VC selection wars rage in LASU, UNIOSUN •Non-Science professors kick in Osun, medical associations in Lagos TOP NEWS LATEST NEWS By Tunbosun Ogundare - Lagos On Aug 14, 2021 DRAMATIC events have continued to characterise the processes leading to the selection of vice-chancellors in the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, and the Osun State University, Osogbo. In the Osun State University, a war is on with a camp accusing the university council of making rules that narrowed the contest to only professors in the Pure and Applied Sciences even when the university is a conventional one. However, following complaints from non-medical associations in Lagos State, the selection committee for the appointment of a substantive vice chancellor for LASU, on Friday made a U-turn on the minimum mandatory requirements for interested applicants from medical fields for the position. "The council even set a research benchmark of 800 citations and 15.00 ResearchGate sc...
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After Marathon Meeting, IG Asks Kyari to Respond to Allegations August 1, 2021 # COPIED FROM THISDAY After a four-hour marathon meeting between the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Usman Baba, and the head of his Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, the police boss has directed Kyari to respond in writing to the allegations contained in the United States’ court summons linking him to a $1.1 million fraud committed by the internet fraudster, Abbas Ramon also known as Hushpuppi, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY also gathered that the IG will also set up an investigative panel to review Kyari’s response and his alleged culpability. This comes as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was non-committal on the visit of FBI agents to its headquarters and their request to arrest Kyari for extradition. But foremost human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has said the United States may activate the existing extradition tre...
By the Self-Imposed Vice-Chancellor of World People University —Sunday, August 1, 2021 Within the four corners of Nigeria, only a FEW people, unfortunately, are UNTOUCHABLE, starting with the incumbent (elected) leaders, particularly the president and "powerful" governors: a rogue BUREAUCRAT, no matter how effective/popular s/he is, can be easily RPLACED. The allegations against ABBA KYARI, a now-suspended assistant commissioner of police, were too serious to be ignored: when the FBI indicts a citizen of your country (a powerful police officer for that matter), and unless you are China and Russia, two equally powerful countries, you MUST take immediate actions. In a similarly situated developed country, the public official will be administratively suspended pending the outcome of an independent investigation. If the allegations are very serious, it is not unusual for the public official to resign, or/and immediately be fired. The FBI does not indict someone based on he...
NUC LIST 58 FAKE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA Big Big trouble for the operator of these Universities and her students. The National Universities Commission, NUC, has warned the Operators of 58 fake universities carrying out illegal operations at the moment in Nigeria. The commission also disclosed that it was investigating eight other universities for running illegal degree programs. Check If your School is there ..... 1. University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria 2. Christians of Charity American University of Science and Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State or any of its other campuses 3. University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos or any of its other campuses 4. University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria 5. Blacksmith University, Akwa or any of its other campuses 6. Volta University College, HO, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeri 7. Royal University, Izhia, PO B...
You can’t succeed outside your educational qualification – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said it is difficult to succeed without education. Buhari stated this during a session at the Global Education Summit in London. He observed that Nigerian parents don’t joke with education. The President said they know that if their children or wards missed the opportunity of being educated, they have missed a lot. Noting that the size and population of the country are challenges for any administration, he said the government and people realize that education is the starting point for success. “You can’t succeed outside your educational qualification. Anybody who missed education has missed everything,” he said. The Nigeria leader hailed parents for making sacrifices to ensure that their children and wards got educated. Others on the panel were Presidents Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, and Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi.
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE EKITI (FUOYE): USUAL LIES AND DECEIT OF PROFESSOR ABAYOMI FASINA By Akin Akinsoluga 29|07|2021 The report of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges meeting held on Wednesday 28th July, 2021 released by Charlse Ainwon, Special Adviser (Media & Strategy) to Distinguished Senator Ayo Akinyelure, who is the Chairman of the Committee revealed how FUOYE Management lied shamelessly about the meeting even with the fact before them. Remember, this is not her first and might not be last if not checked. The University Management is becoming known to the media as a source of unreliable and misleading information, who choose to live on lies, propaganda, and deceit. The Management hurriedly went to the media to dispel news of the outcome of the Senate Committee on Ethics meeting to deceive and manipulate the public deliberately even when the decision of Committee had been known to them. It is reported that the Vice Chancellor, Abayomi Fasina known ...
TEARS OF JOY FLOWS IN THE SENATE AS AKINYELURE'S COMMITTEE MENDS FENCES It was another moment of joy today in the Senate as Distinguished Senator Ayo Akinyelure, FCA, Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions used his position to put smile on faces of some petitioners who had approached his Committee for redress. For instance, in a petition brought against the DG/CEO of National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) by Alhaji Haruna Yahaya and two others, the petitioner wrote against the DG over his alleged abandonment of his duty post, gross misconduct and deliberate attempt to frustrate and humiliate the former Principal Officers of NIEPA. They stated that the DG committed the following offences; rendering some senior officers of NIEPA redundant by abolishing their offices, refusal to host and hold Council Meetings since December 2020, over bearing influence of the Ag. Registrar and her overdue stay in acting capacity. They requ...