As VC, Ologunorisa unveils plan to increase Schools from 3 to 10 By Banji Ayoola Renowned Geosciences scholar, Prof. Jimmy Adegoke, has enjoined Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Nigeria to enter into educational partnership with the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC), Missouri, United States of America, for its staff and […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It does not require a special gift of discernment to recognise the state of the world in which we live—the chaos and the uncertainties. The horror in Ukraine—mindless killings and unconscionable destruction of properties must leave us to wonder, again and again: Wither our world? Is this how our world is supposed […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu In contemporary world events, bullying among students has noticeably increased in temper and tempo, causing avoidable deaths, particularly in Secondary Schools to some extent. Bullying is quite not new in different climes across the world. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1828) denotes that Bullying: ‘’abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, […]
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Marxist revolutionary Thomas Sankara assassinated in 1987 His successor Compaore, 13 others tried for plotting murder Compaore sentenced in absentia after fleeing to Ivory Coast Sankara fondly known as Africa’s “Che Guevara” Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor, Thomas […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of 12 new universities across Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the weekly virtual FEC meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He listed the benefiting States to include […]
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Federal Government has eased the nationwide midnight curfew and llimitations on gatherings along with other restrictions imposed in 2019 to curb the spread of coronavirus. This is after the country recorded 3,142 deaths from 255,468 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to data obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control website. The […]
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Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Funds for Victims of Trafficking and Executive Chairman of Roost Foundation, Dame Julie Okah-Donli has raised the alarm over increasing cases of organ harvesting in Nigeria being paraded as ritual murders. She said an increased number of people are in the business of […]
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Some telecommunication subscribers were left stranded on Tuesday after telecom companies barred their lines from making calls following a directive from the Federal Government. The Federal Government had on Monday directed telecom companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by blocking outgoing calls on all unlinked lines after the deadline […]
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A deacon at the Evangelical Church Winning All, Onikoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Francis Ogunnusi, died while preaching in the church on Sunday. The late deacon was the Baale of Onikoko community, near the Panseke area of Abeokuta. It was gathered that Ogunnusi was on the pulpit on Sunday preaching against the get-rich-quick syndrome that had […]
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The sacked Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarter mosque, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has maintained there was nothing wrong with his criticisms of the Federal Government over the Kaduna terror train attack. As reported by The Nation, he told Channels TV that what he said was in order. He explained he simply asked the Federal […]
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