Day: January 11, 2021

It’s Dangerous To Reopen Nigerian Varsities Now, Lecturers warn

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigerian Lecturers’ Union has given a stern warning against reopening of universities due to the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday, according to a report by The PUNCH, assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the  National Universities Commission that universities could resume on January 18, but must adhere to COVID-19 protocols in hostels…

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Saudi-Based Nigerian Oil Magnate Assasinated + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

  Victim told to say his ‘last prayers’ before being ‘mercilessly’ shot at close range – brother   A Saudi Arabia-based Nigerian oil magnate, Ogacheko Atanu, had been assassinated in his home in Idah, Kogi State, North Central Nigeria. Elder brother to the deceased, Mr Ukubile Atanu, who is a lecturer with the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, who confirmed the incident, notec that the assassination happened at about 11pm when the deceased was about retiring to bed. When the assassins stormed his compound, Atanu was asked to say his last…

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‘Pfizer Vaccine For The Elite, China Vaccine For The Rest’

Fredrick Nwabufo

  One thing is constant in the human ecosystem – class struggle. According to Karl Marx, “The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.” There is perhaps, no other country where the fault lines of class are well accented like in Nigeria – where the rich secrete themselves in vulgar mansions with ramparts flanked by slums and where the elite hedge themselves about with phalanxes of police officers, and even conscripting the security officers into their household servantry. But I think Nigeria is where there…

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Our job not done yet, LASU ex-VC, Prof. Fagbohun, says in farewell address

Olanrewaju Fagbohun

  Here in an emotional look-back at the last five years, immediate past Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, opens up, in an address “for the last time as VC,” on what he truly thinks of thousands of students, members of governing council, lecturers, the alumni among others.     My Farewell Address as LASU’s 8th Substantive Vice-Chancellor Dear incredible members of the LASU Community, with a heart full of gratitude – I address you today for the last time as your vice-chancellor. Exactly five years…

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