The Chairman, ASUU-LASU, Dr Akinyemi Olusegun Kabiru has said that the ongoing ASUU-LASU industral action which has paralysed academic activities on all campuses of the institution will be total until the Lagos State government acceded to the ASUU-FG agreement of 2009 which set the benchmark for the operation of universities in Nigeria

A South Africa based oil and gas company SacOil has entered into a joint venture agreement with a Nigerian led and managed London based Pan Africa oil and gas company, Energy Equity Resources with a view to acquiring some of the undeveloped oil and gas fields and also take advantage of the ongoing divestment of some multinational oil companies from oil wells in the country.

The World Bank Group yesterday said it is releasing a wide range of tools and technology applications to empower more collaborative and effective solutions to global challenges, as part of the institution’s commitment to “Open Development.”

AFTER 63 years of adopting the version of the medical curriculum of the University of London, the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, has presented a new curriculum to the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Bamiro.

As part of its corporate social responsibility to enhance educational activities in the country, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has donated to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), a modern centre for research and development.

In its avowed bid to encourage science students and other stakeholders to participate in the development of creative thinking in the educational system, Science Quest International, a private organization has positioned itself to use competitions and other platforms within its structure to allowing our students gain valuable experience

FORMER leader of the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah, yesterday, accused the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government of instigating his arrest and prosecution in South Africa over October 1 twin bomb blasts in Abuja, because he allegedly refused to do the bidding of the government.

THE Igbo Students Association, yesterday, cautioned the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to drop its plan to endorse a particular presidential candidate for the 2011 election, saying the organisation should remain neutral to ensure its relevance

ABIA State government has launched a verbal attack on the President of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, over media report credited to him to the effect that he called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state on account of the insecurity which engulfed the state until a joint-military task force moved in last week to sanitize the situation.

The senator, representing Anambra Central in the Senate, Annie Okonkwo, has described as tragic the sequence of criminals’ kidnap of innocent pupils in Aba and the latest bombing in Abuja during the country’s Golden jubilee celebrations