The management of the Lagos State University, LASU, has denied reports in some online media that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, is gagging staff and that his administration is drifting towards an authoritarian regime.

The Senate on Tuesday, adjourned plenary for two weeks to engage Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in defence of their 2020 budget.

With the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria rising astronomically in the last few years, from 10.5m, to 13.2m and now over 16m according to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu recently, discerning minds know that it is a time bomb waiting to explode! Insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminality, are on the rise in Nigeria and there seems to be no end in sight because there is a ready supply of arsenal – an army of uneducated, jobless, unempowered and unmotivated youths ready to be used by unscrupulous elements in society. Amidst the darkness and bad news, Hajia Turai Kadir and her team at the American University of Nigeria, Yola, are doing everything possible to drastically reduce the number of out-of-school children and save Nigeria from the looming catastrophe. She spoke to Vanguard in Yola recently.

As the Chairman,  Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday alleged that a total number of Eight hundred and Forty Seven (847), soldiers were killed and buried in the Military cemetery in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Nigerian army challenged him to provide a prove to substantiate his statement.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to the National Housing Scheme to address the country’s housing deficit.