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Lawal Shereef The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi has kicked against the Oyo State Governor's plan to turn the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, to a multi-campus institution. The Vice Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Capt. Adejumo Ajao (retd)has also called on the governor to rescind the move. READ ALSO!!:  Universities and their equivalent football clubs The National Universities Commission recently ceded the university to Oyo State and ceded the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, to Osun State. After this, Makimde disclosed his administration's plan to turn the higher institution into a multi campus one. But Oba Oyewumi, who spoke in an interview in Ibadan through his Private Secretary, Mr Toyin Ajamu, rejected this proposal. He said, “Kabiyesi disagrees with the proposal of the governor to turn LAUTECH into a multi-campus institution. He was one of the stakeholders who fought for the establishment of the university t...

Lawal Shereef Another crises might just be around the corner over the 40 billion earned allowance by the University unions as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) kicks against the mode of disbursement of the just approved allowances. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday had announced to the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU that the Earned Allowances has been increased to N40 billion to be shared by the four university-based unions  But the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, has warned the government to ensure that the money passed through the Universities Councils which have the template of sharing formula. SSANU also warned government to be wary of any group or union that would present any payment platform apart from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, which is the one recognized by government to curb corruption within the system. !!RE...

Lawal Shereef The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight-month strike after it's seventh meeting with the Federal government. The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment,  Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday. Recall that DSNA earlier reported that  Ngige optimistic ASUU will call off strike soon The government also pledged to increase the total payment to the union to N70 billion. This is happening one week after the Federal Government  accepted the demand by the ASUU that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. Join our Whatsapp group for more updates Source: Punch

Lawal Shereef The federal government on Friday has continued negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to put an end to the eight-month-old strike action. ASUU embarked on a nationwide strike on March 23 to demand “revitalisation allowance”, earned academic allowances, renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, visitation panels, among other demands. The federal government, last Friday, had made some concessions to the striking university lecturers through their union which they promised to get back at the government for.  The government offered N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of the lecturers’ demands. The government also agreed to pay the lecturers their outstanding salaries using an older payment platform, GIFMIS, different from the controversial IPPIS. The N65 billion seeks to address the issue of earned allowances and ”revitalisation of universities”. Before the government introduced IPPIS to the union last year, the lecturers...

Lawal Shereef Various Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches are divided as to whether to call of the 8-month-old strike after the Federal Government's latest offers. The union will harmonise the positions of zones and branches at a meeting in Abuja today. While some branches have favoured the calling off of the strike,some others are bent on FG fulfilling all the clauses before the strike is called off,with this,the National body might resort to voting to decide their stance. The Ahmadu Bello University branch agreed with the government on the N40 billion Earned Academic Allowance (EAA). The branch, however, called for payment of the allowance before the strike will be called off. Lecturers at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Delta State, said negotiations with the Federal Government must be concluded before the strike is called off. Ezekiel Agbalagba, chairman of ASUU at the university, said the congress on Wednesday accepted the EA...

Lawal Shereef The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19,Boss Mustapha has asked Nigerians not to travel during the festive season to limit the risk of contracting the coronavirus. Speaking at the PTF media briefing on Monday, Mustapha said such trips should be put on hold because the transmission rate of the virus has become “astronomical”. SEE ALSO!!:  5 peculiarities of OAU you won't see elsewhere He said new cases can emerge in places that have not been by affected if people travel and gather for festivities. “Ahead of the upsurge in travels for the Christmas and New Year festivities, we urge strongly that for this year, such trips should be put on hold firmly because of the risks involved. The transmission rate has simply become astronomical,” he said. “New clusters of cases can emerge in places that have so far been unaffected as people travel and gather for festivities. But we can lower the risks by adhering to the non-pharmaceutical measures a...

Lawal Shereef Things  seem to be falling into place for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as her opponent in the race for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General seat,Yoo Myung-hee is set to withdraw her candidacy. A report by Washington Trade Daily has said that South Korea has decided to withdraw its candidate from the WTO top job.  Washington Trade Daily quoted sources as saying South Korea has notified the US of its decision and is expected to make it public “in the coming days.” The report further stated: “Washington refused to accept the recommendation made by the selection panel chaired by General Council Chair Ambassador David Walker that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala is the candidate most likely of the two to attract consensus because she clearly carried the largest support by members in the final round and clearly enjoyed broad support from members from all levels of development and from all geographic regions and has done so throughout the process. READ ALSO!!:  ...

