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 AJAYI Crowther University has set up a firm, known as ACU Seeds, that specializes in producing seeds for high yield harvest to farmers. The firm is being superintended over by the Faculty of Agriculture of the University. According to Nigerian Tribune, "In a meeting with staff of the faculty, where the company was inaugurated, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Timothy Adebayo, noted that he was delighted that the company was coming on board to alleviate the problem of farmers within the South west region and beyond, urging the staff to put in their best to ensure that the company gives quality service to farmers." The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Muyiwa Popoola, who was also at the inauguration, expressed delight that the faculty was making waves, especially because previous attempts to mount it in the university did not see the light of the day. He described the Vice-Chancellor as a passionate professor of agriculture, who has brought his passion to bear on the job since ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced that he would not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for whatever reason or anybody. The governor declared that he is particularly interested in preserving the sanity of the party and would stay back to fight for the enthronement of unity, inclusion, equity and peace in the PDP. The Governor made the declaration at the Rivers State PDP stakeholders meeting at Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. He asserted that he is a man of character, unlike those who could not keep their words and walked out of the party at the Eagle Square in Abuja in 2014. According to him; “One thing I have always told people is, if anybody is thinking, doing anything to think that we will leave PDP, foul. We will do the fight in the party. We are not like them when in 2014 they walked out of Eagle Square. They’ve forgotten. They walked out and joined APC. Is it not correct? “Did they remain to fight inside the party? But we remained, they ran away. ...

  The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is preparing to broaden its 422-member list of powerbrokers tasked with the job of to ensure victory for its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.  The Director-General of the PCC, and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has on Monday announced that the need for the expansion of the list is to “accommodate more stakeholders and interests within the APC family”. He also declared the postponement of the inauguration of the council and the prayer walk earlier scheduled kick-off campaigns on Wednesday. In his remarks,“Recall that we had earlier earmarked a peace walk and prayers for Wednesday, September 28, 2022, to officially kick-off our campaigns for the 2023 Presidential Elections. We had also announced that the members of the Campaign Council report at the Campaign Headquarters on that day to collect their letters of appointments.  “However, due to ...

Leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on Monday, restated the organisation’s position to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi saying “he is the man we trust to restructure the country back to federalism on the assumption of office in 2023.” He said Afenifere’s decision to support Peter Obi was because power is yet to shift to the South East. Adebanjo, who addressed newsmen in Lagos, said Afenifere will not compromise its principle of equity, justice and inclusiveness because “one of our own, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a frontline candidate.” Justifying the Yoruba body’s position for a South East presidency, he said: “Before the political parties conducted their primaries, a journalist asked what is my view about the 2023 general election? I answered and said the country should be restructured before the general election, and he followed up by asking if there should be an election, which zone should the Presidency ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it had come out with new guidelines to ensure seamless conduct of future operational processes, including the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. The board said the development was released in a communiqué issued at the end of a five-day brainstorming retreat for management staff held from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23 in Abuja. It added that the modifications included new ways to further strengthen the conduct of the UTME accreditation centres, registration of candidates, examination process, results management and general administration. “It became necessary for the board to modify its operations towards achieving far-reaching improvements on various issues emanating from the registration process and biometric challenges, among other operational procedures. “Hence, no new Computer-Based Test centre would be accredited without meeting the...

  A Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, weekend, hailed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over his stance to tackle the Federal government on national issues, particularly on true federalism. Speaking through its Secretary General, Sola Ebiseni, during a condolence visit, to the governor over the death of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Bosede Akeredolu, the national leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said the group was impressed with the governor’s stance on national issues. Adebanjo said the group was “greatly impressed by Akeredolu’s position on the need to have a multilevel policing, particularly the state police in the federation, your stance is commendable. “We just heard of your fearless and quintessentially courageous stance on the need to properly equip the Amotekun. “We are particularly impressed that as the chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, and even though you are elected on the platform of the same political party as the President, you da...

Barely 48 hours to the kickoff of the 2023 election campaigns, a fresh crisis has hit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over how the bulk of the over N10 billion realised by the party from nomination fees paid by aspirants have been spent. The National Working Committee (NWC) has been put to task over the nomination fees, it was learnt yesterday. Some NWC members have raised concerns about the depletion of the cash from over N10billion  to N1billion. It was learnt that some forces were trying to offer each NWC member N28millon to gloss over the huge cash in order not to cause any fresh crisis in the party. Sources said the N28million offer was purportedly rejected by NWC members, who were said to have insisted on proper accountability. There were indications yesterday that the aggrieved camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike was pushing for accountability to increase the pressure on the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, to resign. Also, worried by threats from W...

  The Northern Elders Forum has said it will subject presidential candidates of various political parties seeking the votes of the north to a rigorous process until they are convinced about who can fix the Country. This was disclosed by the spokesman of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed while speaking on Politics Today, a popular program on Channel television. Baba-Ahmed outcried that the northern elders made a terrible mistake in 2015 when they charged the people to hand over their bloc votes to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) without requesting his blueprint. He said, “We will subject all candidates including Atiku, Tinubu, Obi through a rigorous process and they had better be willing because, believe me, we carry the responsibility on our shoulders to advise people in the north where to go. I am not saying this to impress anybody. We will exercise that responsibility seriously. “What we promise not to do this time around was not to repeat what we did in 2015 and s...

