Demand dissolution of Babalakin-led Council The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as well as the four workers unions of the institution have called on the Federal Government to dissolve the Governing Council following its sack of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Wednesday. They described the purported sack as illegal. They also called […]
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At least 20 uncompleted building projects including the Senate Building, still dot the university’s landscape By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Thursday criticised his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko for abandoning building and infrastructural projects at the Olusegun Agagu University, OASUSTECH, Okitipupa. Describing the act of abandoning projects as a total disgrace to […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It does not cease to amaze me how we human beings are wont to make simple matters complicated. I am a lay man, I should say from the beginning. My understanding is that the whole world is looking for a cure for coronavirus. Fatalities have kept mounting. Social and economic activities have […]
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Divorce papers. Photo; USATODAY By Abdu Rafiu The divorce rate in the world today is disturbingly high. When a marriage breaks down, the woman is the one more severely hit. What races through her mind is how does she cope as a single mother now having to single-handedly raise three children? The woman is the […]
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Project to cost N5.5b Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has flagged off the remodeling of Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan to be at par with international standard. During the flag-off, held at the main bowl of the stadium, he noted that the event was a step in the right direction to positioning the state […]
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The sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has engaged a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, to file a suit to challenge his removal from office. His letter of instruction dated August 12, 2020 and addressed to Ozekhome was seen by our correspondent on Thursday. Ogundipe stated in the letter that […]
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The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) on Thursday demolished over 150 illegal shanties, kiosks and shop extension around Arewa Community Central Mosque popularly called (Mosalashi Alhaja) in Agege area of Lagos. Speaking on the exercise, the Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police stated […]
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NLC seeks funding for education, health sectors Rusia to produce 5 million vaccine doses monthly Nigeria is to spend N8.49 billion on COVID-19 testing. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the money at Wednesday’s meeting for the purchase of 12 assorted items by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). But the Nigeria Labour Congress […]
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The Federal Government has said three aircraft had been deployed to evacuate Nigerians from Dubai, United Arabs Emirate (UAE) before the window closes this month-end. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, while receiving 95 girls from Lebanon. She said the special […]
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US Health Secretary Alex Azar walks out of a plane as he arrives at the Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 9, 2020. (Photo by Pei Chen / POOL / AFP) China warned Washington not to “play with fire” on Wednesday as a US delegation wrapped up a historic trip to the self-ruled island of […]
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