Okonjo-Iweala’s son, Uchechi, breaks medical record in the US (Punch) Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that…
*47 Yoruba Nation agitators regain freedom (Guardian)*Lagos Island may go under by 2050 (Nation)
47 Yoruba Nation agitators regain freedom (Guardian) Forty-Seven out of the 48 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested by the police during the July 3 rally in Ojota, Lagos, have regained their freedom from custody. The Guardian learned yesterday they were released…
*How Remi Tinubu ordered security operatives to throw me out of constitutional review hearing –Arinola Oloko (Punch)*National Day of Mourning: CSOs, labour storm Lagos Assembly, demand emergency session on insecurity (Vanguard)
How Remi Tinubu ordered security operatives to throw me out of constitutional review hearing –Arinola Oloko (Punch) Arinola Oloko, an educationist and politician, has narrated how Mrs. Remi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, called her…
UNIJOS: ASUU grills 13 candidates vying for VC position
No fewer than 13 candidates vying for the position of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos have been constructively engaged in a debate by erudite Professors and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to unravel…
NOUN academic staff resolve to join ASUU over earned academic allowance
The academic staff of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), under the aegis of NOUN Academic Staff Forum, has resolved to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Dr. Chuks…
ASUU, students union leader bemoan proliferation of universities in Nigeria
Some stakeholders in University education in Nigeria, on Thursday, warned against the proliferation of universities in the country, following Wednesday’s approval of 20 new private universities by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). In separate interviews with the News Agency of…
ASUU Strike: Lecturer turned taxi driver shot dead
A lecturer with the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Mr. Kyrian Nwoke, has been found dead in Abakaliki. His body was discovered on Monday near the popular Rice Mill with bullet wounds. Nwoke had gone…
Vice Chancellors counter ASUU, say varsities can resume
Vice-Chancellors of some federal and state universities in Nigeria have expressed readiness to reopen schools. Though the Academic Staff Union of Universities had said that varsities were not ready for reopening, the VCs said they had planned to reopen their…
Ex-UNILAG VC, Oye Ibidapo-Obe, dies of suspected COVID-19 complications
Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe is dead. He died on Sunday in Lagos of suspected COVID-19 complications. Both UNILAG branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Dele Ashiru and Personal Assistant…
NANS divided over suspended ASUU strike
The recently suspended nine-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has divided officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students. The PUNCH had earlier reported that ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, on Wednesday in Abuja, “conditionally” suspended its…