17-Year-Old Jemimah Marcus Becomes Lagos One Day Governor
A 17-year-old student Jemimah Marcus has emerged one-day Governor of Lagos State. Marcus, a student of Angus Memorial Secondary School in Somolu, Lagos East, won the 2020 edition of the Spelling Bee Competition, thereby earning the honour to become the one-day Governor. Master Sotin Ajose of Topo Senior Grammar School emerged first runner up of the Spelling Bee competition while Miss...
Strike: ASUU Shift Decision, Says FG Blackmailing Union
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting. The meeting held at its Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 to review the level of government’s implementation of...
UI Leads 113 Other Varsities As Best In NUC’s Ranking
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the University of Ibadan (UI) the best in its latest 2021 ranking released on Monday in Abuja. The ranking, which had 12 indicators, involved 113 universities across the country. The institutions were ranked on the basis of the total number of full-time students, number of international students, students and workers ratio, efficiency, google scholar...
Strike: ASUU To Reach Decision December 15
The Federal Government has said it is still reviewing the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding which it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. ASUU had on November 15, 2021 given the Federal Government an ultimatum of three weeks over...
Strike Looms As ASUU Begins Consultations After Three Weeks Ultimatum
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has commenced consultation with its branches across the country to agree on the shutting down of public universities. This follows the expiration of its three week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meets its demands. ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who spoke in an interview on Tuesday lamented that the...
Students Go Haywire, Strip Policeman In Edo
Hundreds of students of Idogbo Secondary School, Idogbo in Ikpoba-Okha council of Edo State went on rampage yesterday, destroying the institution’s property, vandalising the principal’s office and setting a section of the school ablaze. Our reporter gathered in Benin that the students resorted to violence when one of them had an altercation with one of the policemen drafted to the...
Truck Rams Into Schoolchildren In Lagos, Crushes Many
Several schoolchildren are feared dead after a truck rammed into some students in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at Grammar School Bus-Stop along the Ogunusi Road on Tuesday afternoon when schoolchildren were returning to their respective homes. Channels Television gathered that the driver of the vehicle lost control before hitting the unspecified number of students. The Commissioner of...
Lagos College Death: Sylvester Oromoni’s Family Hires Femi Falana Against Dowen School
The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. Our correspondent obtained the letter written by Falana to the office of Lagos State’s Chief Coroner, requesting an inquest into the...
Improve On Research Now, Proffer Solutions In Nigeria’s Innovative Space, Buhari Charges Universities
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged universities of technology in the country to improve their ingenuity on research to enable them proffer solutions and achieve breakthroughs in the nation’s innovation space. President Buhari, who was represented by Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, gave the charge, at the weekend, during the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology,...
NANS Urges Foreign Missions To Deny Students Fingered In Sylvester Oromoni’s Death Entry
The National Association of Nigerian Students, on Sunday, alerted foreign missions to deny entry to the five students of Dowen College alleged to have bullied and beaten 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni to a point of coma which led to his eventual death on November 30, 2021. The students’ body also called for the swift arrest of key officials of the Lekki-based...
