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The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has said that lectures are ongoing on the university campus despite the strike embarked upon by some lecturers. The PUNCH had reported that Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife branch of the Academic Staff Union declared an indefinite strike following the non-payment of Earned Academic Allowance to its members on Monday. The lecturers complained that all political and diplomatic means to resolve the imbroglio failed. Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, OAU’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olarewaju, in a statement said efforts are made to ensure that the academic calendar of the university isn’t affected. The statement read, “The attention of the Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has been drawn to a circular issued by a section of the academic staff, ASUU, calling on its members to go on strike, beginning from Monday, 31st January 2022. “The University Management is using this medium to inform the gen...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong .  Ahead of the Plateau State Local Government elections scheduled for October 9, 2021, Governor Simon Lalong has said that his party, the All Progressives Congress will sweep the polls in the 17 council areas of the state. The governor spoke on Saturday while flagging off campaign for the party in the Shendam Local Government Area of the state Lalong, who said that APC will field candidates across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state, added that the party had done a lot for the development of the state and attained greater acceptance which will guarantee its total victory during the elections. Lalong while presenting flags to the candidates urged them to go to the polls with confidence as the people have seen and touched the performance of the APC which will spur them to choose the party during the ballot. The governor said, “APC is the party of choice in Plateau State just as it is being embraced by people from other parties ...

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, on Saturday disclosed that Nigeria has so far vaccinated 4,680,000 million Nigerian residents against COVID-19 . Shuaib disclosed this in Benin during the South-South town hall meeting on COVID-19 vaccination organised by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID in collaboration with the NPHCDA. He said the meeting was to discuss COVID-19 vaccination, address concerns, reach a consensus, and support the on-going efforts by the federal and state governments to ensure citizens are safe and protected against the deadly virus. Shuaib said out of the figure, 1,865,127 of them have been fully vaccinated with two doses. Despite the success recorded, he stated that the present statistics is below target of reaching herd immunity and allow people return to their former lives. He attributed the reason of not meeting the set target to misinformation about the virus and the vaccines, noting cons...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has frowned at the disparity in payments of foreign and local workers in parts of the country. He criticised states in Nigeria that employed and paid foreigners five times higher than their Nigerian counterparts. Ngige said this when he received the Chairman, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Dr Muheeba Dankaka, and other Federal Commissioners during a courtesy visit on Thursday in Abuja. treatment given to foreigners by some states ahead of their Nigerian counterparts does not encourage national unity and loyalty. He therefore urged the FCC to use its constitutional mandate to promote national unity and loyalty, rather than concentrate their efforts only on the public sector, especially in job recruitment. He appealed to the commission to ensure equitable distribution of amenities, infrastructure and social services in the country. According to the minister, the constitution did not say that you do only cases in the ...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that it regretted that it got rid of then-President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 elections to vote in the incumbent, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The group expressed disappointment that Buhari has let down millions of Nigerians including members of the All Progressives Congress who trusted in his leadership prior to the poll six years ago. NEF, therefore, said that the next President of Nigeria should be one who would act in the “opposite direction” of Buhari, who hails from Katsina, North-West Nigeria. NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spoke on Tuesday when he featured on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ breakfast programme He said, “Is there any Nigerian who is not disappointed in President Buhari including diehard APC people? Is there anybody who would not tell you he wished President Buhari had done much better? “We raised huge expectations, we told people, ‘Get rid of Jonathan, put Buhar...

LIST OF UNIVERSITIES ACCREDITED BY NUC FOR MEDICINE AND SURGERY.          Recently, the NUC (National University commission) accredited two new universities in the 2020/2021 academic session. Candidates are hereby enjoined to spread out to these Newly accredited Medical schools in the 2021/2022  academic session. The Universities which were approved are Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) and Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).          FULLY ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOLS.  Below are the list of universities fully accredited by NUC and their quotas. 1. College of Health sciences, Abia State University Uturu, Abia State.                                     75 2.College of Health sciences, University of Uyo, Akawa Ibom.                        ...