Former Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom of Spain, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has called on the Igbo to come under a common front to pursue their political interests and emancipate themselves from years of marginalisation and discrimination. She said that only a united front would enable the Igbo to make an emphatic political statement in Nigeria. Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who was a …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s visit to the Ikorodu campus of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) on Wednesday took members of the academic community by surprise. But the campus was agog with excitement as students trooped out to give him a rousing welcome. Sanwo-Olu was on the campus for an inspection of the ongoing construction …

The lawmaker representing Jos South/Jos East at the House of Representatives, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos has advised that the recovered $23 million Abacha loot should be channelled into settling the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). On Tuesday, the Federal Government and the US reached an agreement to repatriate a new batch of funds looted by General …

The global unveiling of the print edition of The Podium International magazine continues in Ibadan on Wednesday, 31 August from 10.00 am at Le Ville Event Centre, Eleiyele. The unveiling event will also feature a business talk on “The Role of Effective Communication in Career and Business Success”, to be delivered by a renowned communications scholar, Mr Femi Ipadeola. He …

Lagos State has flagged off the construction of what will be the largest Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in sub-Saharan Africa. On Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu performed the sod turning at the site of the facility being built on 1.2 million square metres of land in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe. Establishment of the food park is a component of an …

… as NIPR holds Citizens Summit Reputation management and communications specialist, Dr Jossy Nkwocha has identified solutions to Nigeria’s integration crisis. While addressing the two-day Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace, and Security organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nkwocha said that government should muster the political will to re-order Nigeria in line with the national anthem, …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has banned rotational number plates. In a statement by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, FRSC made the announcement following the circulation of a video of a vehicle that displayed rotating number plates with different detail on either side of the plates. “The attention of the FRSC has been drawn to a video circulating …

Four Chemical Engineering graduates of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have been awarded fully funded scholarships at the Louisiana State University (LSU), Los Angeles, United States. LAUTECH’s Principal Assistant Registrar for Public and Alumni Relations, Mr Olalekan Fadeyi said in the Oyo State town that the students were directly admitted into PhD programme with their first degrees. He …

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has secured two-month jail terms for three persons for various environmental offences, while another person, who allegedly patronised a cart pusher, has a pending judgment. According to a statement by LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, the ruling is coming on the heels of the agency’s collaboration with the police to stop incessant …

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on Sunday, to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members told The PUNCH that the meeting would hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja. The council is expected to …