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  • DT4TVET: UNIUYO, Edinburgh varsity partner to train construction engineers

    DT4TVET: UNIUYO, Edinburgh varsity partner to train construction engineers

    The University of Uyo and the Edinburg Napier University with support from the British Council have boost digital skills in Nigeria’s construction subsector.

    This is aimed at actualising the National Strategy for the DT4TVET project, Dr. Dubem Isaac Ikediashi, the principal investigator of the initiative has said.

    Ikediashi disclosed that over 40 participants from various technical schools, monotechnics/polytechnics, and skill acquisition across the country will participate in the training.

    Ikediashi at the weekend said: “The training will be preceded by a crucial, high-level meeting for all stakeholders in the construction subsector.

    “The stakeholders meeting will bring together policymakers, professional bodies, industry leaders, educational institutions, and project partners to discuss strategies for enhancing the nationwide implementation of Digital Technologies in the technical vocational education and training of construction education in Nigeria.

    “The critical training is scheduled to hold within the second week of January 2026 and is expected to result in a cohesive national strategy, ensuring that the successes generated by the DT4TVET project translates into sustainable, long-term change. 

    “This diverse participation underscores the national significance and widespread interest in digitizing construction education

    “These are fallouts from a successful conclusion of a landmark three-day workshop on Digital Technologies for TVET (DT4TVET) held in Uyo from October 15th to 17th, 2025”.

    He revealed that the high level meeting marked a crucial milestone for a year-long collaborative project between Edinburgh Napier University and the University of Uyo, sponsored by the British Council. 

    “The workshop was aimed at equipping educators and trainers with essential skills in cutting-edge digital technologies, thereby impacting directly the quality and relevance of construction education across Nigeria,” he said.

  • UNIUYO unveils policy against sexual harassment

    UNIUYO unveils policy against sexual harassment

    The University of Uyo has formally launched its institutional policy against sexual harassment, warning that defaulters will face stiff penalties.

    The unveiling ceremony, which drew dignitaries from diverse sectors, was held at the 1000 Capacity TETFund Hall on the university’s main campus.

    The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, said that the policy of the University has declared zero tolerance for all forms of sexual molestation.

    Prof Ndaeyo stressed that the policy would serve as a deterrent to potential offenders and a commitment to justice for victims.

    He reaffirmed the university’s dedication to accountability, transparency, and the protection of all members of the academic community.

    Wife of the VC, Mrs. Uduakabasi Ndaeyo, lauded the initiative as a necessary step in confronting a societal evil that has lingered for too long, stating that such efforts will help address the scourge of sexual harassment in Nigerian institutions.

    The Chairperson of the Board of the Centre for Gender Studies, Prof. Valerie Asanwana, reiterated the University’s commitment to equity, excellence, and respect for all.

    She said the policy represents a significant step towards creating a campus culture where sexual misconduct is neither tolerated nor ignored.

    She emphasised that the policy outlines clear procedures for reporting, investigating, and resolving cases of sexual harassment in a transparent and victim-centered manner.

    Providing a detailed overview of the new policy, Prof. Luke Eyo, a member of the University’s Gender Advisory Board, while an overview of the Policy on Sexual Harassment, said that its content and operational framework, underscoring its role in ensuring justice and institutional integrity.

  • Uniuyo Alumni elects new president as Luke ends tenure

    Uniuyo Alumni elects new president as Luke ends tenure

    The University of Uyo Alumni Association has elected a new executive with Comrade Ekerette Adiaiduo emerging as President.

    Adiaiduo polled 589 votes to defeat his closest rival, Prof Aniekan Brown, who garnered 481 votes in the keenly contested election over the weekend. 

    Presenting the result, Chairman, Election Committee, Dr Odumayak Okpo who also announced winners for 15 other offices contested for, expressed satisfaction that  the process was kept  free, fair and credible. 

    In his acceptance speech, President Adiaiduo thanked colleagues for the trust placed in him and promised to fulfill his campaign promise of taking the association to new heights. 

    “I appreciate the confidence reposed in me and assure you that I will work tirelessly to justify the trust you’ve placed in me,” he stated.

    Outgoing President Rt. Hon Onofiok Luke commended the association’s electoral umpire for conducting a credible election, one of his administration’s key targets. 

    Luke, a former House of Representatives member, highlighted notable achievements of his administration to  include influencing the Vice Chancellorship appointment, attracting projects from TETFUND, and providing scholarships to outstanding students.

