University of Lagos expels 125, rusticated 198
Management of the University of Lagos, Akoka, have expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others for various offences, including examination malpractices during last academic session.
This as disclosed by the University's Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr Toyin Adebule, on Sunday to newsmen.
According to the registrar, “will soon publish and display the names and photographs of the students in the media’’.
“Yes we have published some names on our website and these students will be punished in various degrees, depending on the severity.
“Last session, a number of students were caught in various forms of malpractices during their examinations.
“Some were found cheating during the examination with “micro sheets” while others were hired as surrogates to write papers for others.
“Others were caught smoking weeds (Marijuana) right in their halls of residence by their colleagues and reported to the university authorities.
“For those who were caught impersonating, writing examinations for others, they will face outright expulsion,’’ Adebule said.
Adebule said the other categories of students, such as those caught with micro sheets and the smokers, would face suspension ranging from two to four semesters.
“In other to get the desired effect of their various punishments, we are planning to publish all their names as well as display their photographs all over the campus in the next one week.
“We shall carry out this measure in all the departments and faculties in the institution.
“This is to help the university ensure that the affected students will have nowhere to hibernate on campus.
“By doing this, the affected students would know that the university want to ensure total compliance to the sanction and would not want to be seen anywhere around the campus,’’ he said.
Adebule said that before every examination, the university normally make available the rules and regulations for the students to abide by.
According to him, the university will continue to do all it can to sustain set standards and best practices as obtained in other top universities around the world.
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ABU makes breakthroughs in petrochemicals, automobile engineering -- VC
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria says it has recorded major breakthroughs following researches it carried out in petrochemicals and automobile engineering.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, disclosed when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.
He said that the university, with the assistance of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), successfully developed a petroleum refining material called zeolite, using a kind of clay called kaolin.
According to him, zeolite, which is a natural mineral, can be used in refining petroleum products in the country.
He, however, said the mineral was not available in commercial quantity in the country.
“The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has commissioned a research to develop one kind of material that is used in petroleum refining which is called zeolite and there are two types.
“They found that if we can covert certain minerals to zeolite it will help.
“This research has succeeded in converting a clay mineral which is called kaolin to two types of zeolite which can be applicable to petroleum refining.
“The university has even received a patent certificate from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“It is now ready to go into semi commercialisation to produce it in large quantity and that has been successful.
“PTDF is also ready to join hands with the Raw Material Research and Development Council ((RMRDC) to take it to commercial scale.’’
Garba also said that ABU had developed a mini-refinery in its Chemical Engineering Department to train prospective engineers in the practical aspect of petrochemical engineering.
He said the mini-refinery, which refines one barrel of crude oil per day, was built with the support of RMRDC.
“We also have what we call the Petroleum or petrochemical mini-refinery.
“We developed a small refinery that will refine one barrel of crude oil a day.
“We do not intend to refine petroleum for our own consumption, but because we have a chemical engineering department, we train engineers that would go into the industry.
“We found that in this part of the country, there are no much oil facilities.
“We found that if we develop this mini-refinery, its student, as at when they are really taking their degrees, should be able know the entire working of a refinery.
“It is quite a big edifice that we built and that also came with the support of RMRDC and it is doing very well.’’
The vice-chancellor said the institution had also produced an eco-marathon car through a contest organized by Shell globally, challenging universities to produce vehicles that were fuel efficient.
He said that ABU won two awards with its Eco-Marathon Car, adding that both universities of Lagos and Benin participated in the two contests, which ABU’s car came tops.
“There is also another research in the Engineering Department whereby we produce what we call the ABU Eco-marathon car.
“So, ABU has developed one, we participated in two events and we won both that we now have this eco-marathon car and that has been successful also.
“University of Lagos has tried and come closer and University of Benin also, but I think ABU is the one that has won the award.”
NAN
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Covenant University appoints new VC
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| Professor Aderemi Aaron-Anthony Atayero |
Secretary of the Board of Regents, Pastor Chioma Okwuanyi, on behalf of the Chairman of the Board and Chancellor of Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, made the announcement on Friday July 15, 2016 at a special meeting of Principal Officers, Deans, Directors and Heads of Departments.
Professor Atayero replaces Professor Charles Ayo, whose tenure elapsed last month.
Speaking on how the Board of Regents arrived on its choice of Professor Atayero, Pastor Okwuanyi said the Board, at a recent meeting to consider a number of eminent professors from Covenant University, decided to limit the choice to the products of the university in order to allow for continuity; somebody who has been in the system who knows where Professor Ayo stopped, and start building from that foundation.
The announcement was greeted with a thunderous applause from the audience including Professor Ayo, who described the day as symbolic in the annals of history of the university. It would have been disheartening, he said, if the university had to look elsewhere to pick his successor.
He acknowledged the contributions of all present, while expressing satisfaction that he has bequeathed a university where faculty, staff and students can walk with their heads held high across the continent of Africa.
“I congratulate the incoming Vice-Chancellor. Actually, we started the journey together… I therefore have no doubt whatsoever that Professor Atayero will be able to move the university forward at a faster rate having been part and parcel of the Vision,” said Professor Ayo.
