NOUN’s fifth VC, Olufemi Peters assumes office

NOUN’s fifth VC, Olufemi Peters assumes office

By Joseph Erunke PROF. Olufemi Peters on Thursday assumed office as the fifth Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), succeeding Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, whose five-year tenure ended on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. In a brief handover ceremony held at the university’s headquarters in Abuja, Peters, who was elected the Vice-Chancellor on […]
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NCC denies cloned Facebook account

NCC denies cloned Facebook account

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has denied a clone Facebook account flying round on the social media. The Commission in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, on Thursday said it discovered a spurious Facebook Account purporting to belonging to it and had since contacted […]

LASU mourns Jakande, says his contributions to education legendary

LASU mourns Jakande, says his contributions to education legendary

By Adesina Wahab The Lagos State University, LASU, has mourned the passing on of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos State who was also the former Visitor to the University, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, saying his contributions to the development of education in the state were legendary. In a statement by the Coordinator Centre for […]

No Lagos governor has surpassed Jakande’s feats — PDP

No Lagos governor has surpassed Jakande’s feats — PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says no governor has surpassed or come near the achievements of late Lateef Jakande as first civilian governor of the state. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Gani Taofik, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the death […]

Best way to immortalise Jakande is to ensure good governance, Sanwo-Olu

Best way to immortalise Jakande is to ensure good governance, Sanwo-Olu

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said the late Jakande will remain one of the best public office holders in the political history of Nigeria based on how he transformed Lagos State and Nigeria during his tenure as Minister of Works. He described the […]

Making a case for cryptocurrency in Nigeria

Making a case for cryptocurrency in Nigeria

Fiyin Osinbajo An Overview of Cryptocurrency A blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated across a network of computer systems. Cryptocurrencies are digital payment systems that rely on blockchain technology to verify transactions. They can be used as a medium of exchange for goods services and do not require a central authority […]

Senate invites CBN, Yuguda, over Cryptocurrency ban

Senate invites CBN, Yuguda, over Cryptocurrency ban

The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; ICT and Cybercrime; and Capital Market to invite the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, and Securities Exchange Commission over the recent ban of Cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria by the apex bank. 

Supreme Court didn’t grant ASUSS registration, says NUT

Supreme Court didn’t grant ASUSS registration, says NUT

ABUJA–THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT,has denied that the Supreme Court in its judgement of January, 15,2021,granted  secondary school teachers operating under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools ,ASUSS,power to operate as a trade union.

Police warn against 2nd wave of Endsars Protest

Police warn against 2nd wave of Endsars Protest

…Say “We won’t tolerate demonstration in Lagos …Deploy policemen to parts of Lagos to halt it By Evelyn Usman and  Victor Arjiromanus Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command , CP Hakeem Odumosu , has said that the command would resist any gathering that would threaten the peace and lives of Lagosians. His assertion came on […]

Imported syringes, needles are fake, unsterile — Senate

Imported syringes, needles are fake, unsterile — Senate

*Probes State of Manufacturing, Importation and Policy Guideline for Syringe, Needles *Summons Health Minister, Trade Minister, NAFDAC DG, others By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate, Thursday, raised the alarm that the majority of the imported syringes and needles are substandard, unsterile that are used and rewashed syringes from the Asian continent and thereafter imported […]