IMSU Emerges Winner of ImechE London Contest (See official photos)

DURU VICTOR

Imo State University Owerri (IMSU) has emerged winners of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers London (IMechE) contest held in Nigeria.

The international engineering contest tagged Speak Out For Engineering 2018 had its national level stage at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) on the 30th of November.

Eight Nigeria institutions were drawn for the national level stage namely Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK),University of Lagos Akoka (UNILAG), Anambra State University (ANSU), Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), Madonna University Okija campus, University Kano, Federal University of Agriculture and Imo State University Owerri.

The keen contest saw representatives of Imo State University in Chukwudi Christian Chigozie and Chukwuemeka Emmanuel of 400 level emerging winners in Nigeria and will go on to the regionals of the contest along with University of UAE and University of Mauritius.

IMSU reps designed an indigenous water purification and treatment system in line with this year's theme which is concerned with ingenuity towards the future drinkable water crisis. The winners, IMSU reps, were awarded 300 pounds and a trip to Mauritius to represent Nigeria at the regionals.

With over 120,000 members in 140 countries, ImechE has been at the heart of mechanical engineering profession since 1847. The winners will represent Africa in London in April next year.

See official photos below...

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ASUU Nationwide Strike To Continue As Meeting With FG Ends In Deadlock

There appears to be no end in sight as regards the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as the ASUU-FG meeting held today failed to produce any resolution.

The over three hours meeting which was held in Abuja began by 5:30pm and failed to achieve the needed result as the negotiating teams for both sides resolved to reconvene the meeting at a latter date.

The ASUU team led by its president Prof. Biodun Ogunbiyi and the FG team led by the honourable minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu sought to re-open negotiations over demands for improved university funding.

All efforts made by correspondents to talk to the Minister of Education proved abortive while the ASUU president avoided newsmen his reaction however left much to be told. He said: "The meeting will continue at a latter date. We will continue from where we stopped.
We have started the discussion, we are continuing and the discussion will continue at a latter date. You'll get to know about it".

Meanwhile House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education led by Hon. Aminu Suleiman has urged the ASUU and FG to find lasting solution to the ongoing strike and resolve their differences.

The ASUU-FG meeting today ended by 8pm.

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Most Beautiful Igbo Girl Nigeria Pageant Grand Finale Date Revealed! (See details)

Catch Founder Exhela Initiative NewYork Onyegwara Prisca, Darling FM Cranberry and other celebs and artistes @ the grand finale of the Most Beautiful Igbo Girl In Nigeria Beauty Pageant 2018...

Date: 7th December, 2018
Venue: Owerri Hotel Plaza

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JCCF IMSU PRESIDENT REACTS: What I Said Was Clear And That's What I Still Stand On - Freshers' Night Party Should Be Made Optional - Pst. Ernest

Duru Victor

The social media space as well as offline of IMSU and environs was agog with a statement credited to the Joint Christian Campus Fellowship (JCCF) President IMSU Chapter, Pastor Ernest Ugonna Ezekwere at the just concluded Inaugural Students Assembly in IMSU in which it was alleged that he demanded that the Freshers' Night Party be outrightly banned.

The President has maintained his stance as well as defended his statement. In a chat he granted to our correspondent on Sunday, being the 11th of November, 2018, Pst. Ernest is quoted as saying: "What i said was clear and that's what i still stand on. Freshers' night party should be made optional. Reason being that christians do not believe in what happens there. Alcoholism, fine if you want to do it, but we don't believe in it.

Secular music and a lot of other things and we are saying that it remains optional. If anybody wants to go ahead with it, fine. But nobody should be mandated in any department, in any faculty, in any hostel else JCCF won't take it lightly because christians are being maltreated seriously. You walk into people's hostel, you seize their stuffs because they refused to comply.

You won't do that to the cultist, you won't do that to the native doctor. You walk into a pastor's room, you lock the gate and you tell him he that he will not leave. I mean, that's practically an insult on the body of Christ.

What we are saying is, if you want to party, fine, if you don't want to, fine. But nobody should be forced for any such thing. That's the appeal we sounded and we stand by it".

What do you think?

Somewhere in IMSU...

Pst. Ernest Ugonna Ezekwere

Pst. Ernest at the Inaugural Students Assembly

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CONFIRMED: ASUU Resumes Indefinite Nationwide Industrial Action (See details)

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It has now been confirmed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resumed the industrial action it suspended a month ago and this time indefinitely.

The resumed strike which was agreed upon at a meeting of union leaders yesterday in Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State was as a result of poor funding of universities in the country.

Speaking in reaction to the indefinite nationwide strike, the national ASUU President, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi declared that the strike will be full blown and indefinite.

It remains to be seen if the proposed NLC strike action will commence tomorrow despite the existing court injunction.

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