The Acting Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Tolu Odebiyi has expressed concern over the rising level of insecurity in the country, urging that all hands must be on the deck to curtail the situation. Odebiyi, who represents Ogun West Senatorial District, told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday that no meaningful economic progress could be …

If all goes well, the protracted crisis in Nigeria’s universities may be over soon… at least for now. Following the three-part meeting with unions within the universities, the Federal Government expressed optimism that the decisions reached would yield fruits next week. In a statement yesterday, the Head of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, …

The Agunloye Ruling House, which is expected to produce the next Alaafin of Oyo, has presented 20 candidates to the Oyo Mesi (the kingmakers) as the deadline for the submission of applications closed on Friday. The successful candidate will replace the Late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III from the Alowolodu Royal House, who ruled for 51 years until his death last …

The murder trial of Chidinma Ojukwu has been adjourned to Monday, 16th May following the change of counsel by one of the defendants. Ojukwu is the principal suspect in the June 2021 murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu was then an undergraduate of the University of Lagos. Tried alongside with her at a Lagos …

Media activist, Mr Lanre Arogundade, whose name first featured in the watchlist of Nigeria’s secret service as President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in 1984, now has it removed. The Director General of the State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi disclosed this to a delegation of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria), which …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. At the 19th National Productivity Day at the State House, Abuja on Thursday, the President also urged students of Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions to exercise patience as the government strived to address the nagging issues …

Nigeria and Greece (officially Hellenic Republic) are exploring ways of securing admissions for Nigerian students displaced in Ukraine displaced by that country conflict with Russia. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Greece, Mrs Opunimi Akinkugbe recently had a meeting with the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Niki Kerameus at the latter’s office in Marousi-Athens, Greece to discuss the …

Apparently responding to pressures by stakeholders in the higher education sectors, the Federal Government has brought forward the meeting with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from next Monday to tomorrow (Thursday). A letter to that effect was issued by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and addressed to various stakeholders on Wednesday. Dated 11th May and …

As the ongoing crisis in public universities continues, there are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may resume discussion with the Federal Government delegation next Monday, 16th May. This is as students across several universities continued their protests demanding an end to the protracted situation that has kept them out of academic activities for months. The Chairman …

Three male and one female teachers of Christland School, Lagos were arraigned on Tuesday before a Yaba Chief Magistrates Court for concealing a sex tape of one of their students. The teachers – Oladotun Sotunde, 56; Elesho Tajudeen, 32; Rhoda Olanipekun, 45: and Ajigboye Hammed, 41 – faced a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempt to pervert justice. All the accused …