The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, launched the N-Alert mobile application to help citizens in reaching out to security agencies across the country for swift intervention concerning crime, homicide or other security-related incidents. According to the minister, the mobile application could have helped minimise the rate of human and infrastructural casualty during the infamous Kaduna-Abuja railway attack had a passenger alerted security agencies as at the time of the attack. He said, “The government continues to commit resources to security agencies and their welfare. Security is the responsibility of everybody and what is important is vigilance. With the…
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The Federal Government and the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council on Thursday failed to convince the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off their industrial action during a meeting called by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Agboola Gambari, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The meeting which was also co-chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, and the Christian Association of Nigeria’s president, Dr. Supo Ayokunle, could not persuade the ASUU leaders to return to the classrooms while negotiations were ongoing to meet their demands. It was gathered that the FG and NIREC…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the payment of debarment allowance for retired military personnel. The military veterans, under the aegis of Coalition of Concerned Veterans, had embarked on a nationwide protest on January 5, with a vow to disrupt the celebration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on January 15, but suspended the protest following the intervention of the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.). In April, the retired military personnel vowed to resume their suspended protest, following the inability of the Federal Government to meet their demand. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday,…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Thursday submitted his completed nomination forms at the International Conference Centre, Abuja as part of activities to realise his ambition for the 2023 presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. A statement issued by the spokesperson of Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yemi Kolapo, said the form was submitted on Bello’s behalf by the organisation’s Director-General, Hafsat Abiola-Costello. Bello expressed confidence that he would pick the APC presidential ticket in the next few weeks. The DG specifically urged Nigerians to keep a date with destiny on May 29 2022, stressing that,…
IBADAN – Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lashed out at the President of Senate Ahmed Lawan for asking protesting students not to use their protest to disrupt political activities. Describing the statement as the height of insensitivity, chairman of University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Professor Ayo Akinwole, said Lawan represents the class of political vipers who were bent on destroying the future of children of the masses in the country. As a presidential aspirant under his party, Akinwole stated that the senate president has not even shown the capacity to solve problems by not knowing the importance of…
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, as the Eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) Godknows Igali, ratified the appointment at its Special Meeting held on Thursday May 12, 2022. At the commencement of the process, the Council shortlisted 20 candidates out of the 27 male and one female candidates that applied for the position for interview at the close of application for the post. 19 candidates were…
The Ondo government says it has concluded plans to use agriculture to discourage youths in the state from engaging in money rituals. Akin Olotu, senior special assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on agriculture and agribusiness, said the government had concluded plans to encourage more youths into agriculture to discourage the scourge of money ritual killings. Mr Olotu disclosed this on Thursday in Akure when the executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo council, paid him a courtesy visit. He disclosed that some youths in the state had started earning dollars through the exportation of their farm produce. Mr…
Lionel Messi, Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) star, was the highest-paid athlete in the world over the last 12 months, according to Forbes. The former Barcelona forward topped the list released on Wednesday with pre-tax gross earnings of $130 million, ahead of Lebron James, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball player ($121.2m); and Cristiano Ronaldo, his fierce rival ($115m). Forbes said its on-the-field earnings figures include all prize money, salaries, and bonuses earned during the 12-month period while off-field earnings are an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees, and licensing income. It added that the year’s list covers the period from…
In what has been a relentless struggle on Thursday, the protesting students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, denied leaving the barricades for the mosque as the Muslim students were seen observing their prayer on the express road. This was as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities including the Chairman of the OAU chapter, Dr. Adeola Egbedokun, joined them in the protest. Addressing the pressmen, the lecturer noted that what the students were doing was right and logical, adding that amidst the strike, they could have as well ventured into hooliganism or all sorts of immoral acts,…
President Muhammadu Buhari is leading calls by top Nigerians appealling to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. President Buhari had earlier directed the Chief of Staff, Hon. Ministers of Labour and Employment, Education, Finance, Budget and National Planning to immediately bring all parties to the negotiation table to again critically look at the grey areas in the demands of ASUU. The President also urged students to exercise patience as the government strives to address the nagging issues in the nation’s university system within the ambit of the…