Dr. Deji Adeleke, elder brother of Osun State governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke, said yesterday that he would be the first person to criticise the incoming governor if he did not meet people’s demands. Deji, a business magnate and the Pro-Chancellor of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, speaking at the 8th undergraduate and 4th postgraduate convocation of the institution held at the Performing Art Theatre Hall, which was attended by governor-elect Adeleke, advised the graduating students on the need to be good leaders and followers in their future endeavours. He faulted the poor leadership style of political office holders and people…
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Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities on Sunday said the Federal Government had yet to reach out to them since the Nigeria Labour Congress announced plan to hold nationwide solidarity protests on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also said they were still awaiting official communication from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, days after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), directed the minister and other government officials to resolve the ongoing strike by the unions. It was reported that the NLC had last week announced that it would embark on a joint protest…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the apex bank was partnering some tertiary institutions on poultry production to improve the economy and create employment for youths in the country. Emefiele, who spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the inauguration of the University of Ilorin GGMAX Integrated Commercial Poultry Farm, noted that the CBN Tertiary Institutions Poultry Revival Scheme (TIPRS), which was a collaboration with several institutions, was targeted “at boosting poultry production, creating decent jobs, fostering innovation in the poultry sub sector.” The CBN governor, who was represented by Edwin Nzelu , Deputy…
Nigeria may witness another round of blackouts beginning from Tuesday as electricity workers on Sunday insisted that they would join the solidarity protest of the Nigeria Labour Congress/Academic Staff Union of Universities. Power sector workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees made their position known in a letter issued by the General Secretary, NUEE, Joe Ajaero, to the vice presidents of states and administrative councils chapter secretaries of the union. The letter with reference, NUEE/NS/2022/008, titled, “Nigeria Labour Congress/ASUU Solidarity Protest,” and dated July 22, 2022, stated that electricity workers would join in the protest to…
Some unknown gunmen have attacked OKUTA ELERINLA POLICE DIVISION in Akure, the Ondo State Capital in the middle of the night today. The reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained as at the time if filing in this report but a police officer was shot dead during heavy shooting. The police authorities have confirmed the incident. PRESS RELEASE ONDO POLICE REPEL ATTACK ON OKUTA ELERINLA DIVISION On the 25th July, 2022 around 0100 am, hoodlums attacked OKUTA ELERINLA DIVISION in Akure. Policemen who were at alert and alive to their duty repelled them accordingly and the miscreants were…
Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday. Amusan, who had obliterated the world record in an astonishing semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered over the line at Hayward Field in 12.06sec. Her winning time will not be recognised as a world record, however, due to a strong following win of 2.5 metres per second. Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23sec, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23. Amusan had produced a jaw-dropping world…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, appreciated the management of Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, following a successful surgery on his right femur (thigh bone). Osinbajo, who was admitted on Saturday, July 16, was said to be recuperating and “would be discharged within a few days,” his doctors said. In his gratitude message, the Vice President tweeted, “My deep gratitude to everyone for your get-well wishes and prayers following my surgery. “And special appreciation to the amazing team of surgeons, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and the management of the Duchess International Hospital Lagos, for providing such excellent care. God bless you…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, says statistics show that the state currently has about seven million registered voters. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. According to him, if the number of new registrants so far in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) is added to those in the register of voters before in the state, the number will be about seven million. “In Lagos state as of Monday (July 18), those who registered online are 640,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday said that signing and implementation of a renegotiated 2009 Agreement will end the over five-month strike. The union maintained its members have sacrificed so much with non-payment of allowance for over nine years. Chairman ASUU University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Akinwole stated this in Ibadan. He said Nigerians should not see the strike as an ASUU thing but a fight all Nigerians must own to have a future of quality education for their children. He stated the current administration has displayed capacity to abuse trust,saying that the Memorandum of Understanding and…
Terrorists have threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The terrorists group is suspected to be behind the abduction of passengers in a Kaduna-bound train in March. In the now-viral video seen by The Nation, captives were subject to inhumane treatment. The video has since sparked widespread outrage. One of the terrorists said captives in their camp will be sold off as slaves if their demands are not met by the government. Speaking in Hausa, he said: “This is our message to the government of Nigeria and just as you have seen these people here, by…