    “When the Vice Chancellorship position of this University was in contention, it was the voice of this association heard at the NUC that restored the Vice Chancellorship of Prof. Nyaudo Ndaeyo.

    “Again, with my relationship with TETFUND, we have been able to attract some projects to this University. The Medical students who were rusticated, we were able to bring them back to the University.

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    “And, in this same University, there were whole lot of things that we did. For the very first time in our Alumni Association, for three consecutive sessions, the best graduating students totalling forty-one of them were given two hundred thousand Naira each as scholarship and that money was paid.

    “During COVID-19, three million Naira (N3,000,000.00) was given to the Faculty of Pharmacy by the alumni association for research”. He said 

    The former Akwa Ibom Speaker noted challenges faced by his administration, particularly the non-release of dues by the University’s consultant, which hindered project implementation. 

    He however expressed satisfaction that the University management had taken steps to address the issue, with the consultant being investigated by the EFCC and expected to remit approximately N40 million in owed dues.

    “We could not carry on most of the projects because the consultant that the University gave to collect our dues, up until today, is still owing us about forty million Naira (N40,000,000.00).

    “And today, I want to commend the management of the University led by Prof. Ndaeyo who had caused that man to be arrested and he’s been in the EFCC custody for the past three months. He will produce our dues totaling over N40m.”

    Luke congratulated his successor and wished him well, while also urging the new administration to prioritize resolving the outstanding dues issue. “I congratulate Comrade Adiaiduo on his election and wish him success in his tenure. I hope he will build on the foundation laid by my administration and take the association to greater heights,” Luke stated.

  • ‘UNIUYO graduate not a victim of organ harvesting’

    ‘UNIUYO graduate not a victim of organ harvesting’

    The eldest sister of the late Iniubong Umoren, a 26-year-old Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) has debunked claims her sister was a victim of organ harvesting.

    Speaking at a news conference in Uyo, Ifiok Ephraim Umoren, sister of the deceased described the  allegation as “outrageous” and “deeply hurtful,” adding that she personally witnessed the autopsy, during which her sister’s  internal organs were confirmed intact.

    The deceased was murdered on April 29, 2021 under the guise of a job interview.

    The news conference was a response to recent claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in a viral audio-visual conversation with US-based activist Dr Sandra C. Duru, in which she alleged that Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was involved in harvesting Iniubong’s organs to save his wife.

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    “How can someone claim that my sister’s organs were harvested when I was right there during the autopsy? This accusation is not only false but dishonours the memory of my sister and retraumatises our family.

     “After her death, the police took the body for autopsy at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. I was present. No organ was missing,” she said.

    The pathologist, Dr  Emeka Nwafor, who conducted the postmortem, also testified under oath in court in 2021 that while the body showed signs of decomposition and trauma, there was no evidence of organ removal.

    Legal experts and family members are considering legal redress against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for spreading what they call “defamatory and destabilizing misinformation.”

  • ‘S/Court judgment on Eno has vindicated UNIUYO’

    ‘S/Court judgment on Eno has vindicated UNIUYO’

    The International President of University of Uyo Alumni, Onofiok Luke, has said the Supreme Court judgment affirming Umo Eno as Akwa Ibom State governor has vindicated the University of Uyo (UNIUYO).

    Luke, a former House of Representatives member, in a statement yesterday in Uyo, said the declaration of the apex court on Eno, an alumnus of UNIUYO, was a victory for the university.

    The Alumni has also declared the congratulatory messages from Obong Bassey Albert and Obong Akan Udofia, the candidates of the main opposition parties, Young Progressive Party (YPP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), who are also our alumni, as a win for UNIUYO on all fronts. 

    He said although the university has contributed human resources, who have contributed to the development of the state, it was the first time an alumnus of the university has emerged governor of the state. 

    “With the judgment of the Supreme Court confirming the election of our distinguished alumnus, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and the congratulatory messages from Obong Bassey Albert and Obong Akan Udofia, the candidates of the main opposition parties, Young Progressive Party (YPP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), who are also our alumni, we can say now that indeed, our great citadel of learning, the prestigious University of Uyo, has won on all fronts. 

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    “First, we have finally produced an alumnus of the University of Uyo as governor of our state. This is very important to us as we have before now produced officers of almost all political offices, except the occupant of the hilltop mansion. 

    “Second, the battle was fierce, but when the Supreme Court gave her judgment, our well-trained alumni decided to toe the path of honour, responsibility and egalitarianism by congratulating the governor, who had already offered the olive branch.

