Many states have been submerged by floods with some residents in Kogi, Anambra, Bauchi, Gombe among others in the affected areas currently facing a tough time. The incidents have recorded human and material losses with several sacked from their homes. ...
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UNILAG Gets First Female Vice Chancellor
A Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, has emerged the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Ogunsola’s announcement as UNILAG’s 13th substantive VC was made on Friday night. She emerged the favourite ...
Read More »PSC Promotes 40 DCPs, Others
The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 40 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioners of Police. The Commission also approved an accelerated promotion for two Assistant Commissioners due to existing vacancies in the medical cadre. The ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: Experts Advocate University Autonomy
Experts in the education sector have called for true university autonomy as one of the solutions to tackle the challenges facing higher education in Africa. This was at an international symposium convened to mark the birthday of the Executive Secretary ...
Read More »Bar Code To Check Crime At Lagos Parks, Garages
The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), has announced the introduction of the Bar Code to checkmate untoward activities among some commercial bus drivers. According to him, the initiative will curb kidnapping and other ...
Read More »Travellers, Residents Stranded As Flood Grounds Lokoja
Thousands of travelers and residents of Lokoja, Kogi State capital are currently stranded as the city has been overrun by heavy flooding. The Lokoja-Abuja road which connects the North and South has practically been cut off, thereby paralyzing economic activities, ...
Read More »NDIC Clears Trapped Funds Of 20 Failed Bank Customers
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced the complete settlement of customers of 20 closed banks whose deposits were trapped in the failed banks, in fulfilment of its promise of protecting depositors in the event of bank failures. “The ...
Read More »Nigerians Don’t Want Water Bill, Afenifere Tells FG
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the insistence of the Federal Government to pass the repeatedly rejected Waterways Resources Bill into law as another instance of how the government is often hell-bent on going ahead with what the majority ...
Read More »FG Review Rails Security, Buhari Meets Freed Hostages
The Federal Government has set up a committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring adequate safety measures in securing train and other railway infrastructure, The PUNCH has learnt. The PUNCH reports that terrorists, on March 28, 2022, attacked the AK-9 ...
Read More »Court Rules On ASUU’s Appeal, Out-Of-court Settlement Fails
The Court of Appeal will, on Friday (today), deliver a ruling on an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court. The NICN had, on September 21, granted ...
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