Protesters The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Students' Union Government, FUOYESU, has countered a speculation of its involvement in an incident that occurred in Abuja, where some miscreants reportedly paraded themselves as students of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, carrying placards and protested against the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina. The Student Union body strongly condemned the act, describing it as evil and scandalous. Reacting to the incident, the FUOYESU President, Comrade Alabi Johnson Sunday, warned the members of the public to denounce the rumor of its involvement, adding that the union isn't in the known of the acclaimed protest.  "Our attention has been drawn to what I can describe as an unfortunate incident which happened in Abuja. Some miscreants paraded themselves as students of our noble institution, protesting against our amiable Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina. A video clip making the rounds reveal...

RABP Launching The Speaker of the Ekiti Youth Parliament, EYP, Rt. Hon Toba Fatunla, who also doubles as the Chairman, Conference of States Youth Parliament Speakers in Nigeria, CSYPSN, in a special press release has commended the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi for the laudable Rice Anchor Borrowers Programme initiated and launched in Ekiti State earlier today. While urging the handlers of the programme to make it youth-centred, Hon. Fatunla noted that it will help solve issues of unemployment partly in the state.  "This kind of unique programme will solve the challenge of hunger, tilt Ekiti State to the part of self-reliance and sustain the economy of the State. This initiative along with the Ikun Dairy Farm will be beneficial to the youths and the general populace in Ekiti.  We must be careful to ensure this opportunities are given to the youths because of our energy, drive and commitment to change the landscape positively. I have always maintained that Ekiti...

FUOYE VC Femi Esan The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Sunday Abayomi Fasina, today left an indelible mark that time will never erase on the memories of FUOYE students, as he launched the FOUYE Students' Union Building foundation. The launching ceremony is coming barely five days to his hundred days in office. Recall that Prof. Fasina was inaugurated alongside the FUOYESU executives in February, 2021. In his opening remark, the FUOYESU president, Comrade Alabi Johnson Sunday, popularly known as "Rexpect", applauded the VC for his continuous support for the union, adding that his quick response to students plights are highly commendable. While presenting the VC's scorecards within the space of three months, Comrade Alabi said that "I'm glad to say that within the space of three months in office, with the support of our loving VC, the university WiFi has been resuscitated. I can't but mention the efforts made towards the provisio...

Engnr Segun Oni By: Williams Esan A former Governor of Ekiti State, Engnr. Segun Oni, has attributed the current sordid realities in the state to individual greed, incompetence, insensitivity and political dictatorship. The Elder Statesman made the disclosure while hosting the peoples' democratic party, PDP leaders across the state, at his residence in Ifaki-Ekiti. Engnr. Oni, who is also one of the Governorship aspirants under the umbrella of the PDP in the state's 2022 governorship poll, charged the good people of Ekiti state to rise up to their responsibilities  by speaking up, in order to put an end to the current narrative in the state. The former Governor also urged the people of the state to strongly kick against imposition of candidates, adding that incompetent individuals should not be allowed to pilot the affairs of the state no matter what. "It's high time Ekiti people embraced good governance and stop chasing shadows.  "No government operates from the ...

  Relevant stakeholders have opined that the novel COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the industrial action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has caused great harm to the Nigerian University system. The president-elect of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has berated the federal government and ASUU for failing to reach a practical resolution on the over nine-month-old strike, which has led to accrued house rent on the part of the affected students. While the house rent paid for the year 2020 expires without being used, another one beckons. The situation has aroused mixed feelings among university students, who are still struggling to cope with the shock of the lingering ASUU strike.   Report: Femi Williams University students across the federation have stressed the need for constructive consultation and dialogue with landlords in their respective institutions over the issue of accumulated house rent. ...

-Esan Femi Williams-   The Management of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has rescheduled the earlier postponed resumption date of the university members of staff to Monday, December 7, 2020.   This was contained in an internal memorandum signed by the University registrar, Mr. Olatunbosun Odusanya yesterday.   According to the new release, the decision was taken, following due considerations and consultations.   Recall that the institution, had in a circular last week, postponed the resumption date for the university members of staff, following its response to the directives of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on COVID-19.   Meanwhile, all Staff of the university are to resume normal duties with effect from Monday, 7th December, 2020, in line with the Covid-19 protocols.   The circular reads in part; “I write with reference to our earlier circulars on the above subject, to inform you that the University M...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan today elected Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Journalists gathered that Ekanola until his appointment was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics. Report says five Professors had indicated interest in succeeding the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka whose tenure expired on the 30th of November, 2020. Ekanola scored 275 votes to defeat four other rivals vying for the position. Others who contested include Professor Olanike Adeyemo who scored 13 votes, Professor A. Oluleye who got 80 votes, Professor Adigun Agbaje who got 15 votes and Professor Gbemisola Oke who got 14 votes.

