Lagos State Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a fresh selection process for the ninth Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu, acting on recommendations of the special visitation panel on the appointment of the VC, ordered the immediate dissolution of the LASU Governing Council and removal of the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council for flagrant violations of the extant laws and regulations of guiding the appointment of a VC. A statement Friday by the Commissioner for Information Gbenga Omotoso said Governor Sanwo-Olu also cancelled the second selection exercise for contravention of extant laws, breach of due process,…
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A directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) asking Nigerians to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their mobile phones to the commission has sparked outrage. Nigerians are quite unclear about the purposes of the directive. They urged the Commission to focus on how to track kidnappers and bandits who use their phones to contact families of victims to demand ransom. But The Nation learnt that the directive is part of the new security measures to tackle crimes associated with mobile phones especially phone theft crimes in the country. The IMEI number is the mobile phone’s fingerprint. It is a…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday said state governors do not run the affairs of the corporation, stressing that negotiation to determine a new pump price of petrol was still ongoing between the organised labour and the Federal Government. It added that there was no official announcement of any price hike for the product. Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai was yesterday quoted as saying that there was a recommendation from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum that petrol should sell for between N380 to N408 per litre. The recommendation was a request for the complete removal of the subsidy on…
The Lagos State Education Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, has announced plans by the Ministry of Education to establish an Education Radio Station solely dedicated to educational content. She spoke Friday during the 2021 ministerial press briefing to mark the second anniversary of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. Mrs. Adefisayo, who said the state had filed for licensing of the radio station, added: “It would serve as a channel for educational and training content for pupils and teachers. It is a long process because approval has to come from Abuja, but we have started the process and I think we are getting…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has put the commissioners of police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Plateau State on the alert over imminent attacks by Boko Haram members. The alert was contained in a May 19, 2021 circular addressed to the two commissioners of police and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, Idowu Owohunwa, an acting CP. He said intelligence report revealed that terrorists are planning to attack Abuja and Jos. The circular with reference number TB: 0900/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.TI/47 was titled ‘Terror elements to expand frontiers of attack.’ A copy of the circular…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presides over a meeting with judiciary and parliamentary workers in Abuja on May 20, 2021. The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) in its bid to resolve the strike by the unions. This followed a meeting between the government and the leaders of the unions presided over by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Thursday in Abuja, the state capital. It was the latest in the series of meetings…
The Nigeria Labour Congress will today (Friday) come up with its position on the recommendation by governors that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, be raised from N162/litre to N408.5/litre. A committee set up by the Nigeria Governor’s Forum had on Wednesday called for immediate removal of petrol subsidy. It recommended a petrol price of between and N380/litre and N408.5/litre. However, the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday advised the Federal Government to be tactful when removing petrol subsidy. They recommended that it be done gradually. Also,…
No fewer than three persons were crushed to death by a truck along the Akure-Ondo Expressway Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday. A witness, who asked not to be identified, explained that the accident involved the truck and a commercial motorcycle, adding that the deceased were on the motorcycle. He noted that the accident was caused by recklessness on the part of the motorcyclist and the truck driver. “The truck ran over the three men on the Okada and they died on the spot,” the witness added. It was gathered that some youths, suspected to be Okada riders in the area,…
No fewer than three persons were crushed to death by a truck along the Akure-Ondo Expressway Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday. A witness, who asked not to be identified, explained that the accident involved the truck and a commercial motorcycle, adding that the deceased were on the motorcycle. He noted that the accident was caused by recklessness on the part of the motorcyclist and the truck driver. “The truck ran over the three men on the Okada and they died on the spot,” the witness added. It was gathered that some youths, suspected to be Okada riders in the area,…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a club owner, Emeka Kingsley, and 14 others at the Glass House Club in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State, over alleged Internet fraud. It was gathered that the EFCC operatives raided the club around 1pm on Thursday, April 15, 2021 following intelligence that it was being used as a hideout by suspected fraudsters. The 14 other suspects are Adesoye Kehinde, Seun Adefala, Adebayo Gbadebo, Adebogun Adebowale, Aruna Ikoghane, Odunayo Oluwatoyin, Junaid Oladimeji, John Ugochukwu, Oluwadare Aboderin, Ridwan Dada, Amosu Toby, Jimoh Tunde, Oyemade Michael and Akeem Dada. “Investigation is…