The Students’ Union Government of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso under the leadership of President Adeboye Anuoluwa has installed 20 solar streetlights at Adenike Students’ Residential Area, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso.
The solar streetlights were installed in a bid to eradicate total night darkness and to curb insecurity in Adenike Students’ Residential Area as LAUTECH is a non-residential institution. The Solar Streetlights were erected and installed from LAUTECH Adenike Gate down to the Adenike Second Transformer Junction.
Lautech SUG President, Adeboye Anuoluwa
The SUG President, Adeboye Anuoluwa, stated that the erection and installation of solar streetlights is a project to curb insecurity and to illuminate the area at night for easy pedestrian movement in the students’ residential areas. He commended the efforts of the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof. Azeem Ige who facilitated the solar streetlights for them to erect and install in Adenike Students’ Residential Area.
A few weeks before the election, Tinubu’s director of civil society for the All Progressives Congress (APCpresidential )’s campaign council, Naja’atu Muhammad, resigned.
Naja’atu Muhammad
Naja’atu Muhammad resigned one month before the 2023 presidential election with a letter directed to the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.
In her letter, Tinubu’s campaign director cited that the new developments in the party do not align with her values and beliefs.
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“The challenges that Nigeria faces today require me to continue championing the struggle for a better country with a clear conscience as I remain absolutely loyal to Nigeria,” Naja’atu said.
She further advised Nigerians to make the right decisions and choices in the coming 2023 elections.
Apostle Suleman, the general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, has threatened Halima Abubakar with a N1 billion lawsuit.
Apostle SulemanHalima Abubakar
This comes amid the saga of their alleged affair, which Halima Abubakar claimed caused her health problems.
Apostle Suleman, through his lawyer, threatens to sue the actress for character defamation if she does not back down within three days.
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The letter titled, ‘Defamatory statements concerning Apostle Johnson Suleman; notice to cease and desist’, was dated September 28 and signed by Rodney Adzuanaga, his lawyer.
It reads, “Dear Ms Halima Abubakar, Our client is an Apostle and Senior Pastor of the Omega Fire and Miracle Ministry International, with branches in all states of Nigeria and several countries of the world. By virtue of his Apostolic caling and reach he has several millions of followers who look up to him and his ministry for spiritual guidance and direction.”
“It is our brief that you caused to be published malicious, defamatory and demeaning statements about our client in several micro-blog sites, chiefly Gistlover, and your Instagram handle Halima Abubakar, which have wider reach within Nigeria and the world.”
“These statements, made by you, knowing fully well that they are false, untrue, malicious, defamatory, baseless, and a tool of blackmail of our client, impugn the reputation of our client and reduce him in the eyes of responsible and right thinking members of the society.”
Following a meeting they both attended yesterday, January 20, ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for that year’s general election, posted a picture of Bola Tinubu on Twitter last night that appeared to show him dozing off.
SoworeAhmed Tinubu
According to Sowore, he took a photo of Tinubu sleeping at the Peace Accord meeting they both acknowledged they attended on their platforms earlier.
The AAC Presidential candidate claimed the former Governor of Lagos state slept all through the meeting and never said anything. He added that the APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu spoke on behalf of Tinubu.
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We just returned from a meeting of party leaders/Presidential candidates with the national peace committee in Abuja, the Presidential candidate of The @OfficialAPCNg @officialABAT slept through the meeting, he didn’t say a word. His party chair spoke on his behalf pic.twitter.com/btMsOQYdT6
Nigerian universities may be closed again this year if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not meet its demands, according to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This was disclosed by ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke in an interview with The ICIR.
According to the union president, the government had yet to address the issues that led to previous industrial actions which lasted for eight months.
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Following the government’s failure to honor the agreement reached with the lecturers in 2009 and meet other union demands, ASUU went on strike on February 14, 2022.
Following an Appeal Court ruling in favor of the government on September 21, 2022, ordering ASUU to resume work and upholding a similar injunction previously issued by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, the union called off its strike on October 14.
Unlike in the past, when striking workers were paid for the time they were off the job, the government has stated that it will not pay ASUU.
ASUU members received a half-month salary at the end of October, two weeks after they returned to work, which the government described as ‘pro-rata.’
Since then, the union has demanded that the government pay its members’ backlog.
Speaking during the interview on the possibility of another industrial strike, Osodeke said, “It is not possible in this country, except we have a set of leaders that will be elected and will be human beings and think about the system.”
He said ASUU members continued working because they wanted the best for the nation.
The union leader, however, pointed out that his group was waiting for the government to fulfill its promises which led to the suspension of the union’s eight-month strike in 2022.
An outstanding Nigerian engineer has broken a 50-year-old record by becoming the first African to receive a first-class degree from a Japanese university.
The man identified as Ufot Ekong graduated with first class from the Electrical and electronic engineering department at Tokai University, Japan.
Ufot Ekong also gained his Master of Engineering (M.engr.) in Electrical and electronic engineering and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD ) in power electronics and motor drives. Both of these degrees are from Tokai University where he has the highest score in the institution’s 81 years of existence.
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Ekòng is now making cars for Nissan and has two patented products, including an electric car he built himself.
