2027: Thoroughly scrutinise Abiodun’s successor, Ogun monarch tells residents
The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has urged residents of the State to thoroughly scrutinise all candidates seeking to succeed Governor Dapo Abiodun in the 2027 governorship election, irrespective of their political parties.
ASUU, students protest, seek public support
Niger Delta University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and students yesterday staged a peaceful rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, with an appeal to well meaning Nigerians to pressurize the Federal Government to sign and implement the re-negotiated agreement with the union to save the nation’s university system from total collapse.
Lawmaker makes case for Varsity of Petroleum, Effurun
FOR the University of Petroleum, Effurun, Delta State, to rise to contemporary challenges in the educational sector, the Federal Government has been urged to effectively fund the institution.
Sallah break: FEC meeting fails to hold
Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, who fielded questions from State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said due to the long holiday it was impossible for the cabinet office to prepare the relevant memos for the meeting.
Bayo Ohu for burial tomorrow
THE remains of the late Bayo Ayanlola Ohu, Assistant News Editor of The Guardian Newspapers who was assassinated in his Egbeda, Lagos residence on Sunday, September 20, will be buried tomorrow.
Ibru urges N-Delta youths to drop arms
By Festus Ahon UGHELLI—CHAIRMAN of Ughelli North local government council, Delta State, Mr. Kenneth Kesiena Ibru, has charged youths in the Niger Delta to embrace peace and drop their arms in the interest of sustainable development of the region.
