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  • University of Maiduguiri turns out 17,895 graduates with 78 first class

    Seventy-Eight students of the University of Maiduguri ( UniMaid ) on Saturday in Maiduguri bagged first class honours. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, said at the institution’s 23rd combined convocation that 17,895 graduates would be conferred various degrees and certificates, with 78 receiving first class honours.

    Njodi said 3,527 students were graduated in the post-graduate school programmes out of which 56 bagged PhD degree.

    According to him, 570 graduates got Master degrees while 2,901 others received post-graduate Diplomas.

    “A total of 8,643 were for undergraduate degrees, out of which 7,278 studied under regular programmes, 573 from affiliated colleges and 714 on distance learning programmes,’’ he said.

    About 5,725 students were conferred with diploma certificates while 1,597 received Diploma certificates through the university’s consultancy services and 4,128 got Diplomas from affiliated colleges.

    Njodi said the Governing Council of the university had also approved the appointment of three Emeriti Professors.

    They are: Emeritus Professor Abdulhamid Abubakar, Emeritus Professor John Akinyili and Emeritus Professor Joseph Alumona.

    The VC said the trios had rendered over 40 years of unbroken service to the university.

    According to him, their appointment was in recognition of their intellectual excellence, exemplary characters and dedication to service to the humanity and the university.

    Also speaking, Prof. Biodun Adesanya, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Board of the University, appealed to the Federal Government to give special consideration to the university because of the adverse environment in which it is operating.

    Adesanya said the university also requires the support of corporate bodies and philanthropic individuals to enable it to overcome the challenges posed by lack of funding.

    NAN

  • NANS expresses displeasure over bombings in UNIMAID 

    NANS expresses displeasure over bombings in UNIMAID 

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed displeasure over the bombing of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Borno State, by the Boko Haram.

    The association blamed the federal government for its slow action on the bombings of the university.

    The NANS President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, said this when addressing reporters on the state of the nation in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Obasi said the association had raised a committee on the northeast which was discreetly making investigation into the bombings.

    He said: “The remaining Chibok girls still in terrorists’ captivity are also part of Nigerian students. It is unfortunate that the government has not taken any drastic measure on UNIMAID.

    “They have not shown action in securing lives and property. The government only sends condolences. NANS is about to take a decision and it is a decision that will not favour the government.

    “We have a committee which we constituted on the northeast but we did not bother to make it open. We do not want it public so that those against the interests of Nigerian students will not truncate our decisions.

    “We have also encouraged our students to be vigilant. We have carried out some safety measures lectures. We do not depend on the government, but we can tell the government what we want.”

    The NANS president said the association had lent support to the anti-corruption campaign of the Federal Government by exposing some vice chancellors who mismanaged the funds allocated to their universities.

     

  • Suicide bombings: Police rules out setting up post in UNIMAID

    Suicide bombings: Police rules out setting up post in UNIMAID

    The Police Command in Borno on Thursday ruled out the possibility of setting up police post at University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), following increased suicide bombings by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.

    Chukwu was reacting to calls for the police to move and checkmate the activities of the bombers at the institution.

    He explained that setting up police posts in UNIMAID would create difficult precedence for other universities to follow.

    He added that “let me say here that once you establish a police post in UNIMAID, you will have set up a difficult precedence.

    “This is because every other university would want the police to set up posts in their campuses too.

    “It is not the universities, even other tertiary institutions would want such posts established in their campuses.”

    He, however, said the police had been collaborating with the university outfit to ensure security at the campus.

    He explained that “originally, the university security outfit had been in charge of security arrangements in the university.

    “But since January when we started having suicide bomb attacks, we injected some security agents, including policemen and the military into the system.”

    The police boss said that the action initially paid off as it led to reduction of suicide bomb attacks in the university.

    He, however, added that with the renewed attacks, the police and other security agencies had worked out plans to put an end to the bombings.

    He said that “very soon these incidences of suicide bombings would be a thing of the past, I can assure you.

    “The arrangement we are making now is such that it will be difficult for any miscreant or bomber to gain access into the university,” Chukwu said.

