By Adesina Wahab, Education Editor Since February 14 this year, students in public universities have been at home, as academic activities have been put on hold following the strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Other staff unions in the university sector have also joined the wagon of embarking on industrial action. […]

By Ebunoluwa Sessou In March, Womanifesto, a coalition of women groups led by Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, occupied the National Assembly and demanded immediate passage of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill, GEOB.  Then in April, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the government to comply with the 35 percent affirmative action for women as […]

By Emmanuel Unah Just last week, a truck crushed a mobile policeman at a roadblock at Akamkpa. He used his body to barricade the road and the truck brakes failed and he was eventually crushed. According to reports, he was not trying to stop the truck because the truck or its driver committed any crime […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela EKITI State governor-elect, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji, will have his hands full when he takes over from Governor Kayode Fayemi on October 16. Oyebanji, who has been part of the government until last December, knows the tasks at hand. Addressing the press on Sunday, while delivering his acceptance speech, Oyebanji disclosed the immediate […]

By Biodun Busari The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has used a total of 1,404 days to go on strike since the inception of this democratic dispensation in 1999. This figure means that the universities’ lecturers have used three years and 10 months to boycott classrooms as one major means of pressing home their […]