Year: 2024
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OAU Missing in Top List of Best Varsities in Nigeria, as CU, UI, FUTA Rank Best (Full List)
The Times Higher Education has released the 2024 World universities rankings across 108 countries and regions. In Nigeria, 29 universities appeared on the list with Covenant University topping the chart . University of Ibadan comes second while Federal University of Technology, Akure and University of Lagos takes third and fourth positions respectively. Globally, the University…
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Unpaid Salaries: 84 Lecturers Died In Three Months, Says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says no fewer than 84 of its members died between May and August 2024 due to economic hardship and unpaid salaries. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this startling revelation on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. “In the…
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Army Begins Online Registration for Recruitment Exercise (See How To Apply)
The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of the online registration for 88 Regular Recruit Intake Exercise for Trades/Non-Trades men and women for qualified candidates. In an announcement, the Nigerian Army explained the requirements, application method, special notice, basic requirements, and guidelines. They said the application is free for interested candidates. Applicants are to apply…
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What Nigeria Stands To Gain in Sales of Crude Oil in Naira – Experts
The Nation Newspaper The momentous takeoff of crude sales in naira to refineries will have positive impacts across key economic sectors, experts said at the weekend. According to them, the action will usher in a new era of stability and growth. Following the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of…
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NCoS Gives Updates on Bobrisky’s Investigation
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed an ongoing investigation into allegations surrounding convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky’s accommodation, with findings pending. Abubakar Umar, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Umar also…
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22-year-old AAUA Student Shortlisted For 2024 Global Impact Award in USA
A 22-year-old Student at Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, AAUA, who also doubles as the founder of Resilient Girl Initiative, Joy Oluwatoyin Adeboye has been announced among the shortlisted 35 finalists for 2024 ORG global impact award from public interest Registry united states of America at the Rising star category. Selected from over 1,700 applicants across…
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Rivers LG Poll: APP Wins 22 Out Of 23 Chairmanship Positions
The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Justice Adolphus Enebeli declared the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He said the announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government…
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Buhari’s children, Saraki, Gbajabiamila among 3,273 facing FCTA land revocation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a stern warning to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for plots of land owned by politically exposed individuals and corporations in Abuja if they fail to settle outstanding payments. In a notice released on Friday, the FCTA specifically targeted landowners in the Maitama district…
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How To React, If Your Pastor Refuses To Collect Tithes – Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has offered guidance to Christians on how to respond when their pastors refuse to collect tithes. Speaking during the October edition of the RCCG Holy Ghost Service, Pastor Adeboye addressed the ongoing debates surrounding the practice of tithing, which has become a…
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Tinubu Dramatises Hollowness of Nigeria’s ‘Independence’ by Farooq A. Kperogi
By Farooq A. Kperogi OCTOBER 1 is celebrated as Nigeria’s Independence Day. But Nigeria isn’t independent. It is, for all practical purposes, a dependent state, a satellite state, whose political and cultural elites are still tethered to the coattails of colonialism and neocolonialism. Its economy is almost literally run by the World Bank and the…