LASU matriculates 14,893, warns against cultism, hooliganism
The Lagos State University (LASU) on Monday matriculated 14,893 students, with a vow to decisively deal with anyone found to be in cultism or any other vices. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, made this known while addressing the students during their matriculation ceremony at the university’s main campus, Ojo. She said that […]
Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees […]
Be creative and daring, Falola tells African universities
Professor Toyin Falola has challenged African universities to be bold and daring in fashioning curriculum that would change the system of learning and be relevant to the world at large. Speaking at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University […]
The Making of Ajayi Crowther University: A legacy of faith, learning, and leadership
By Toyin Falola Ajayi Crowther University is one of the few Nigerian universities that are focused on education wrapped in the garments of morality. The university typifies a mission of molding into existence, through its processes, future leaders who meld intellectual accomplishment with sterling ethical values. Since its licensing by the National Universities Commission in […]
The 2025 Convocation Lecture, Ajayi Crowther University: A Preface
By Toyin Falola Ajayi Crowther University, one of the fastest-growing faith-based private tertiary institutions over the last decade, is set to hold its 17th Convocation ceremony on Thursday, November 27, 2025. As part of its celebration of intellectual achievement, a Convocation Lecture on the theme “The Future of Knowledge” has been scheduled. The lecture is […]
CSOs Applaud Minister, Nigeria’s Leadership at COP11, Seek Stronger Domestic Action
Civil society organisations (CSOs) working in tobacco control have applauded the “outstanding leadership” of the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, and the Nigerian delegation at the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) in Geneva, while calling for this global […]
Court sentences Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment. Justice James Omotosho, handed down the sentence on counts one, two, four, five, and six, opting for life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Kanu was also sentenced to a 20-year jail term on […]
Tinubu cancels trips, directs military, police to deploy more men to Kwara
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the […]
Terrorism in Africa, a ‘growing global threat’ – UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement, and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide. Guterres told the UN Security Council at UN headquarters that the growth in terrorist groups was “not only a regional dramatic reality.” “Progressive links of its groups […]
APC to Turaki: Your call for foreign invasion is reckless, unpatriotic
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the call for foreign invasion of Nigeria by the new factional Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki over insecurity in parts of the country. Mr Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary condemned the call in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He urged the international […]
