The other day, I was engaged in a controversial conversation with a close friend on a topic that centered on the licensing of more universities. My friend’s position was that the existing 274 universities in Nigeria are more than enough. He informed me that this has been the position of the Academic Staff Union of […]
Youths from Kogi State, today, declared that they had decided not to fold their arms and allow those they described as desperate politicians continue to drag the name of an otherwise great state in the mud. The youths, from the three senatorial districts of the state, under the aegis of Kogi Independent Youths Association, particularly [&helli...
Nigerians have reacted to the National Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress’ issuance of a 14-day strike ultimatum given to the federal government saying they no longer trust the effectiveness of the Union. This is in response to the declaration of a 14-day notice of strike to the federal government for failing to implement the […]...
•Inmates The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has described as misleading a report circulated in a section of the media purporting that Nigerian inmates are fed with N200 daily instead of N750 approved by the federal government. Spokesperson of NCoS, Assistant Controller of Corrections, Abubakar Umar, in a statement today said the report w...
•Tinubu As 2023 winds down amid economic hardship, insecurity, scarcity of foreign exchange, high energy costs, unemployment and inflation that has depleted the meagre income of the working-class, stakeholders have charged President Bola Tinubu on steps he must take to ensure that 2024 offers a better deal for Nigerians, reports Saturday Sun. ...
•ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has said its leadership is not in any reconciliation talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union, in a statement today by the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said a statement credited to the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, today urged lawmakers of the state to avoid letting their constituents down. Dr. Obasa gave the advice in Abuja at a three-day budget retreat titled: ‘Sustainability of ongoing reforms in Lagos State: prospects, opportunities and challenges’, organise...