The Academic Staff Union of Universities says public universities in Nigeria would have died if not for its agitations. The umbrella body of lecturers in universities across Nigeria also said its continues engagement with the government is to make that the future of young Nigerians is protected. ASUU’s National President, Professor BIODUN OGUNYEMI, gave these indications during…
The United States Government has announced the successful trial of a coronavirus vaccine by pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer. Vice President MIKE PENCE described the breakthrough as the outcome of a public-private partnership forged by President DONALD TRUMP. In a short message on his verified Twitter handle, PENCE said the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine trial proved effective in preventing infection…
Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU has stepped down temporarily as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This marks the completion of Professor YAKUBU’s first term of five years, while his nomination for a second term by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has not been confirmed by the Senate. Reports from the INEC headquarters in Abuja indicate that Professor YAKUBU…
Hundreds of young jobseekers have stormed the Rivers State Government secretariat in Port Harcourt in search of vacancies in the state civil service. The submission of applications is being done manually, after the Rivers State Executive Council approved the recruitment of about five thousand new civil servants who are not more than thirty-five years. A local journalist…
One of the promoters of the EndSARS protests, MODUPE ODELE, has collected her passport that was seized by the Nigerian Immigration Service. Recall that ODELE was stopped from travelling out of Nigeria last week Friday, after she was stopped at the airport and her International Passport seized. In a message on her Twitter handle in the afternoon,…
Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital in Ondo State have gone on strike. Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors declared that the indefinite strike is to demand the payment of their four-month salary arrears, among other demands. Acting President of NARD at the state-owned teaching hospital, Doctor SANNI ORIYOMI, said their…