Lawal Shereef Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is ready to work with any confirmed winner of the USElections 2020 but says he isn't ready to recognise Biden yet. “We will work with anyone who has the confidence of the American people,” Putin said on Russian state TV Sunday. “But that confidence can only be given to a candidate whose victory has been recognized by the opposing party, or after the results are confirmed in a legitimate, legal way.” READ ALSO !!:  5 OAU peculiarities you won't find elsewhere The comments are some of the most detailed since the election from Putin, one of a dwindling number of leaders who haven’t recognized Biden as the next U.S. head of state. Russia, accused by U.S. intelligence agencies of intervening in 2016 to help get Trump elected, has been wary of Biden, fearing an increase in sanctions pressure and clashes over human rights. Putin described the Kremlin’s decision not to congratulate Biden as “a formality” with n...

When Adebowale Damilola was voted in as the new President of the International Relations Students Association,OAU alongside other new excos,little did he know that him and his new team will be retaining the position across three years. While this might be a weird thought just exactly a year ago when he was voted in (November 20,2019),this is exactly the story playing out, sequel to this,the Part 4 International Relations student and President has addressed his colleagues. Here is a copy of his address obtained by the Diplomatic Suites News Agency; 'While I was writing this I asked myself several questions one of which was "Is this necessary?". And after thinking it through I concluded that it is. Today makes it exactly one year that you trusted me and other executives with your votes and  elected us into offices and if time went according to the way man proposed it to be, maybe today would have been the day we cease to be referred to as executives. But then— M...

published by Elina Review of some fascinating books. Bored and tired of not finding any thing interesting to read, well here are some recommendations for you. 1.1984 by George Orwell.    In this book, the mightiest of George Orwell's works, Winston Smith have to overcome a scary enemy which is an omniscient government with an agenda. 2. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee.   This timeless classic published in 1960 explores  human behavior and the collective conscience of the deep South in the early 20th century. This book talks about prejudice, hypocrisy, hatred, love and innocence using all this themes to create one of the best novels ever written. 3.  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L 'Engle.     This novel is a bewitching, groundbreaking fantasy that's a feat of world building by a master of the genre.     When Mrs Whatsit walks through the door of 13-year old Meg Murry's house shortly followed by Mrs. Who and Mrs. Wh...

Lawal Shereef Nigeria as a country has had its fair share of Universities,both private and public. With over 150 universities in the country,the religious,secular,socialist,foreign groomed etc universities have ably complemented the diversity of the nation. But whilst the country boasts of a large number of higher institutions,some have by far displaced the others in rankings, performance and peculiarities. It is along these lines we have drawn a humourous connections between Unis and football clubs; Real Madrid - University of Ibadan While you might believe there is little connection between a football club and an Institution of higher learning,you will be surprised to know they actually share some things in common. The first degree awarding University in Nigeria,UI created before Nigeria gained independence actually shares the qualities of age,history and achievements with the Spain based football club.  They are both old,have a lot of history to tell and ...

Lawal Shereef The federal government will begin limiting the entry point of teaching only to individuals with second class upper and first-class divisions,the ministry of education permanent secretary,Sonny Echono disclosed on Saturday.  Echnono said teachers without requisite qualifications, competencies and practicing license are presently migrated out of the Nigerian Teaching Service.  "President Buhari had earlier stated that only the best should be allowed to teach. By 2021, we will not engage teachers if they don’t meet the 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.” , we need to carry them along Echono made the comment in Abuja while monitoring the conduct of the 2020 October Diet Batch B Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examinations, (PQE).  !READ MORE!!: 5 things peculiar to only Obafemi Awolowo University He added:...

Lawal Shereef Pictures of a Gombe High court recently surfaced online and it has sparked diverse reactions across social medium,Twitter. The tweet posted by one @GhenhisKhan which read 'Imagine being sentenced to jail in a court like this?' has been met by anger,resent and hilarious responses. Would you also wish to be tried or heard in a court like this,here a some of the reactions of Twitter users; !!Recall that DSNA earlier reported that  the Ogun state governor has declared Adire the official school uniform for public schools  !! Other reactions include; Join our Whatsapp group for latest updates from us