Month: September 2022
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ASUU protest: FRSC Clears Gbongan-Ibadan Expressway Gridlock
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Osun State says it has cleared a gridlock on Gbongan-Ibadan Expressway, due to the ongoing protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students on the road. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo. Okpe said that…
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Bode George: Why Atiku May Lose Next Year’s Poll
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George yesterday warned that the opposition party may lose next year’s presidential election to its crisis. He said the way and manner the protracted leadership crisis is resolved will determine the fate of the platform in the 2023 polls. George warned that PDP may be…
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Strike: Stop Playing To Gallery – ASUU Tells COPSUN
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday advised the Committee of Pro-chancellors of State Owned Universities in Nigeria (COPSON) to stop playing to the gallery. ASUU said the committee should learn from their counterparts in the Federal universities who were impressing on the government to do the needful for public universities. This is…
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Strike: Students Block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway, Motorists, Commuters Stranded (Video)
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday blocked the major Ibadan – Ile-Ife-Ilesa Expressway, leaving motorists and commuters stranded for for several hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was in continuation of the association’s nationwide protest on major highways against the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and their…
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ASUU is Willing To End 7-month-Old Strike – ASUU President, Osodeke
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is willing to end its seven-month-old strike. Mr Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the Federal Government. Mr Osodeke gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a National…
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WAEC Speaks On Withheld WASSCE Results
The West African Examinations Council has restated that all withheld results in its examinations were as a result of alleged malpractices. The Head, National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Areghan was speaking against the backdrop of reports in some sections of…
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Flash: Publish Akpabio’s Name as Senatorial Candidate – Court Orders INEC
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment on Thursday, held that INEC acted illegally for refusing…
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Pro-chancellors, VCs Intervene in ASUU’s Seven-month Strike
Punch Newspaper The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has entered its seventh month, The PUNCH reports. The union, on February 14, 2022, embarked on a strike following what it described as the failure of the government to meet some of its demands. The union is calling on the government to improve…
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JAMB seeks financial autonomy, wants exam fee hike
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has urged the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to grant it financial autonomy by removing it from the list of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the annual budget of the Federal Government. This is just as JAMB called for a reversal of the recent reduction of examination fee…
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Why JAMB Validity Can’t Be Extended Beyond A Year – Oloyede
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has faulted calls for extension of the validity of JAMB results beyond one year. Mr Oloyede said this at a hearing on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper, MTEF/FSP, by the the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday in Abuja.…