The interesting thing about the genius is that he solved a mathematical equation that couldn’t be solved for 30 years in his first semester at Tokai University, Japan.
“It is an electrical problem involving mathematics and my entire research team is not allowed to discuss details of academic research, patents, and trade secrets as it regards electric vehicles. We are constrained by a confidentiality agreement not to discuss such projects,” Ekong told the Youth Alive Foundation.
Ufot Ekong, who is originally from the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, is a multi-lingual, he speaks English, Japanese, French, Yoruba, and Ibibio fluently.
Nigerians are known for their academic brilliance and exploitation when they cross the Atlantic to study overseas.
On several occasions, we’ve seen Nigerians come out tops with amazing grades, research and innovation across some of the A-list universities in Europe, North America and Asia.
The likes of Prof Wole Soyinka, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Bennet Omalu and a host of others are the prime examples of Nigerians who have gone on to shake the world with their excellence in academics, innovation, tech and the likes.
The Lagos State Government, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared a four-day work holiday for public employees in order for them to collect their Permanent Voter Cards at their respective local government/local council development areas across the state.
Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu
This was confirmed in a circular issued on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola.
He explained that the work-free day would begin on Tuesday, January 24, and end on Friday, January 27, 2023, for different grade levels of government employees.
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Muri-Okunola said, “Consequent upon the extension of the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission, it is hereby notified for the general information that all public servants who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards from designated INEC Centers are encouraged to do so before Sunday, January 29, 2023, as it is a civic responsibility to vote.
“To this end, Mr Governor has graciously approved a work-free day to enable public servants to collect their PVCs from their respective local government/local council development areas as presented in the table below.”
The dates include Tuesday, January 24, 2023, for grade levels 01, 03, 07 and 15; Wednesday, January 25, 2023, for grade levels 02, 04, 08 and 13; Thursday, January 26, 2023, for grade levels 05, 09, 12, and 17; and Friday, January 27, 2023, for grade levels 06, 10, 14 and 16.
Muri-Okunola said enjoined accounting officers to excuse their officers in respective grade levels on the designated days.
“Consequently, accounting officers and all public servants are to ensure compliance whilst giving this circular the service-wide publicity it deserves,” he said.
The deadline for collecting Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) has been extended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Caroline Danjumah, a Nigerian actress, is overjoyed after receiving an MSc in International Law with a 4.06 GPA.
Caroline Danjuma
The ex-wife of billionaire Musa Danjuma has expressed her happiness after receiving good grades in her studies. The actress has announced that she graduated with a 4.06 GPA from International Law.
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Caroline Danjuma took to her Instagram to brag about her new achievement as she share videos and photos graphs while expressing her joy.
She wrote:
okkkkrrrrruuuuuuu…….MSc int. Law GPA 4.06 (grade A student) we brag differently”
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, has urged Nigerians to exercise their democratic freedom by voting for him and all APC candidates in the upcoming general election.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, has urged Nigerians to exercise their democratic freedom by voting for him and all APC candidates in the upcoming general election.
He said this while addressing a gathering of supporters in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday, Tinubu said his party would fight corruption, fraud and insecurity if voted to power.
He said, “Sweep away fraud, corruption and insecurity with your brooms in the forthcoming election.
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“Today, we are just celebrating freedom. We are re-assessing and re-asserting our freedom in democracy.
“Yesterday, they never believed that today would happen, but it is happening in your lifetime. We thank you for believing in (Governor) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. He knows how to behave. He is a very honest and genuine, hardworking man.
“Vote for me as your presidential candidate on February 25 and vote for all our National Assembly candidates. Vote for Governor AbdulRazaq and all the House of Assembly candidates on March 11.”
While recalling the APC’s victory over the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kwara State governorship election four years ago, Tinubu said the 2019 elections meant freedom and urged voters to vote APC once more to cement that freedom.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that it is pleased with the preparations made thus far for the elections in 2023.
Inec chairman
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the assertion while speaking at the Chatham House, London on Tuesday, January 17 2023.
“We have promised Nigerians and friends of Nigerians that the 2023 general election will be free, free and credible and we have left no stone unturned in preparing for it.
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“But like with all elections, especially those requiring the extensive national deployment like we do in Nigeria, it will naturally come with challenges.
“We have worked closely with stakeholders and development partners to confront these challenges and we are satisfied with our preparations so far.”
Lamenting the continuous attacks on its facilities nationwide, the INEC Chairman said despite the attacks, elections would hold.
He said, “In four years, 50 facilities attacked in various parts of the country. The implication of the attacks is that we have to rebuild facilities and replace materials. The commission and security agencies have increased their presence in some of these locations. The last attack happened on Sunday last week but because of the cooperation between the military and the electoral commission, we were able to respond and the damage was limited to just a section of the building in a local government office.
“The commission has repeatedly called for concerted efforts to control and check these attacks and in December last year, the National Assembly held a public hearing on these attacks and we hope that authorities have these attacks under control and the response by the security agencies is more coordinated.
“But inspite of these attacks, we will rebuild facilities and replace damaged and lost items, the elections will hold.”