He subsequently presented his handover note titled, ‘On the Wings of a Prophetic Verdict: Vision 10:2022’ to Professor Atayero, and prayed that God will give the new Vice-Chancellor the wisdom and the grace to take the university to a greater height.
Professor Atayero, in his acceptance speech, thanked the Board of Regents for the confidence reposed in him to carry the mantle of leadership of the institution from where Professor Ayo stopped.
While acknowledging that the task before him is not an easy one, the Vice-Chancellor is optimistic that victory would be achieved.
“When I was made the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), when I was writing my acceptance letter then, one of the things I noted was I’m fully persuaded that this can only be done exclusively by the leading of the Holy Spirit. It is pleasing that I’m currently on the mountain, and one of the scriptures I read on the mountain is Romans 9:28: ‘For He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth’.
“I am convinced that victory would be achieved even before the last lap as set by our indefatigable Chancellor. Another good reason is that we are standing on a very sound foundation. It is only a privilege for us and the team coming in to be able to carry this mantle forward and we make bold to say that by His grace we shall not disappoint.”
Curtains were drawn on the unveiling ceremony with Pastor Okwuanyi asking all present to pray that God gives Professor Atayero the grace to accomplish the task before him.
Professor Atayero and Professor Ayo later met in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office at the Senate Building, where members of staff led by the Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Dr. Akan Williams, were introduced to the new helmsman.
Atayero, a professor of Communication Engineering at Covenant University, who was the pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the institution, had also served as Coordinator School of Engineering, and twice as Head of Department of Electrical and Information Engineering of the university. He joined the faculty of Covenant University as a pioneer faculty in 2002.
Professor Atayero has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Radio Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Satellite Communication Systems in 1992 and 1994 respectively from the Moscow Institute of Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation. He earned his Ph.D from the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA) in 2000.
Atayero is a member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and other professional bodies.
He has a number of scientific papers in reputable International peer-reviewed journals and proceedings to his credit. He is on the editorial board of the Covenant Journal of Science and Technology and of several other International Journals.
The new Vice-Chancellor is a recipient of various awards and scholarships including the ‘2009 Ford Foundation Teaching Innovation Award’. His current research interests are in various aspects of Communication Engineering, including (but not limited to): Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless (Mobile) Communications, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities.
He was until his appointment Head, Covenant University Internet of Things-Enabled Smart and Connected Communities (SmartCU) Cluster.
Professor Atayero is happily married and the marriage is blessed with three children.
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The students of the Kogi State University, Anyigba yesterday brought commercial activities in the state Capital, Lokoja to a standstill as they embarked on a peaceful protest over the the three month-old strike by lecturers of the school.
Members of the institution's chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had embarked on the strike over alleged unresolved salary issues with the state government.
The students in their numbers occupied the popular Ganaja Junction as early as 8.30am, paralysing business activities in parts of Lokoja.
They demanded for immediate resolution of the impasse between ASUU and the state government and ASUU, saying that their concern remains the immediate reopening of the university.
They lamented that they have over stayed at home, saying that those who are expected to graduate will miss the annual NYSC programmes.
In apparent dissatisfaction with the leadership of the student union body interventions, the students said they will not shift the ground, chanting anti-establishment songs, just as they demanded the immediate resolution of the logjam.
"We want immediate resolution to the lingering crisis. We have over stayed at home. When it started, we thought it would be addressed immediately. Now we have spent three months at home while all other institutions in neighbouring states are graduating", they stated.
Efgorts by the National President of the National Association of Nigeria Students whose name was not immediately made available to journalists was turned down by the students, as they alleged that the union leaders may been settled by the government.
Similarly the angry mobs also manhandled the President of SUG who was trying to address the crowd, stating that his in actions has caused the students "three months at home".
Also, efforts by the State Commissioner of Police (CP) Yakubu Usman, the Director of State Security Service (SSS) and state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to pacify the students were rebluff, as they insisted that they will only dialogue Governor Yahaya Bello.
They however later soft peddalled, as they listened to tge SSS boss, but insisted that the university must be reopened before they will agree to go back to Anyinba.
Travellers passing tgrough the state capital were worse off for it, as those caught up in the protest were stranded, as the angry students barricaded roads leading the Eastern part of the stat and the South East and South South parts of the country.
Efforts to speak with government officials at the scene proved abortive as they refused to talk, just as the students refused to dialogue with them.
It would recalled that the institution's chapter of ASUU have been at loggerheads with the state government over unpaid salary and eventually embarked on the strike.
The state government said it has paid four months salary arrears to the striking workers but ASUU insisted that the it offset all before it can return to work.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Mohammed Awwal at a press conference however appealed to the striking lecturers to return to the classrooms.
He appealed with them to return to the classrooms for the sake of the students.
"The ASUU strike affects not just the psyche of the students, but also causes further stress to the parents and ultimately tarnishes the reputation of our great state. ASUU is reminded that they were the first to be paid even when government could access only 40 percent of the bailout funds requested", he stated.
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