archiveAugust 14, 2020

 The management of Landmark University, Omu-Aran in Kwara, on Monday said it had approved free tuition fees for all its agriculture-related programmes in the institution. Prof. Adeniyi Olayanju, the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran that the approval would take effect from the 2018/2019 academic...

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, says there is no going back in its rejection of the removal of the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institution’s Governing Council headed by Dr Wale Babalakin had on Wednesday...

Civil society organisations (CSOs) on Friday described as alien to modern society, the conviction and death sentencing of a young Nigerian gospel singer, Yahaya Sharif, for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a song he published. The groups in a joint statement titled, ‘Joint Civil Society Statement On The Conviction...

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, says though he had “three layers of protection,” they did not stop him from contracting the COVID-19 global pandemic. He described how he contracted and later underwent three-week treatment for the infection. Onyeama spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the joint...

  Arsenal completed the signing of Willian on a three-year deal on Friday after the Brazilian winger’s contract at Chelsea expired. The 32-year-old won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, a League Cup and the Europa League during seven years with the Blues, but moves across London on a...

The Ogun State Government has suspended weekend lockdown in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun made this announcement on Friday while giving an update on the efforts of the government in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The governor explained that he took the decision after thorough deliberation, consideration and...

  Imo State highest with 48.7%, Anambra lowest with 13.1%   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday released unemployment figures showing that 27.1 per cent of able-bodied and willing-to-work Nigerians were unemployed as at second quarter of 2020. The figure of unemployed Nigerians was 23.1 per cent when...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly seized assets in form of cryptocurrency of up to $2 million used to fund terrorism campaigns, namely the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), of which includes millions worth of cryptocurrency stashed...