UNILORIN Expels Student For Beating Lecturer Comatose

By Demola Akinyemi The University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, has expelled a 400 level student of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa, after finding him guilty of beating a female lecturer of the same Department, Mrs  Rahmat Zakariyau into

NIRSAL, Editors And Life Beyond The Newsroom

By Omoyemi Olatunde THE best of Nigerian editors gathered in Abuja last month for the 17th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, ANEC. The theme was, Media in Times of Crises: Resolving Conflict, Achieving Consensus. It was all about national security, including food security, energy

Cervical Cancer: First Ladies Wants WHO, Others To Prioritize Girls’ Access To Vaccination

– Launch Vaccine Access Programme in Abuja By Joseph Erunke As the increasing number of cervical cancer patients have become a thing of worry across the world, wives of former and current governors in the country have called on the World Health Organisation,

Pantamigate: ASUU Inaugurates Committee To Look Into Pantami’s Professorship

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Monday disclosed it is setting up a committee to investigate how the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami was appointed Professor of Cyber Security by the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). ASUU

BREAKING: ASUU Gives FG Three Weeks To Meet Demands

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum to meet its demands contained in the Memorandum of Action (MoA), signed by both parties on December 23, 2020. Failure to comply, it said, ASUU could resort to

UNILORIN 400 Level Student In Police Net For Allegedly Beating Female Lecturer To Coma

A 400 level male student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) is in police net for allegedly attacking a female lecturer of the institution. The student was said to have beaten his victim, one Mrs. Zakariyyah of the department of microbiology, to a

Uzodimma Offers Imo Daughter, Miss Nwaozuzu, Who Made 9As in SSCE Varsity Scholarship

Governor of Imo State, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma has offered scholarship to Miss Confidence Chinaza Nwaozuzu who had excellent in all the nine subjects she entered for in the recently released 2021 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. Miss Nwaozuzu made 9As in both the

Yes! Anambra Is Not Imo

By Ethelbert Okere A few days ago, a young man with whom I have a casual acquaintance approached me, at the entrance of a shop in the area of Owerri where I reside, with the following question: “Sir, what is the meaning of

U.S. Consulate Stipulates Specific Days For Students Visa

The U.S. Consulate has stipulated six days to attend to students needing visas for studies in the United States. A statement by the U.S. Mission noted that the students applying for new visas and those renewing their visas would be attended to on

Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor Of Cyber Security – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi branch has faulted the appointment of Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor of cyber security by the Governing Council and the management of the