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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, yesterday appealed to the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, to improve welfare packages for lecturers whose efforts have improved the ranking of the institution. The Chairman of the union, Prof. Biodun Olaniran, in a statement issued yesterday, pleaded with the governor to jack up the monthly subvention which currently stands at N295 million, stating that the improved ranking has doubled the work of lecturers owing to more subscriptions from those interested in learning at the institution. According to him, “Since 2020, LAUTECH has…

Lekan Sote Immediately after Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State was sworn-in and after he read his maiden speech, the Master of Ceremony pronounced him a philosopher-king that combined political skills with deep philosophical knowledge. Italian Cesare Borgia, a Cardinal, was the skilled statesman that inspired “The Prince,” Nicollo Machiavelli’s treatise on the acquisition and use of political power. Francois Leclerc Tremblay, a friar, was counsellor to Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, better known as (Catholic) Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to the infant King Louis XIII of France. Mordecai, who some believed is Prophet Malachi, was a counsellor to…

Niran Adedokun ON the day appointed for the slaughter of the elephant, there will be an assemblage of all sorts of knives and implements, so says a Yoruba adage. You will find crooked, straight, curved, and even blunt objects at such an event. It will be a celebration of awkwardness and this image comes to mind when I think about the ongoing scramble for Nigeria’s presidency. To be clear, by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, every Nigerian who is of age, sound mind and ability has a right to aspire to be the president. There…

As concerns mount over continued closure of government-owned universities nationwide as a result of the strike embarked upon the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to immediately set up a committee whose target would be to address grievances of the university workers with a view to ending the 59-day old strike. Arising from a meeting with the unions in the universities in Abuja, the NLC said it’s concern was the litany of agreements that government had failed to implement. In the communiqué jointly signed by NLC president, Ayuba Wabba and…

•Govt paying deaf ears to killings, Ortom insists •Alleges plan to hand over seat of govt to bandits •Plateau killings: Angry lawmakers restate call for state of emergency, demand NSA, defence minister’s sack •Lament Nigeria a failed state, under siege •Obi: Killings in Plateau, Benue horrific, unacceptable •Presidency: Call for Buhari’s resignation, ploy by desperate politicians to get power •11, 536 schools closed since 2020, UNICEF reveals, remembers Chibok girls’ abduction As Nigerians continue to lament the insecurity ravaging the country, the federal government yesterday blamed the recent attack on a Kaduna-bound train on an unholy alliance between Boko Haram…

The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has linked the ongoing crisis facing the nation’s power sector to acts of sabotage being perpetrated by certain criminally minded Nigerians. Briefing newsmen at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, Aliyu said several recent incidences, including fatal attacks and abduction of foreign workers, who were working on various power projects, had stalled progress in achieving completion on some projects, while other attacks on installations had led to major power cuts. While stressing that the acts of sabotage had been…

Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday said the country was broke as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has contributed nothing to the federation accounting (FAAC) in the last few months. The former governor of Kwara State further revealed that up to 70 million litres of fuel are stolen daily, alleging further that the country loses about $2 billion annually to fuel subsidy scam. He, however, pledged to bring the era of oil theft and corruption in the oil sector to an end if he makes it to the number one position in the country. Saraki said this yesterday…

•Ayu: PDP has no preferred aspirant Bauchi State Governor and one of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Senator Bala Mohammed, yesterday, said he was coming into the presidential race with a clean bill of health and as such, challenged the anti-graft agencies to bring forward any corruption charges they might have against him for the period he served, either as senator or minister. Bala, who started his consultation to contest for president on Tuesday with ex ministers of PDP, threw this challenge to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt and Practices Commission (ICPPC)…

Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.4 billion for the supply of more equipment for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to boost electricity supply. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, made this known when he briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the council, presided by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, yesterday. He said: “I presented two memos from the Ministry of Power for TCN. The first was a variation of the sum of a contract for the 132/33 KV substation at Kafanchan, Kaduna State, with a KV line base extension at Jos substation in Plateau…

• Reps threaten to shut down the legislative business, declares Nigeria a failed state • 2,968 killed, 1,484 abducted in three months • Presidency replies Northern elders, says reform on security sector coming soon • FG: Bandits, Boko Haram have joined forces in an ‘unholy handshake’ • Our effort not good enough, says IGP • Makarfi, Shehu Sani, others seek timely release of train abductees One week after a marathon meeting with leaders of Nigeria’s security team, the House of Representatives, yesterday, lamented rising insecurity in several parts of the country, especially Kaduna, Benue, Taraba and Plateau states. The lawmakers took…