Journalists to submit entries online –Wole Soyinka Centre

For the first time, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism says it will accept all entries for its annual award for investigative reporting online. In a statement on Friday,…

SSANU, NASU begin strike Monday, ASUU continues industrial action

Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union will commence a 14-day warning strike from October 5 to October 19. A statement jointly…

BREAKING: FG orders Unity Schools to reopen Oct 12

The Federal Government on Friday announced that all Unity Schools in Nigeria should resume with effect from October 12. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this during a…

ASUU TO SUSPEND STRIKE SOON, SAYS NGIGE

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon suspend its strike. Ngige gave the hint during an interview on Channels Television’s…

TOURISM : A CORE BEDROCK OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ~UCHE UGWU

The world tourism day, slated to annually occur on the 27th of September every year, however to commemorate this year’s celebration, Events has been scheduled to occur in Enugu state,…

BREAKING: ENUGU GOVERNMENT SCHEDULES THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS FOR SEPTEMBER 28

The Government of Enugu State under the leadership of the Executive governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has announced the phased re-opening of all primary and secondary schools in the state, for…

SCHOOL REOPENING: FG ORDERS SCHOOLS TO DO WEEKLY COVID-19 CHECK

The Federal Government has released more guidelines that will  prevent the spread of COVID-19 as  more states fully reopen schools  on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which disclosed…

Babalakin’s resignation excites UNILAG lecturers

Lecturers at the University of Lagos have expressed delight over the resignation of Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN) as the Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the institution. The…

NO BLANKET OPENING (OR CLOSURE ) OF UNIVERSITIES PLEASE!

Last week, this column highlighted the increased penetration of digital learning as one of the unforeseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It concluded by asking if anyone was willing to…

RISING FUNDAMENTALISM IN NIGERIAN CHRISTIANITY

All through last week while Nigerians were killed in different parts of Nigeria, what occupied most Nigerians was the exchange between radio personality, Daddy Freeze (whose real name is Ifedayo…