Author: Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

UTME: Parents express worry over backlog of admissions following ASUU strikes

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Some parents have expressed worry over the backlog of admissions following incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country. In 2020, ASUU went on a nine-month strike, which was the longest since 1999 and about two years later on Feb. 14, it went on a four-week warning strike. It declared another eight weeks strike, saying it was giving the government more time to attend to its demands. Upon the expiration, it announced additional 12 weeks roll-over with effect from May 9, to end in August.…

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2023: MKO Abiola’s daughter explains why she stands with Yahaya Bello, not S’West aspirants

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ms Hasfat Abiola -Costello, daughter of late MKO Abiola who is the Director-General,  Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, says  she stands with  Governor  Yahaya Bello (GYB)  of Kogi State  in the race for APC presidential ticket  and not South West aspirants. Abiola-Costello said her backing Bello was because she had seen in him,  qualities of the kind of leader Nigeria needed  at this point in time. She said this on Monday while addressing newsmen in Lagos ahead of the APC presidential primaries slated for May 30 and 31, in Abuja. Abiola-Costello, daughter…

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2023 Presidency: Sylva withdraws bid, back to office

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work.A correspondent who monitored the development at the ministry in Abuja on Monday reports that Sylva withdrew having considered the enormous work at hand at the ministry.The Northern Solidarity Group had on May 9, presented the APC’s Expression of Interest and Nomination form to the minister to enable him to contest the party’s 2023 presidential primaries.An official at the ministry who chose to remain anonymous said…

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2023: 93 from 500 APC aspirants jostle for 25 seats in C/River Assembly

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

No fewer than 93 All Progressives Congress (APC) members are gunning for the party’s tickets that will enable them to contest the 25 seats in the Cross River House of Assembly. Chairman of APC in Cross River Alphonsus Eba disclosed this in a telephone interview on Monday in Calabar. Eba said that initially more than 500 party men and women aspired to contest the 25 assembly seats. According to him, after much dialogue with the aspirants, bordering on issues of zoning, political strength and consensus, the party was able to…

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ASUU strike: Protesting students block Sagamu-Benin Expressway

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Students in Ogun on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in protest against the ongoing strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye;  Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology (TASUED) Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta. The students stormed the TASUED axis and blocked the expressway leaving many motorists stranded and travellers trapped. The students carried placards with inscriptions such as “#End ASUU strike now#”, “We say no to educational…

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Partisan Politics: NLC faults Head of Service, urges her to withdraw circular

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHSF) to withdraw the circular that `claims’ to prohibit civil and public servants from engaging in partisan politics. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said on Monday in Abuja. Wabba was reacting to a circular issued by the OHSF entitled, “Re- Clarification on the Provision of Public Service Rules (PSR) vis-a-vis the Supreme Court Judgment as it relates to Participation of Civil Servants in partisan Politics”. The NLC president described it as “ill-conceived…

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Teenage girl drags father to court over refusal to give marriage consent

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A teenager, Halima Yunusa, on Monday dragged her father before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for allegedly refusing to get her married to her lover, Bashir Yusuf. Yunusa, who lives in Kasuwan Magani, Chikun Local Government Area of the State, told the Court that she was in love with Yusuf but that her parents were not letting them get married. The teenager’s father, Ibrahim, a businessman, however, in his defence, told the Court that he was aware of the “extreme love” between his daughter and Yusuf,…

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Economist urges Nigerian Govt to focus more on agriculture to boost economy

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

An economist, Tope Fasua has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to put more effort in the agriculture sector to address the global food crisis caused by the Russian Ukrainian war. Fasua said this in an interview in Abuja on Monday. It will be recalled that the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said the Sub-Saharan African Region needs a careful policy response to address the challenges of the new economic shock caused by the war in Ukraine. He, however, said that the African continent had been faced with an economic crisis…

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Life expectancy in ECOWAS countries ranges from 54.7 to 73 years in 2019 – WAHO

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), says that Life expectancy in ECOWAS member countries is estimated to range from 54.7 to 73 years in 2019. It said Cape Verde and Senegal have the highest number of above 65 years. Prof. Stanley Okolo, the WAHO Director-General (DG), disclosed this in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Okolo said deaths observed in the region can be organised according to the broad categories of causes. He said that with the exception of Cape Verde, ECOWAS countries generally show the same pattern in the…

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Lebanese opposition makes unexpected gains in parliamentary elections

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Lebanese opposition groups made some unexpected gains in parliamentary elections in crisis-ridden Lebanon, against major political groups they blame for the country’s economic woes, preliminary unofficial results showed on Monday. The early results from Sunday’s elections also showed that the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement has lost major allies in Mount Lebanon and south and north Lebanon, to members of some opposition groups, which could lead the movement to lose its majority in the 128-member parliament. According to the preliminary results quoted by Lebanese media, the opposition managed to snatch around 10 seats.…

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