The Federal Ministry of Education has stated that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has hindered the payment of bursaries to Students of Education in Universities. The permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Andrew Adejo, made this known on Monday, during the 2022 World Teachers Day press briefing held in Abuja. In 2021, a report on PUNCH stated how Buhari promised to release bursaries to students studying education in Universities and Colleges of Education. “Undergraduates of B.Ed/B.A. Ed/BSc. Ed in Public institutions are to receive stipends of N75,000.00 per semester while NCE students will get N50,000.00 as stipends per semester. “Federal Government should find the modality through which respective states’ governments could provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at Basic Education level,” Buhari had said through his minister of education, Adamu Adamu. While addressing the press, Adejo said, “The implementation of the payment of stipends has commenc...

  The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has directed Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities to reopen and resume lectures. The letter, addressed to all vice-chancellors; pro-chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, was signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam Onazi on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed. “Ensure that ASUU members immediately resume/commence lectures; Restore the daily activities and routines of the various University campuses,” the letter reads. Last week, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige hinted that the government may direct the reopening of federal universities following the ruling of the National Industrial Court. The court had ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to return to work in line with section 17 of the Trade Dispute Act 2004. However, on Friday, ASUU, through lawyers, filed an ap...

  In the early 2000 there was armed resistance in the Niger Delta. Staged by the youths in the niger delta. The events of the Era now seem as those days to many of us. The armed attack against the Nigerian state in the crude oil infrastructure and facility, almost leading to an absolute shut down of the sector and facilities were quite a legion almost leading to an absolute shut down of the sector. As the nation arouse solely a mono economy, something had to give, and something gave. The young men operated militia groups during the struggle, who became enemies of state whilst the insurgency was live, accepted amnesty. The Kingpins became heroes as it were, on the roll call you have got Asari dokubo who was incarcerated for some months leading the list. Tompolo, Ateke tom, Saboma George , just to mention a few. These Kingpins have remained the go to guys by successive government on issues that bother on community relations and sundry issues between the three legged stool which inc...

  University of Benin, situated in Benin City Edo state, is a Federal University founded in 1970. The university which has up to 70,0000 students with 15 faculties is the premier university in South -South , Nigeria . The university according to history has produced top notch and first class Alumnus like the former governor of Lagos and the current minister of works and housing, Hon Babatunde Fashola (SAN) as well as Bovi, a popular Nigerian comedian who recently paid back to his alma mater by renovating the University's primary school. The university vice chancellor, Prof. Chief Lillian .I. Salami who had just been made the Chairman, Comittee of Vice Chancellors, was recently Lambasted by Chief Dr Patrick Osagie Eholor otherwise known as the Ultimate equal. He disclosed this in an interview with All Campus Show correspondent, where he addressed her appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University as a disaster. According to Dr Patrick : “We have a misplaced priority in this coun...

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences has charged the nation’s judiciary to aid the nation’s fight against corruption. At a capacity building workshop on ‘Corruption as a threat to security’ for members of the House Committee on Anti Corruption, the agency says it has so far tracked N6 billion worth of projects ‘padded’ in the 2022 Budget. The Buhari administration has made the fight against corruption one of its cardinal objectives with some remarkable achievements and setbacks. The workshop offers the legislators an opportunity to evaluate some of the successes and challenges in supporting the work of anti graft agencies to curb corruption in the last three years. Indeed, many studies have documented the negative effects of corruption on development, economic growth and democracy. ‘Corruption as a threat to security in Nigeria’ is in focus at this gathering. There have been allegations by security personnel of non payment or under payme...

Following the recent command by the National industrial court of Nigeria, to the Academic staff union of University to fully resume academic activities. The National Association of Nigerian Students has on Wednesday, criticized the court judgement mandating the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its 7 month strike. In his reaction to the ruling in a statement, NANS National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope, said the judgement betrays equity. According to him, instead of directing ASUU to return to classroom, the court should have ordered the Federal Government to sort the striking lecturers. The Student Union decried the judgement and acknowledged that the only remedy to this strike action is for the Federal Government to accede to the demands of ASUU. The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to a news of a court judgment mandating the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of its 7 month strike.  As an association, we feel disturbed to re...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS ) led by Umar Faruk Lawal has distanced itself from the planned ‘mass action’ slated to block the Abuja international Airport. Public university lecturers under the Aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have been on strike for seven months. The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Umar Lawal of the Department of Library and Information Science of the Bayero University, Kano had sued some ministers and striking university lecturers over the industrial action. According to documents filed before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja, the court has summoned ASUU executives, Attorney General of the Federation and Ministry of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and Minister of Education, Professor Adamu Adamu to appear within 14 days of the receipt of the service. President Muhammadu Buhari had pledged to engage critical stakeholders in the education sector towards ensuring that the seven-month ...

Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington and her husband Banky W have finally revealed the identity of their son. According to the couple, the identity of their son, which has been kept hidden since birth was revealed in honour of National son’s day. Banky W through his Instagram page asserted that his baby (Adesua Etomi) had a baby and he is everything they prayed for. He said, “My baby had our baby and he’s everything we prayed for… Hazaiah Olusegun “Champ” Wellington. God is good. Thank you Jesus. The End”. While Adesua on the other hand also took to her Instagram page to laud her son.  She wrote, “Happy National son’s day my beautiful Hazaiah. You make me goofy happy. You’re everything I prayed for and so much more.”

COMFA is an institution located in Nigeria, that is set up to train undergraduate and graduates on Film making and Journalism. It is a well known fact that unemployment is a major cause of depression in contemporary society. Therefore, Country Media and Film Academy is Originally intended for empowering of young people to become entrepreneurs thereby tackling the Unemployment situation in the country. with our Course focus on Cinematography, Script and Creative Writing, Film directing, PR/ Advertising, Journalism, Post production, Video editing and lots more. Over the years Media and Film making has undisputedly turned out to be a Lucrative space to thrive on, especially in Skit making and blogging just to mention a few. As one of the function of the media in the society is Edutainment, we have seen skit makers like bro shaggy, Mr Macaroni, Oga Sabinus, Remote, Taoma and the likes, each perform this function through short films. In fact, a recent report on daily trust newspaper, sh...

As part of plans to celebrate and support women from all walks of life, while also driving change globally, the House of Freedom, Lekki Phase 1 has restated its commitment to further lift the hopes of women without boundaries. This was disclosed at a press conference to formally usher in this year’s Women for Change Global Conference 2022 which will hold from Friday, 23rd to 25th Sunday September 2022 at Freedom Centre, This Present House, End of Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1.  The Conference will help women rediscover themselves - their purpose, identity, potential; which will impact their families and society at large.  Tagged ‘Deborah: Vision | Influence | Purpose, the conference is unprecedented as it extensively draws insight from the story and significance of Deborah as recorded in the Bible. As an influential woman, leader, and a Judge, Deborah’s great exploits is a peerless inspiration for all women to step out of their comfort zone, taking a cue from Deborah’s leaders...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, says Nigeria is at the last stage of collapse and must be quickly rescued. “Nigeria is now, not just in a physical mess, it is at the last stage to collapse. The people in the north don’t have a secured place, they don’t have good roads, they don’t buy bread cheaper than people in the south. So, is people in the south,” the former Anambra State governor said Friday on CNN. The 61-year-old politician also said he will deal with the issue of corruption, reduce the cost of governance and address insecurity as it is impacting negatively on the economy. “The issue of state police has to be decisively dealt with. You need to bring in more personnel into the security system, equip them properly, ensure that they properly motivated to deal with the issue of insecurity because it is the most important thing Nigeria needs today,” Obi noted. He said the next election must not be based on “it is my turn” ...

  Commons Speaker moves after sanctions imposed on British MPs, but Chinese vice-president may be allowed. The Commons Speaker has banned a Chinese delegation from entering the parliamentary estate to pay respects to the Queen as she lies in state in Westminster Hall, but the ban may not be extended to the country’s vice-president. The delegation accompanying the Chinese vice-president, Wang Qishan, is being banned because seven British parliamentarians have been sanctioned by China for spreading lies and disinformation. The vice-president is flying 5,000 miles from Beijing to attend the Queen’s funeral, and the decision of the Commons Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has been made independently of the palace. He has responsibility for Westminster Hall, where the Queen’s coffin sits. The Speaker’s office initially refused to comment, saying it was a security issue. The Chinese ambassador to London, Zheng Zeguang, was banned from entering the estate a year ago in a dispute that ori...

   “Vote for a President that has the interest of the Nation at Heart.”- Jonathan  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerian youths to vote for a president that has the interest of the nation at heart. He made the call in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday during a visit to a former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, where he affirmed that all the nation needs, is a president who has the interest of the country at heart. Adding that only a candidate who sees Nigeria as a project can save the nation. “I appeal to the youth to select a person they believe will lead us well and serve us well, somebody who will take the interests of all of us and the country to heart; a leader who will not compromise our interests for personal gain, especially one who sees Nigeria as a project. The former president also declared openly that“A leader is also a servant, and as president, you are to lead and you are to serve Although the courtesy visit is as a result of his ...

  “ The Youth bank is the future of decent jobs for our youth” -minister The Federal Government on  Thursday announced plans for the establishment of National Youth Bank as part of its youth empowerment program in the country with an investment of about N75 billion. This was disclosed by Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday at the 52nd briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. During the award ceremony of two gold medalists Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume at the recently concluded Commonwealth games. Having received the awards, the awardees said that they were expecting MFR (Member of the Federal Republic) award but were shocked to be given OON (Officer of the Order of Niger) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister revealed that the instruments for the establishment of the bank will be presented to the Federal Executive Council ( FEC) early next year for approval. Dare revealed that his Ministry has em...