The All Progressives Congress, APC has expressed concern over its latest discovery of a fresh attempt to use the courts to postpone or frustrate next month’s general elections. In a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, the party’s national publicity secretary in Lagos on Tuesday by Lai Mohammed, the APC said after all attempts to stop…
ASAP Holds Inaugural Public Discuss
Academics Stand Against Poverty, ASAP, an international association focused on helping researchers and teachers enhance their impact on poverty, on Tuesday held its inaugural public discuss in West Africa. The public discuss, which took place at the main auditorium of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, focused on the theme, “Political Campaign Funding and The…
Stay Away From Bold Ignorance, Deception – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has described as a demonstration of “bold ignorance and deception” the claim that the Lagos State government allocates only 3 per cent of its education budget to primary education. The governor stated this in reaction to an allegation credited to Jimi Agbaje,governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fashola…
University Of Ibadan Gets New Deputy Vice Chancellor
The University of Ibadan, UI, has elected Gbemisola Oke of the Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Medicine as the new Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics. Olatunji Oladejo, director of Public Communication of the institution, disclosed this in a statement made available to pressmen on January 25. She is the 2nd…
UNILAG Lifts Ban On Student Unionism
The authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has lifted the 10-year long ban on student unionism in the institution. Rahmon Bello, Vice Chancellor, UNILAG, announced this during the institution’s 2014/2015 matriculation ceremony which held on January 23 at the university’s multipurpose hall. The students union of UNILAG was banned 10 years ago following a…
We Won’t Send Election Observers to North East – EU
Santiago Fisas, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Nigeria, has said that the EU would not send election observers to the North-Eastern part of the country, which is the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgents. Fisas made the disclosure on Monday when members of the mission paid a courtesy visit on the…
Argentina To Disband Intelligence Agency
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has revealed plans to disband Argentina’s intelligence agency. President Fernandez said this was necessary following the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, hours before he was due to testify against senior government officials. He had been investigating the bombing of a Jewish centre in the capital in 1994, which left…
Kaduna Awards Scholarship to 125 Students
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, Kaduna State Governor has awarded 125 foreign scholarships to doctorate, masters and undergraduate medical students of the state origin. The beneficiaries would study medical sciences, engineering, applied and natural sciences in Malaysia, Ghana, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Egypt and Uganda. Yero said the aim of the 2014/2015 Overseas Scholarship Awards was…
Kurdish Forces Chase ISIS Out of Kobane
The Islamic State militants have been driven out of Kobane by Kurdish forces ending a four-month battle for the northern Syrian town activists say. Fighters from the Popular Protection Units were said to have gained access to areas in the east of the town after the jihadists retreated. The battle for Kobane was seen as…
UK Consecrates First Female Bishop
The Church of England has consecrated its first female bishop at a ceremony held in York Minster on Monday. The new female bishop, Libby Lane, 48, has been ordained the new Bishop of Stockport in a ceremony that was attended by more than 1,000 people. The Church formally adopted legislation last November to ordain women…
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