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Professor Folasade Ogunsola on Monday emerged as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. She was elected by members of the Senate at an emergency meeting held on Monday. While Ogunsola polled 135 of 167 votes, her closest fellow contestant, Prof. Ben Ogbojafor, secured 31 votes. The Federal Government had, last week, asked UNILAG Senate
When Evangelist Mathew of a popular church in Ejigbo, Lagos, decided to carry out the great Biblical injuction that says: “Therefore, go and preach to all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you”, little
There was a palpable tension in Enugu State on Sunday when policemen clashed with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra . The PUNCH gathered that two persons died in the clash . It was learnt that many members of the IPOB were also injured . An eyewitness said over 10 IPOB members were arrested.
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned hours after soldiers seized him from his home as part of a coup following months of mass protests against alleged corruption and worsening security in the West African country. The news of Keita’s departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators on Wednesday, while leaders of the military coup said
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights will resume on August 29, 2020. Sirika said this in a tweet on Monday. He tweeted, “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the August 29, 2020 beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption. “Protocols and procedures will
The West Africa Examincations Council, WAEC have started its Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations, SSSCE today, and a viral video of students of a certain school writing their papers have surfaced on the internet. In the video, the students of the unnamed school who were well spaced were captured in the examination hall. The examination,
The Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority on Friday began the demolition of a residential building belonging to an architect John Jerry Emejulu, Channels Television can confirm. Emejulu had earlier demolished part of the Enugu Airport fence claiming ownership of a portion of the land. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Thursday, said Mr Emejulu,
The Department of State Security Services, DSS has issued another statement alerting the general public to a sinister plot to destabilize Nigeria. The security agency, in a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Friday morning, disclosed that there are “desperate efforts by some notable personalities to use their exalted positions; take advantage of developments in
ANAMBRA MONARCHS LAUD PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR DEVELOPMENTAL STRIDES IN SOUTH EAST Traditional rulers from Anambra State on Thursday expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to development of the country in general, and the South East in particular. The monarchs, led to the Presidential Villa by Prince Arthur Eze, were received by Chief
The recently sacked UNILAG VC, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe is presently on the premises of the University Campus, leading the protest by the ASUU, even as the University Senate rejects his sacking. Rising from its emergency meeting held on Thursday morning, by 88 members and anchored by Prof Chioma Ago, a former Dean of the Faculty