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Campus Buzz as Fresher Gets Engaged During Matriculation Ceremony
Love steals the spotlight as a fresher gets engaged during matriculation.
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🔥 CAF Slams Heavy Fines on Morocco & Senegal as AFCON Final Fallout Continues
Suspensions, fines and controversy follow the AFCON final as CAF sanctions Morocco and Senegal.
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Official Notice on Orientation Programme & Lecture-Free Days for Newly Admitted Students (2025/2026)
This is to inform the University community that the 2025/2026 Orientation Programme for newly admitted students is scheduled for Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th January 2026. Consequently, these days, as well as Wednesday 28th January 2026 for the Matriculation Ceremony, have been approved as lecture-free days for 100 Level and 200 Level Direct Entry students to enable full participation.
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Ronaldo Welcomes AFCON Hero Mané Back to Al-Nassr with Cake and Cheers
Sadio Mane returns to Al Narss after the AFCON
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A Great Tree Has Fallen: Honoring the Legacy of Prof. Boniface Edegbai
The university mourns Prof. Boniface Edegbai, CED Director. A visionary mentor to 100-level students, his legacy of innovation and leadership will never be forgotten.
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Jan 21, 2026
Anie Emmanuel Chisomaga
The 6-Legged Spy: Inside Germany's Cyborg Cockroach Program
Imagine an intelligence agent that can squeeze through the tiniest crack, survive extreme conditions, and go almost anywhere undetected. Now stop imagining—it's already being built. Researchers in Germany are pioneering a controversial new frontier in surveillance: transforming live cockroaches into AI-directed cyborgs. Equipped with microscopic "backpacks" containing processors and sensors, these insect hybrids blur the line between nature and machine, raising profound questions about the future of espionage, ethics, and bio-engineering.
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