    Ms Becky Edubi, a female staff of the university was killed after multi suicide bomb attacks last Sunday.

    Two other staff were injured during the attack.

  • 16 killed in multiple suicide attack on UNIMAID

    16 killed in multiple suicide attack on UNIMAID

    The peaceful Sallah celebration in Borno state was short lived as the town was yet engulfed with series of suicide bomb attacks on Maiduguri metropolis including one at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID).

    The Police Spokesman in Borno State DSP Victor Isuku who confirmed the incident Sunday night said a total of sixteen people including the suicide bombers were killed during the multiple attacks.

    While giving the details of the attacks in a statement made available to journalists in Maiduguri, Mr. Isuku explained that the suicide attacks took place at different location of the town involving many casualties.

    The statement reads: ” Yesterday 25th June, 2017 at about 2221hrs.

    “A male suicide bomber, gained entry into the premises of University of Maiduguri, and detonated PBIED on his body near the Rapid Response Services Office building.

    “The suicide bomber died while three (3) University security personnel on duty were injured.

    “One of the injured security personnel, a female (whose identity was given as Becky Edubi), later died while being attended to at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

    “In another development at about 2230hrs same night, Four (4) female suicide bombers infiltrated Zannari community in Gwange general area of Jere LGA.

    “Two (2) of the suicide bombers detonated PBIEDs on their bodies in two residential buildings.

    “The bombers died killing eight (8) other persons while eleven (11) others were injured.

    The third bomber detonated killing himself alone.

    “The fourth female suicide bomber, identity not known, who was arrested also died the same night as a result of injuries she sustained.

    “Yet in another development, today at about 0408hrs, Two (2) female suicide bombers detonated PBIEDs on their bodies within the premises of University of Maiduguri.

    “One detonated close to the Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition Centre Complex killing herself with no other casualty.

    “The other suicide bomber detonated behind Works Department complex also killing herself with no other casualty. EOD/SARS and patrol teams were mobilized to the scenes. The dead and injured were evacuated to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

    “The EOD sanitised and rendered the various scenes and their neighbourhoods safe.
    Normalcy restored.

    “In all, sixteen (16) persons including the suicide bombers died in the multiple explosions while thirteen (13) persons were injured,” the statement explained.

     

  • Boko Haram: NSCDC deploys 600 personnel to worship centres in Maiduguri

    Boko Haram: NSCDC deploys 600 personnel to worship centres in Maiduguri

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in Maiduguri to assure worshippers of their safety.

    The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    He said the deployment was part of efforts to curtail suspected suicide bomb attacks by Boko Haram at worship centres, especially during the month of Ramadan.

    He said that the team included men of the anti-riot squad, bomb detection and disposal unit as well as intelligence and detective unit.

    “We have also boosted our security checks and patrol at various institutions of learning especially University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that had suffered many attacks this year.

    “The students should therefore have no course for alarm as they go about their studies,’’ he said.

    Abdullahi said the command had also increased its surveillance at commercial centres, markets, motor parks, amusement parks and shopping malls in the state capital to ensure protection of the populace.

    “ We therefore appeal to residents to assist the security agencies with relevant information that will enable us nip any suspected threat of Boko Haram or any other elements in the bud.

    “We advice all worship centres in the areas where we are not stationed our personnel to ensure that some persons be on the watch while others are praying.

    “They should also be alert to strange faces,’’ Abdullahi cautioned.

  • Varsity begins new session

    Varsity begins new session

    The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has commenced the 2012/2013 academic session after a long break. The newly-admitted students have commenced registration.

    Despite the security challenges in the state, CAMPUSLIFE observed that students trooped into the school during the first week of resumption. The new students were seen moving from one office to the other to receive and process documents.

    James Agwu, a fresher in Biochemistry department, said he was happy that the school finally resumed after months of waiting. “I have been at home waiting for the day I would resume as an undergraduate of this institution. I am happy that the period of boredom is over and I can now engage my life productively,” he said.

    When asked if he was disturbed by the insecurity in Maiduguri, he simply replied: “I have absolute faith in God to keep and protect me from evil. I am looking forward to a hitch-free stay on campus.”