni Association of Nigeria, which he co-founded. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Seed Science and Director of the Nigerian Hub of the Sustainable Futures Global Network, which includes researchers, practitioners, and communities in Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Nigeria, Scotland, and Uganda. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. The University of Glasgow in Scotland and the Technical University of Munich in Germany are two institutions with whom he has active and ongoing research cooperation. Over the course of his career, he has taken part in about 100 academic conferences/meetings both inside and outside Nigeria, and he has delivered over 30 presentations at these gatherings.

Professor Ajayi has held a number of administrative posts in and outside of the university system that are related to his research. The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, is now under his leadership as Chairman of the Governing Council. He formerly served as the first Deputy Vice-Chancellor (2018-date) and the first Director of Academic Planning and Partnerships (2017-2018) at the First Technical University, Ibadan.

He worked as a Communication Officer for the World Bank-funded Africa Centre of Excellence-Obafemi Awolowo University Knowledge Park (ACE OAK-PARK, 2015-2016); Chairman, University Security Committee (2014-2016); Director, Teaching and Research Farm (2012-2016); and Head of the Department of Crop Production and Protection (2012-2016) at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (2006-2008). He has served on a number of university committees, representing ASUU, Congregation, and Senate at various times. 2015-2016: He served on both the TETFund Standing Committee on Research and Development (2015) and the Executive Committee of Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) (2016-2020).

Professor Ajayi, who is 53 years old and is from Igbojaye in the Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, is happily married to Ibiyemi Adeloyin Ajayi, with whom he has four children. Professor Ajayi is a professor at the University of Oyo.

Professor Ayobami Salami’s tenure as Pioneer Vice-Chancellor will come to an end on the 8th of May, 2022, when he will be succeeded by him.

Staff, students, and visitors at UNIOSUN are reminded to utilize car stickers and tallies in accordance with the university’s policies.

The University’s Principal Officers met on Friday, November 19th, 2021, and resolved to implement automobile tags and tallies on all of the university’s campuses.

Car stickers and tallies are to be distributed to faculty and students alike. The driver would be responsible for keeping track of the totals, while the sticker will be prominently placed on the front windscreen of the car.

Anyone who wishes to take the car out for repair or for any other reason(s) must be given access to the tally by staff and students; and

Only visitors will be provided tallies when entering the Campus, and they will be surrendered while driving away from the Campus, with the Security Department expected to record the car registration number and the tag number in their records.

Furthermore, the Principal Officers agreed that the cost of a car sticker would be one thousand naira (N1,000.00) naira only, with the proviso that any staff member who has more than one (1) vehicle for car sticker registration would be eligible for a discount of seven hundred and fifty (N750.00) naira only for each additional vehicle sticker.

All Osun State University staff and students who have automobiles should deposit the money into the university’s miscellaneous account at Access Bank, 0000504412, 0000504412, Osun State University Miscellaneous Account. After making the payment, they should exchange the teller for a University receipt at the Cash Office (in Osogbo) and College Account Officers in the colleges/campuses where they are enrolled.

All employees and students involved are reminded that they have the chance to acquire the sticker between now and the end of the current 30-day period; after that, vehicles without the sticker will not be permitted to enter and will be regarded as if they were the car of a guest.

The information provided above is for your consideration and action.

Thank you very much.

This is to advise newly accepted students of the University of Delta (UNIDEL) that the administration has announced the processes for payment of school fees.

The following are the processes to be followed by admitted students in order to pay their school fees:

• Visit https://unidel.waeup.org for more information. Login by clicking on login and entering your username and password (for example, D1000001 and 543210).
• Click on the “My Data” tab at the top of the page, then on the “payments” button.
• Select the relevant payment item from the Category drop-down menu (i.e: acceptance fee or School fees).
• Candidates who have an ATM-enabled VERVE or MASTER CARD from any commercial bank are eligible to apply.
• To pay for college, go to the top of your website and click on ‘CollegePAY. The confirmation page will open, allowing you to double-check your payment information. If everything is in order, click on ‘Submit’ to proceed with the payment through the Interswitch payment portal.
• Choose your card type (Visa or Mastercard), enter your card information, and then click “Pay.”