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The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has done much for the education sector, especially, to the universities, which should enable the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reconsider its position on industrial strike. Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, said this in a presentation to the Senate Committee (Tertiary Institutions and TETfund) during an oversight visit to the ... Read More »

…Union’s selfish, political —NANS …They should have considered our children’s plight —Parents ..We’ve solved 80% of ASUU’s demands—FG claims …State varsities’ ASUU membership voluntary, say pro-chancellors ..Back CONUA on liberalisation of academic unions AS members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, failed to call off their 196-day-old strike, yesterday, indications have emerged that the Minister of Labour and ... Read More »

Kaduna State University (KASU) said ASUU’s alleged description of the university staff as “quacks” was enough reason for its academic staff to pull out of the Union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the National President of ASUU, Prof. Victor Osodeke, on Aug. 26, was reported to have referred to some state-owned varsities in Nigeria, including KASU as ... Read More »

Davido (middle) seen in the company of Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo state; Nyesom Wike of Rivers state; Samuel Ortom of Benue state; and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state respectively. American-Nigerian singer-songwriter David Adeleke, popular as Davido, has had a timeout with some governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Europe. In a photo, which is ... Read More »

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President-elect Yakubu Maikyau; All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima; NBA President Olumide Akpata; Chairman, Technical Committee on Conference Planning Tobenna Erojikwe; Guest Speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki; Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Prince Adewole Adebayo and Labour Party (LP) presidential ... Read More »

They say it takes a strong man to cry and Anthony Joshua proved them right as he covered his eyes and wept with the emotion of having fought like a warrior king yet failed to regain his crown. The morning was close to breaking but so was his heart. Joshua had not seen him like this before. Not even in ... Read More »

The Court of Appeal in Kano State, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif Aminu sentenced to death by a Sharia court over alleged blasphemy. Aminu, represented in the appellate court by his counsel, Kola Alapini, was convicted on January 21, 2021, but appealed the verdict. The Kano state government had already deferred its response for months, having been ... Read More »

Criticism has trailed the tweet of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State on its students that graduated from College of Health Sciences of the institution. Many social media users accused the institution of mocking students in public varsities affected by ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The post on the verified handle of Bowen University reads: “This is what finishing ... Read More »

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said two additional suspected terrorists linked with the Owo attack have been arrested. The Chief of Defence Staff , General Lucky Irabor, had during a meeting with media executives and editors on Tuesday announced the arrest of some suspected terrorists including the mastermind of Owo attack. Our correspondence reports that armed men stormed the St ... Read More »

,,Complicated procedure lasted 19 hours ,,,Baby was born with fatal congenital abnormality of the heart Lagos-based Tristate Hospital, Lekki, has successfully carried out complicated open heart surgery on a 13-day-old baby. The unnamed baby was born with a rare congenital abnormality of the heart known in medical parlance as “transposition of the great arteries”. In layman’s terms, the two major ... Read More »