European player of the year Robert Lewandowski is one of 10 players on the shortlist for the Best FIFA Men’s Player award unveiled Wednesday, alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. Besides Polish striker Lewandowski, one other winner of the Champions League with Bayern Munich made the list, Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who joined Liverpool in September. The English champions also count Senegal’s Sadio Mane, Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Dutchman Virgil van Dijk on the shortlist. Paris Saint-Germain, beaten Champions League finalists, are represented by Mbappe and Neymar. Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos complete the list. Argentinian coach Marcelo Bielsa, who led Leeds into the English Premier League, headlines a list for the men’s coach award, which also features Bayern’s Hans-Dieter Flick, Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Sevilla’s Julen Lopetegui and Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane. Three finali...

A judge on Saturday rejected the White House’s limitations on a program protecting 700,000 so-called “Dreamers,” undocumented migrants brought to the United States as children. The federal judge in New York ruled that President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf was not lawfully serving in his role when he issued the new rules for the DACA program in July. The ruling is another victory for proponents of the Barack Obama-era program after the US Supreme Court in June rejected Trump’s cancellation of it. President-elect Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in the November 3 polls, had pledged to reinstate the program when he takes office on January 20. Wolf, who has not been confirmed in his role by the US Senate, issued new restrictions on the program in response to the Supreme Court ruling. Saturday’s court decision said his restrictions “effectively suspended” DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, while the Trump administration reviewed how to proceed. Wol...

Barely three days after police in Anambra State resumed duties, men of the state command have foiled a robbery operation in Onitsha, arresting two suspects. The state police command’s spokesperson, SP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this to journalists, said firearm and ammunition were also recovered from the suspects, while a Toyota Venza car, suspected to have been stolen by the gang was also recovered. Since after the End SARS protest, which led to the burning down of most police facilities and killing of personnel, police have been off duty, giving cultists, robbers and other hoodlums the opportunity to operate freely around Anambra State. Mohammed who disclosed the arrest of the suspects said, “On the 14/11/2020 at about 10:05pm, there was a distress call that two suspected armed robbery gang were operating near Shoprite, Onitsha. “Following the distress call, Police operatives attached to the Command Rapid Response squad, RRS quickly responded, rushed to the scene and arrested one...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi says youths’ anger and hunger should be pacified with supports in form of training, mentorship and other empowerment initiatives. Ooni explained that youths are angry because they are hungry and the only way to get them out of the anger is to continue to empower them. The monarch disclosed this during the commencement of his fifth year coronation anniversary and graduation of Ojaja II Fashion Training Institute, OFTI students in Ile-Ife. “In line with the celebration of my 5th year on the throne, I have mapped out plans to empower 5,000 youths to be financially independent and be able to feed others. “I hereby call on Nigerian leaders, political, traditional and religious leaders to know that it is now a necessity to empower the youths. Out of our earnings, let us dedicate part to the empowerment of youths in our areas. We must consider this as a necessity and what should be done on a regular basis. “We just had a sample of youth restiveness and it sho...

The federal government has declared that teachers without requisite qualifications and practicing license will be removed from the Nigeria Teaching Service. The government said henceforth, First Class and Second Class Upper graduates will get teaching jobs. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono made this known on Saturday in Abuja. He spoke while monitoring the conduct of the 2020 October Diet Batch B Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examinations, PQE. “By 2021, we will not engage teachers if they don’t meet particular threshold. We are now limiting entry point of teaching only to the best who are qualified. We will engage individuals with second class upper and first class divisions,” he said. The official disclosed that arrangements will be made for conversion programmes for such graduates. Echono said since most studied in fields not related to teaching, they need to learn pedagogy and methodology through the National Teachers Institute, NTI, and the Teachers Reg...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, told students to prepare for resumption next week. ASUU said this on its official Twitter page as the education body expressed hope of an agreement with the federal government. The Union expressed optimism that students would return to universities next week after its meeting with the federal government. The tweet read: “ All Federal University students should prepare for resumption as we expect a positive outcome from ASUU on Wednesday.” This is coming after the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Friday, expressed the hope that the agreement with the Union will be concluded next week. Ngige lamented that ASUU was not considering the challenges their demands would create.

The Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry probing police brutality and the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate resumed today after suspending sittings for a week. The retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel was, last Saturday, forced to suspend its sittings due to the boycott of the panel sitting by the two youth representatives on the panel – Oluwarinu Oduala and Temitope Majekodunmi. The youths had boycotted the panel sitting in protest against the freezing of the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria. One of the frozen accounts belongs to Oduala. Commenting on the absence of the youth members last Saturday, the Chairman of the judicial panel, Justice Okuwobi, had said without the youths, the panel could not form a quorum and had no other option but to adjourned till today. However, the panel resume sitting today with the two youth members. The panel is set to take the testimony of th...

The federal government will consider “options” to stop the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from continuing its industrial action. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, spoke on a Television programme yesterday. “There are so many options left. We have the labour laws and I have options left to me in the labour laws. I have other channels,” he said. Ngige complained that the union was not considering the challenges their demands would create. The minister said even if countries go to war, they eventually meet at the negotiation table. “I’m inviting them (ASUU) next week, we are doing side meetings on our part. I’m collating responses from the Accountant General of the Federation’s Office and everybody who has something to do with this matter.” On the return of students to classes, Ngige said he was hopeful that it would not take long. Ngige expressed optimism that talks will be concluded next week. Ngige confirmed that government had agreed to try out University Tra...