Author: Alade Adisa

While the federal government on Wednesday announced a ban on the setting up of new federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, academic staff unions in the university system have advised the FG on what to do. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Congress of University Academics, CONUA, while not condemning the step, called on the FG to act rationally. Evaluate existing ones – ASUU Reacting to the development, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, called on the FG to evaluate existing public tertiary institutions, especially universities set up recently. READ ALSO: ASUU: Lecturers grapple with hunger,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is set to screen over 500 outstanding underaged candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session. The exercise is slated to hold from September 22 to 26, 2025. According to resolutions from a virtual meeting held on Wednesday, the exercise will be overseen by a special technical committee set up by JAMB. READ ALSO: Prospective Engineering students dominate 2025 JAMB UTME top scorers Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced that three centres have been designated for the process: Lagos (397 candidates), Owerri (136 candidates), and Abuja (66 candidates). Oloyede explained…

Some Lagos residents have raised concerns over the persistent use of Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) across markets, parties, and retail outlets in the state despite the recent government ban. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, residents noted that nylon bags, plastic spoons, and other banned items remain widespread, especially in areas such as Ikotun, Ayobo, Okota, Ajao Estate, Ajah, and Iyana Ipaja. The Lagos State Government began full enforcement of the ban on SUPs below 40 microns on July 1, following an 18-month grace period after the initial announcement in January 2024. The prohibition covers…

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Friday agreed that there were errors in the grading of some of the papers candidate wrote in this year’s Senior Secondary School Examination, SSCE, saying the failure rate was not as pronounced as earlier announced. The Council therefore said it had reviewed the results and that more candidates now passed five or more subjects including English Language and Mathematics. The new figure now is 1,239,884 candidates having credit passes in five subjects or more including  English Language and Mathematics. The new figure represents 62.9 % of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the…

Academic and non-academic workers at the Lagos State University, LASU, have embarked on an indefinite strike over welfare and other unresolved issues with the management. The industrial action began on Thursday, July 31. In a letter to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, dated July 31, 2025, the leadership of the four unions in the institution vowed not to call off the strike until all their demands were met. Operating under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee, which comprises the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union…

While medical doctors are on a three-day warning strike in Lagos, nurses across the country, especially those in federal government-owned hospitals, are starting a seven-day warning strike by midnight on Tuesday. The warning strike follows a 15-day ultimatum issued to the government by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM). The body took the decision at the National Executive Council (NEC) emergency meeting held at the National Hospital, Abuja on 10th July, 2025. The notice signed by the NANNM National Secretary, Comrade Enya Agatha Osinachi, reads: “Following the decision taken by the National Executive Council of the Sector…

Divergent views have started trailing the rewards given by President Bola Tinubu to the victorious Nigeria’s female senior national team, the Super Falcons. Super Falcons, who on late Saturday night won their 10th African Women Nations Cup trophy in Morocco were on Monday evening given mouth watering rewards by the President. He gave each player $100,000, three-bedroom flat and a national honour. Going by the current exchange rate of the local currency, the naira to the dollar each player got the equivalent of N150 million. Some Nigerians believe the reward was on the high side while others feel it was…

Persons who vandalise power and electricity facilities are now liable to be jailed for life, the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended 2025), now provides for that. Findings by New Daily Prime show that if the level of vandalism causes significant disruption to electricity supply, endangers life, personal safety, or public order, it could land the vandal in jail for life. The Act states: “Any person who unlawfully or with intent to destroy, vandalize, damage, or render non-functional any electricity infrastructure or assets within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, including but not limited to generation plants, transmission lines, towers, substations, transformers, distribution…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supporters are teeming with preparations as Nigeria edges close(r) to the 2027 general elections.

Born on December 17, 1942 in Daura, Katsina State, he had a promising career in the military where he rose to become a general and served in various capacities. He played a critical role during the Nigerian Civil war and subsequently occupied different positions in the military, especially during the various military regimes that led the country after the civil war in 1970 until the return to civilian regime in 1979. Post-civil war positions. He was a member of the Supreme Military Council during the Murtala/Obasanjo military regime from July 1975 to October 1979. He also served as the Military…