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Reunion: Oba Akinbiyi old students decry infrastructural decay in public schools, give conditions for revamping education; honour teachers

By Opeyemi Olawore The 1996 set of old Students of Oba Akinbiyi High School 1(OAHS 1), Mokola, Ibadan have blamed successive governments in Oyo State for the infrastructural decay in public primary and secondary schools. In his keynote address, Prince Adedayo Babalola who spoke on behalf of the 1996 set of old students of Oba…

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Makinde meets LAUTECH stakeholders…moves to resolve ASUU strike, controversy over name change, others

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, late on Thursday, met with critical stakeholders of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, in a bid to address major issues affecting the institution. Those who attended the meeting, which took place at the Presidenrial Lodge of the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, include representatives of the Alumni body,…

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You can’t reverse appointment already made by FUOYE to replace you, SAN bombs ex-Registrar, Bursar

Ebun Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who is the lead counsel to the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) on the lingering legal battle between the sacked Registrar, Odunsanya Olatunbosun and Bursar, Mrs. Bolatitio Roseline Akande and the Ivory Tower, on Tuesday told the sacked ex-principal officers that their sack was irreversible as the…

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When ASUU strike will end – FG reveals

The Minister of State for Education Goodluck Opiah has assured the Muhammadu Buhari administration is committed to ending the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) soonest. The Minister gave the assurance in Owerri at the weekend while fielding questions from newsmen during a reception organized in his honour by his friends….

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National Personnel Audit: UBEC urges Oyo Govt. to recruit more teachers

…As SUBEB boss says recruitment plans ongoing The Universal Basic Education Commission has commended the qualitative education pupils in Oyo State are enjoying under the Governor Seyi-Makinde led administration. The Commission has also called on the state government to recruit more teachers into primary schools. The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi…

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Rights Suit: FUOYE VC cleared on spurious allegations

…as Court discontinues trials The legal battle that lingered between the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina and the Nigerian Police was on Monday, June 20, 2022, laid to rest as the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, discontinued its trials following the joint decision of the two…

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Court throws out contempt allegation against FUOYE VC, Registrar

…advises parties to toe path of peace The National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Capital city of Ondo State on Thursday faulted Contempt allegation filed against the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina and the institution’s Acting Registrar, Mr. Mufutau lbrahim by a suspended lecturer, Dr. Akinyemi Gabriel Omonijo. A report…

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Pains, anguish in Ekiti as Fayemi, EKSU mgt disobey court order reinstating sacked workers

Affected workers who were illegally sacked in 2019 by the Management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have not been reinstated by the Governor John Kayide Fayemi led government, the workers have cried out. It will be recalled that following the ruling of the Ado Ekiti Division of the Appeal Court in 28th March and…

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Oba Akinbiyi ‘97 Alumni storm Ibadan for Silver Jubilee Anniversary

Eniola Ajayi Twenty children they say cannot play together for twenty years. As apt as this maxim goes, the passage of time and human dynamics, culminating in societal evolution have introduced different twists to this proverb. This is not to shy away from the context of this adage which speaks to physical proximity of relationship…

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ASUU: No government has released Money to improve public varsities without our struggle

…..says minimum wage arrears ought to have been paid since April 2019. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday says that if the Union fails to fight for a better University system, the future of the country will be in jeopardy. The Union said in the last two decades, no government of Nigeria…

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