    “As the international leadership of the Alumni Association of this great citadel of learning, we wholeheartedly congratulate His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, on his nomination, election and judicial confirmation as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

    “We also sincerely commend the maturity exhibited by Obong Bassey Albert and Obong Akanimo Udofia in accepting the judgment of the court- cum-congratulating and pledging to work with the governor in the interest of the state,” the statement said.

    The UNIUYO Alumni assured Governor Eno that it would continue to mobilise members to support good cause of government.

  • NANS deplores robbery attacks on UniUyo female hostel

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the recurring armed robbery attacks on the female hostel of the University of Uyo (UniUyo), Akwa-Ibom State.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the angry female students staged a peaceful protest last week over what they said was the second robbery in three days.

    National President of NANS, Comrade Danielson Bamidele Akpan, said it was ‘unspeakable and unacceptable’ for bandits to invade the female hostels twice within a week and robbing the victims of money and other personal effects.

    He said: “This robbery gang did have enough time such that they dispossessed the female students of their valuables such as; laptops, phones, gadgets, and cash.  The information further revealed the brazenness with which the terror gang came with POS and forced students to insert their ATM cards and transfer their money to them”

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    “Condemning in strongest terms this beastly act of the armed robbers, we wish to expressly request that the management of the University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, do everything possible to arrest the perpetrators of the terror and prosecute them

    “In the meantime, I have directed NANS National Ex-Officio 1 Comrade Ekemini Inyang, to manage the crisis in order to avoid escalation or lead to a repeat of the June 12, 2013 students’ unrest in University of Uyo. Now that students have threatened a showdown, it is expected that all stakeholders should work together to avert disruption of academic calendar.”

    Danielson urged the management to provide adequate security for the entire school, especially the female hostels, to reassure students of its commitment to their security.

  • UNIUYO VC annuls SUG election as ‘cultists’ kill one

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Enefiok Essien, has cancelled the Students’ Union Government (SUG) election due to a crisis that allegedly led to the death of one student with 10 others seriously wounded.

    It was gathered that the election was cancelled because of the violence rival cult groups unleashed on the town and annex campuses of the university.

    Elections were said to have been earlier cancelled at the Faculty of Social Sciences’ Polling Unit by the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Aniekan Brown, due to “irregularities and electoral malpractices”.

    It was learnt that angry supporters of a candidate who was coasting home to victory, stormed other polling units in other faculties, including Education, to hijack ballot materials amid gunshots by suspected cultists.

    “After the announcement was made by Dr. Brown, students from the polling unit moved to disrupt elections going on at other nearby polling units because of what they viewed as orchestrated plans to stop a non-indigene from emerging as the next SUG President,” Effiong Akpan, of the Faculty of Arts, said.

    He added: “Ballot boxes and other election materials were destroyed at the Faculty of Arts polling unit as well as the Faculty of Education. It extended to other polling units, including the Faculties of Agriculture, Business Administration, Basic Medicals.”

    According to him, the attackers were repelled by some angry students, who attacked the invaders with stones and other missiles.

  • Onobrakpeya praises UNIUYO for keeping Idiong alive

    Onobrakpeya praises UNIUYO for keeping Idiong alive

    Renowned painter and founder of Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation (BOF) Prof Bruce Onobrakpeya has described university art galleries as credible platforms for town to meet the gown as well as serve as effective teaching aids.

    He said through hosting of art exhibitions, university art galleries create conducive environment removed from the pressures of commercial art where student artists, curators and faculty members can experiment freely in terms of making, exhibiting and curating of art.

    He noted that university art galleries and museums encourage the collection of art works, among the academics.

    Onobrakpeya, who spoke at the inauguration of a new art gallery in honour of the late Prof Stella Idiong at University of Uyo (UNIUYO, Akwa Ibom State, said the university should be very proud to be one of the very few universities in the country to establish and own actual or online art gallery, which he hoped, would be a full-fledged department in the future. The inauguration also witnessed a commemorative art exhibition in honour of the late Idiong.

    “I am, particularly, happy to be part of the process of immortalising Stella Idiong be cause she was one of our own as an alumnus of Harmattan work

    shop, an informal educational artists’forum, which I founded in Agbarha Otor, Delta State. Her participation and creative innovations in printmaking during several workshops she attended had been great inspiration to us. Indeed, this connection opened the way for my many visits to Uyo and my claim as Akwa Ibom son,” he said.

