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South Korean Ambassador Recommends Education for Growing Nigeria’s Economy November 05, 2019 The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, His Excellency Lee In-Tae has encouraged Nigeria to continue to strive for a better and developed country while using his country as an example of such development. The Ambassador spoke on the 22nd of October 2019 at the main campus of the University of Jos on the topic “Growing the Nigerian Economy through Education:The South Korean Model. He gave the similarities between Nigeria and Korea, explaining that both countries were colonised by Britain and Japan respectively. Korea, he said was one of the poorest countries in the world but they started growing gradually from war ruins to a heavy-duty industry and then an ICT industry. Their GDP per-capita is rounding up to 31,363 USD (IMF report 2018).Their major product been semiconductors and electronics.The percentage of unemployed is 3.7% and underemployed youth is 9.4%...

JUVISU holds congress meeting November 23, 2019 The Jos University Visually Impaired Student Union (JUVISU) held her congress meeting on the 21st of November, 2019. This event which took place at the village hostel compound 13 had many people coming out to grace the meeting. In an opening speech by the president of the union, Mr.Hassan David, he encouraged members of the union to embrace unity among themselves as this will go a long way to strengthen the union and make it achieve its set goals. He further stressed that there have been many challenges that he has faced as the president as well as the union as a whole but through love, sacrifice and determination they had been able to overcome these challenges. Also speaking at the meeting, the secretary of the union Mr Andrew James, a 300 level student of Special Education call on the members of the electoral committee to be fair in carrying out there obligation in the forthcoming JUVISU election as this w...

“Taro is an Exhibition of Unity in Diversity”- Unijos Theatre Arts Finalist Posted By  admin  on Nov 9, 2019 A group of finalists from the department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos, identified as Patrick Pius Enna, John Vianney Inyanda, Paul Cheto, David Mafeng Toho, Gideon Yusuf Chongtami, Daniang Noel Anshi, Paul Augustine Ochepo organised a cultural display tagged ‘Taro: the gathering’ as part of their final year project. The event which held at the Open Air Theatre University of Jos Main Campus at 12pm on the 8th November 2019 witnessed the presence of lecturers of the department in persons of Mr. Victor Anyawu, Mr. Lucky Fadam, Dr. Hussaini Tsaku the supervisor of the project, other lecturers of the department as well as students of the University. The project which was produced by Frank Emman Idoko was an exhibition of music and dance performance by the Araguta dance troupe, the Trumpodi, Irigwe dance troupe, Idoma dance troupe, Tiv dance ...

November 28, 2019 HIGH MORAL VALUE,GOOD CONDUCT IMPERATIVE TO WORK ETIQUETTE – ASUU UNIJOS By  Admin  on  November 25 2019 The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU University of Jos chapter has charged its members to imbibe and inculcate high moral force and work ethics amid the lingering moral and ethical disposition in the educational sector of the country, stressing that ethics is all-encompassing and adherable. This was disclosed at a public lecture organised by the union on the 20th November 2019 at 10:00am which held at the ASUU unity hall University of Jos Permanent Site. Addressing members present at the summit, the guest speaker Prof. Ademola Aremu of the University of Ibadan sited that the theme of the lecture ‘Moral force in the University and work ethics’ designates the entity of huge responsibility of members to oneself and to others stressing that ASUU plays a role in the larger society and as such members should be conscious of student...

JUESSA holds Election for 2019/2020 EXCOs November 30, 2019 The JUESSA elections was held on the 21st of November 2019 and witnessed the election of new executives for the 2019/2020 session. The election polling unit was separated into two; the  Architecture polling unit and the building polling unit and was scheduled for 9 am began by 10 am due to some challenges which included the collection of ballot boxes from the security department. Some minutes into the election, students from the various departments in the faculty gathered and formed a queue in order to ensure orderliness during the elections. In order to ensure the smooth running of the elections ballot boxes with tags for posts like the president, vice president, Secretary-General, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor General, Director of sports, Director of Social.   In an interview with Kim Davou, the ELCOM chairperson made a statement that “we will do our best to ensure a ...

SPEAKERS ADVOCATE SELF ESTEEM AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING BOOSTER November 30, 2019 November 20, 2019 The vice president of National Association of Psychological Students, the University of Jos chapter, (NAPSUJ), Miss Gift Eze, organised a symposium titled “you on campus-your psychological well being” on the 25th October, 2019. In her opening speech, Miss Gift Eze, welcomed everyone present at the event. She further stated that issues that will be discussed at the event will help students in their academic endeavour and improve the relationship between lecturers and students take the program seriously. Speaking at the event, the guest speaker, Miss Esther Aderike Akinola stressed the need for mutual relationship between lecturers and students. She further encouraged students to have a sense of respect and trust towards their lecturers as this will go a long way in providing a conducive learning environment. Speaking on academic excellence, Mr Ojo Oke Kehinde tol...

EPSA Election : Mercy Vongwok Emerged Victorious as the President- Elect By  Admin   on  Saturday, November 23, 2019 Mercy Vongwok, a 300L student of the Department of Religion and philosophy emerged as the winner of the election that took place in the Faculty of Arts on the 21st of November, 2019. There was so much joy and jubilation when she was announced as the president-elect. While speaking with one of the students of the association, she said “she is happy because this is the 1st time a female will emerge victorious as the President-elect and also, the fact that she was able to compete with two men and still win. Omoade, a student of the association also said that she commends the ELCOM for executing their responsibilities and for ensuring  free, fair and credible election under difficult conditions. The president-elect said “she is happy and overwhelmed with joy and thanked the Almighty God for being able to come out victorious in the REPSA ...

AMCOMS Wins Dean’s Cup in all Competition on FASA Week November 30, 2019 By  Admin   on  Saturday, November 9, 2019 The department of mass communication on Friday, November 8, 2019 became winner in the dean’s cup competition in all games, having beaten the department of Religion and Philosophy in a volleyball competition, the department of Music in a female football and Religion and Philosophy again in the men’s football competition that started on Monday November 4, 2019. After beating the department of Archeology 3-2 to qualify for the final on Thursday, the mass communication forward, Philip Jang scored in a wonderful finish three minutes after the kick-off to seal a win for his side in the final. Also, in the volleyball final, mass communication beat the department of Religion and Philosophy again to win the competition and against the department of Music in the female football competition who did not show up for the final thereby mas...