Nigerian students may get visas for two-year courses only
In a rather surprising move, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking new guidelines would restrict some international students, including Nigerians, from admission of more than two-year period. This, if approved, mean affected students will be barred from four-year courses in the US. A normal undergraduate course takes four years to complete […]
ASSU ignored my counsel not to go on strike, says Prof Falola
Prof Toyin Falola is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Before relocating abroad, he taught at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). Although he has been abroad for decades, Prof Falola still get concerned about issues of education and […]
Tanker explosion kills 10 in Lokoja
Ten people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded in Lokoja, Kogi State, this morning. According to witnesses, the incident at Felele area occurred around 8a.m. when the tanker lost control and rammed into oncoming vehicles. It was gathered that some of the victims include polytechnic students and a primary school pupil. Kogi […]
Edo election: Obaseki, Shaibu get INEC’s certificates of return
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu have been issued certificates of return the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The National Commissioner in charge of Edo, Rivers, and Bayelsa, Mrs. May Agbmuche-Mbu presented the certificates to the winners at the INEC office in Aduwawa, Benin City. She lauded stakeholders particularly the security […]
APC congratulates Obaseki
* Accepts defeat Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni, has congratulated Godwin Obaseki on his reelection as Edo State Governor. Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 307,955 votes to defeat Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, who secured 223,619. Buni in a statement lauded the Independent National Electoral […]
Obaseki bombs Tinubu, Oshiomhole
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has accused former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole and Bola Tinubu as threats to the country’s democracy. Obaseki fell out with Oshiomhole in the build-up to the Edo governorship election. Oshiomole Oshiomhole, who was instrumental in Obaseki’s victory in 2016, did not support his […]
WTO DG job: Okonjo-Iweala makes shortlist
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been listed among the five candidates that will proceed to the next stage in the race for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. In a statement, the WTO said member countries showed a preference for five out of the eight candidates who expressed interest in the position. […]
COVID-19: PTF asks schools to conduct weekly assessments
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has directed schools to carry out weekly risk assessments. It also asked states and local governments to conduct monthly and quarterly risk assessments. The Head, Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Elsie Ilori, while speaking at the joint PTF briefing on COVID-19 said they […]
Boko Haram: Soldier commits suicide
*Leaves note for wife A soldier fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east has reportedly committed suicide. According to sources, the soldier a lance corporal attached to the army’s 27 task force brigade in Buni Gari, Gujba local government area of Yobe state, killed himself at his duty post. It is not clear what led […]
Kogi governor protests US visa ban
The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has protested the visa restrictions placed by the United States government on sponsors of violence in the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections. Although the list of those restricted have not been made public. The American government had imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians for what it called undermining […]