    Onobrakpeya said until her death, Mrs Idiong knew the important role art galleries play in the education of the artist, adding: “She actually established the first gallery of art in the university art department where she encouraged art exhibitions.’’

    He thanked the family of the late Prince Bernard Dampson Isiong and the late Idiong for the magnanimous gift, saying: “We pray that the legacy of Stella Idiong, art teacher, educationist and distinguished fine artist may last forever.’’

  • Graduate demands N5billion from UNIUYO, special convocation over delayed degree result

    Graduate demands N5billion from UNIUYO, special convocation over delayed degree result

    A graduate of accounting from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state,Uduakobong Peter Nquot has asked his alma mater to pay him the sum ofN5billion for delaying the release of his degree certificate for 10 years.

     

    Narrating his ordeal to our correspondent in Uyo yesterday, Nquot saidhe was admitted into the University for a Degree Programme inaccounting through direct entry in the 2002/2003 academic year, but only got his degree result August this year.

    His degree result which was sighted by the Nation in Uyo indicatesthat the Senate of the University of Uyo had approved Nquot’s resultsince 2008.

    Speaking, Nquot lamented that the university omitted his name from the list of students who graduated in 2006/2007 batch, adding that he was denied the honour of graduating and participating in the convocation

    ceremony of that year.

    Besides demanding for N5billion compensation for the wasted years andthe physiological trauma suffered over the years, Nquot with registration number 02/CE/BA/AC/007 has demanded that the university conducts a special convocation ceremony for him.

    The aggrieved graduate of the UNIUYO said he was deceived for 10 years by the university into believing that he had failed some courses, and therefore was not eligible to be awarded a degree.

    He said he did all his clearance and screening and was accordingly given a clean bill of health by all relevant departments of the school.

    Nquot told the Nation that though the university did not publish results throughout his studentship in the school, he never failed any of his courses.

    He said the University embarrassed him further when they told his parents that he had abandoned the programme mid-way, adding that for 10 years he was treated with disdain by friends and family as a result

    of the misinformation.

    In a petition to the Vice-Chancellor of the UNIUYO dated 18th August, 2017, a copy which was obtained by our correspondent, Nquot stated that “I was deceived for many years that I had no result, and therefore could not graduate with my set of 2006/2007.

    “All enquiries about my result proved abortive from the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business Administration and the School of Continuing Education.

    “In the year 2016, a staff of the University of Uyo in the School of Continuing Education deceived me that I had an outstanding course BNF 224, that I should apply to the Vice Chancellor for waiver in order to

    graduate.

    “I promptly applied for a waiver “Application for Course Waiver’’ dated 12th May, 2016. In the course of following up my letter to the Senate, I saw my computed result from the Directorate of Academic

    Affairs attached to my “Application for Course Waiver”.

    Nquot said, “I was shocked to see that I had a Second Class Honours in Accounting and it became clear that something was being done to my result”.

    He told the Nation that following a petition to the Vice-Chancellor of the University for his result to be released, he got a telephone on the 15th of August from Mrs. Akpan, Head of Exams Unit, requesting for

    his registration number.

    “I met Mrs. Akpan on 24th August, 2017, who said “your result has been here for many years, you did not need to write all these letters” following which he obtained his degree result August this year.

    When contacted the Registrar of the University, Mr. Aniediabasi Udoh absolved the institution of blame, and claimed Nquot never showed up to do his clearance for those number of years.

    Udoh said Nquot only did his clearance in September hence the delay in the release of his result, adding that the ex-student also has issues with his course forms.

  • UniUyo ASUU fetes members

    The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has enjoined members of the union to remain committed to its ideals and principles.

    Prof. Ogunyemi, who was represented by the Vice President, Prof. Victor Osodeke, spoke in Uyo yesterday while addressing congress of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Uyo Branch (ASUU-UUB).

    The President said he was in the Branch to celebrate with members of the union, particularly those who were wrongly sacked and later reinstated after between eight and thirteen years.

    The ASUU President commended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Enefiok Essien for unconditionally recalling the Chairman of ASUU, University of Uyo Branch, Dr. Edet Akpan and others who were wrongfully sacked.

    The Congress adopted a resolution to send letters of commendation to the immediate past Chairman of University of Uyo Governing Council, Prof. Kimse Okoko and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Enefiok Essien for unconditionally recalling and reinstating Dr. E. P. Akpan whose appointment was wrongfully terminated by the Ekpo administration.