By Sola Balogun Like a fiery lion chasing its hapless prey, Chris Ngige has once again unleashed his infamy on Nigeria’s university lecturers. His latest onslaught is the threat to withdraw ASUU’ s registration certificate for allegedly refusing to submit its audited accounts of five years to government. The Minister of Labour and Employment who…
By Wole Balogun On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja, in its ruling on the impasse between the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ordered that the latter, should discontinue its over seven months’ strike action immediately. The Judge, Mr. Polycap Mamman,…
As we draw closer to campaign activities and electioneering proper, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan North Local Government has continued to attract grassroots mobilizers and politicians of substance across the length and breadth of the local government. This is a happening that brings joy to the heart of politicians within our party as…
To start with, Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, for whatever reason, nurses a king-size grudge and animosity against ASUU, which he takes pleasure at reviling at the drop of the hat. Recently, he showed his hands as one of the secret sponsors of the ill-fated Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), when he came out calling…
By Oludayo Tade After giving the Federal Government of Nigeria 14-month strike notice (December 2020 – February 14, 2022), the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) asked her members to stop teaching to force government to fund public universities and sign a renegotiated agreement. The six months roll-over strike changed to total and indefinite strike…
By Wole Balogun One of the biggest problems with the ruling elite of our great nation, Nigeria, is their little or no regard for learning from history. This negates the sagely saying, which l like to rephrase as: “We must use the lessons of the past to handle the present better so we don’t jeopardize…
By Oludayo Tade The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates confraternity) which originated from the University College, Ibadan in 1952 with membership across the globe is a humanitarian and charitable organization with a creed to fight all social ills and conformist degradation. They are against moribund convention and tribalism but stand for humanistic ideals, comradeship and…
The Senate is the higher of the two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly that make up our Bicameral Legislature. Popularly known as the Red Chamber, it is made up of 109 dully elected Distinguished Senators representing 109 Senatorial Districts. The formation of the Chamber is based on three Senatorial Districts per state and one for…
I’m actually not a Yoruba but I’ve lived in Yoruba land, Lagos precisely for long. Any Yoruba, Hausa or fulani man and woman campaigning for Obi should have a rethink and retrace their step back. Though this isn’t supposed to be so but you see those IGBOS have turned this election to tribalistic one. They…
Appreciation and depreciation of currency is not related to race or color or who is the president be it Hausa Igbo or Yoruba. It is basically about production of goods and services and the demand of your products in the world market. A confused country that produces almost nothing will never meet up. Policies only…
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