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Pastor Adeboye: Ojukwu’s order forced me out of UNN

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Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RRCG), said he could have graduated from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) if not for the outbreak of Nigerian civil war in 1967.

 

Speaking after the prestigious institution conferred an honorary degree of doctorate of divinity on him on Tuesday, Adeboye said Odimegwu Ojukwu, then the governor of the eastern region, had ordered non-Igbo to leave the eastern part of the country.

 

He disclosed that he gained admission into UNN in 1963, and his matriculation number was 1800.

 

“It was the order of the then governor of the Eastern region Chief Odimegwu Ojukwu that non-Igbo should leave the east; that was why I finished at the University of Ibadan,” he said.

 

“I am happy that a governor of Enugu state accompanied me today to UNN while the then governor of the eastern region sent me packing because of civil war; that is God for you.

 

“I am happy that the first degree I missed in UNN has been replaced with honorary doctorate degree.

 

“I thank UNN for finding me worthy of this award.’’

 

Adeboye urged Nigerians who had not given their life to Jesus Christ to do so, saying that life is meaningless without Christ.

 

“Please if you have not given your life to Christ; do not waste time; do so immediately as you come to the prayer rally

 

I am holding in this University after this award,” he said.

 

Benjamin Ozumba, vice-chancellor of the institution, said the university created the special convocation to reward excellence.

 

“This is award is to an alumnus of UNN in the department of mathematics until 1966,” he said.

 

“Today special convocation is to reward excellence to man who through the anointing of Jesus has imparted much to humanity.

 

“Adeboye is man whose accomplishment speaks more eloquently and reverberates more clearly than the voice of orator.”

 

Ozumba said Adeboye was conferred with the honorary degree because of his immense contributions to mankind especially Christianity.

 

Source: The Cable

UNN Students Cry Out Over ‘Mandatory’ N70,000 Laptop Fee

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Recently, the university administration in it’s bid to industrialize the school with information technology introduced a mandatory policy, where all students must own a laptop and pay N70,000 as laptop fee. But many students are unhappy that such levies have been imposed on them.

Students said that this new policy is making education so difficult for the poor, as with this policy, many students would now be paying close to N200,000 in a federal university per session.

The students are calling the new Education Minister to call the vice chancellor to order..that laptop ownership should be a choice and not mandatory!

Aftermath Of School Closure: Several UNN Students Feared Dead In Auto Crash

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The sudden closure of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, claimed first casualties Tuesday evening as several students of the institution lost their lives in a multiple road accident.

It was gathered that the students, who were traveling home after the University authorities ordered them out of hostels, met their untimely death at the Nsukka-9th Mile Express way. Although the Enugu State Police Command put the death figure at three, an eyewitness account said the number was higher.

In a statement by the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, he said “three persons have been confirmed dead while five others sustained various degrees of injuries”.