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LASU Fees Hike: Enrollment dwindles as students, govt disagree

LASU Fees Hike: Enrollment dwindles as students, govt disagree

INDEED, it has been three years of unending crises at the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, since October 2011, when Governor Babatunde Fashola, sent a White Paper to the University’s Governing Council, announcing the implementation of a new fees regime, which saw tuition fees increased steeply from N25, 000 to as much as N348, 750

Mubi: Adamawa commercial city cripped by insurgency

Mubi: Adamawa commercial city cripped by insurgency

MUBI was for years the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State. The fact that it shares borders with the Republic of Cameroun ensures that it enjoys business boom all the year round. Apart from its strategic commercial importance, the ancient city of Mubi equally boasts of no fewer than four higher institutions, thus making it also a centre of learning.

Insecurity: Dynamic Youths set for peace rally

Insecurity: Dynamic Youths set for peace rally

Against the backdrop of the Boko Haram-sponsored insurgency ravaging the North Eastern part of Nigeria, the Dynamic Youth Organisation of Nigeria, DYON, plans to stage a peace summit to sensitise youths against being used by terrorists and to support the Jonathan administration’s quest to end the spate of insurgency in the country.

Ojo bridge: Too early to fail

Ojo bridge: Too early to fail

Residents of Ojo Local Government Area have expressed concern over the durability of the Ariyo (Mile 10)-Ira-Muwo bridge, an alternative road for the 10 lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, following a failed portion of the yet to be commissioned bridge