says varsity offers opportunities to excel Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin), Prof. Olugbenga Ige, who represented the Vice Chancellor, addressing the new students at the Orientation Programme held on campus…on Tuesday. Admission into higher institutions of learning has been described as an opportunity which confers on students the chance to develop themselves towards achieving life’s goals […]
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Some of the injured pupils in the building collapse at Ita-faji, Lagos Island, on Wednesday are in stable condition and still receiving adequate medical attention in some hospitals in Lagos. A visit to the General Hospitals in Marina and Gbagada in Lagos, on Thursday, showed that some of the patients had been stabilised, while others […]
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National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Kunle Awobodu, says there are over one thousand buildings unfit for human habitation in Lagos Island. Awobodu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said that BCPG had brought such distressed buildings to the notice of the […]
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Kaduna State Government on Thursday debunked the rumour making the rounds that Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai was involved in an accident. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye debunked it on his Twitter handle, describing the rumour as an act of hatred, which according to him moves people to peddle lies. […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have each won 11 assembly seats of the 23 state constituency results released so far by the electoral body. The result sheet containing names and political parties of the 23 elected members, which was obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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Emergency services on Thursday said they had called off the search for survivors of a building collapse that killed nine in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, as anger mounted over dilapidated property and unscrupulous owners. The building, which housed a primary school and nursery, came down without warning in the teeming Lagos Island area at mid-morning on Wednesday. […]
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“I want to appeal to the senators elected to please start work early and complete work on the electoral legal framework in good time well ahead of the 2013 general election. There is a lot of work ahead but very limited time available.” With this call on Thursday, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood […]
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By Rosalind Mathieson In Ukraine, politics is no joke. Corruption is systemic, and this well-educated nation of 42 million with a fertile landmass the size of France now threatens to displace Moldova as Europe’s poorest. Investors are staying away and patience among backers like the U.S. is running out. Efforts to root out graft have largely failed, […]
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Felix Oguejiofor Abugu Here is our own effervescent Harriet Lawrence of The Guardian Newsroom of yore. She was our boss and trainer. We all had emotional attachment to Mrs. Lawrence. We loved her and she loved us back unreservedly. Mike Asuquo, Edwin Baiye, my humble self, Gbemiga Ogunleye, Emmanuel Efeni, (Black) Moses Ayo Jolayemi, Steve […]
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By Aghogho Ayanruoh When we speak of energy, we are going by endless branches of knowledge, same as are infinite and unlimited, and some little or nothing explored, such as the consequences of energy that we have when we have intercourse with any person. The word sex comes from six, the union of two times […]
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