By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University chapter (ASUU-LASU), has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s continued failure to implement the 2025 ASUU/FGN Agreement. The union announced the industrial action in a notice signed by the Secretary of the ASUU-LASU Steering Committee, Comrade Thanny Nooem, PhD, and the Committee’s Coordinator, Comrade Oluwaseun Babalola, PhD, following a congress held on Tuesday, 15 September, 2026. According to the notice, members at the congress unanimously resolved to commence the strike with immediate effect, citing the government’s prolonged failure to address the union’s…
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The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said that education remains a priority of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, reports thegazellenews.com She stated this when she received the winner of the 46th King Abdulaziz Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Maryam Ibrahim Dan’Azumi at the State House, Abuja. The Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya and his wife, Dr Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya in company of the winner’s father and other state government officials were at the State House. The First Lady saluted the father for giving Maryam sound upbringing which has translated into the glory for the nation, Gombe State,…
By Bolaji Tunji There is something peculiar about transformational leadership: its true value is often better appreciated in retrospect. Long after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would have left office, Nigerians might look back at that period and come to a conclusion that is difficult for some to contemplate today — that he was one of the consequential leaders of his generation, perhaps deserving comparison, in courage and lasting impact, with the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the sage whose clear vision still resonates till date, decades after he left the scene.Awolowo and Tinubu belong, of course, to different generations and operate…
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo Noba Nedo, Ukua Akapopo, Ewuare II has prayed for President Tinubu to continue with his good works reports thegazellenews.com The Benin monarch thus tacitly, endored President Tinubu for a new mandate of four years. “For somebody who is doing well, it is our prayer that he gets a renewed mandate. As he Dey pain them. He Dey sweet us,” the Monarch said sending the whole palace into claps and joy. The Oba of Benin quoted the Bible to justify the need for President Tinubu to be left alone to continue. “Let he…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has attributed the high cost of petrol in Nigeria partly to the smuggling of the commodity to neighbouring countries, where it sells at significantly higher prices. He made the remarks in an interview aired on Arise TV on Tuesday, 15 September, 2026 while speaking on petrol prices and product availability amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Explaining why Nigerians may perceive petrol as expensive despite the country producing the commodity domestically. Dangote said the price could not be viewed in isolation from prices in neighbouring countries, noting…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to collectively strengthen the nation’s democracy and ensure it serves the interests of all citizens. She made the call in a message issued to mark the International Day of Democracy, commemorated on Tuesday, 15 September, under the theme “Bring Human Rights into Focus.” She said the theme served as a reminder that democracy thrives only when the rights, dignity and freedoms of every citizen are respected and protected. Reflecting on the nation’s democratic journey, Tinubu noted that Nigeria, 65 years after…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Founder and President/Emeritus of the Association for Reproductive and Family Health, Professor Oladapo Ladipo, has urged the Federal Government to allocate at least one dollar for every Nigerian woman of reproductive age to fund family planning supplies, including modern contraceptives. The renowned obstetrician-gynaecologist made the call while speaking at the 5th Congress of the Association of West African Societies of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and WACOG in Lagos. He explained that the proposed funding would amount to about $50m for the estimated 50 million women of reproductive age in Nigeria, as against the current $3m to $4m…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has disclosed that most men who approach her for relationships are primarily interested in her body rather than in building a genuine connection with her. The Grammy-winning singer made the disclosure in an interview with YouTuber, Korty EO, last year, lamenting that many of her suitors were driven by ulterior motives rather than sincere interest. She said she would have preferred deeper and more genuine connections instead. Tems revisited the subject on Monday during a TikTok livestream, where she announced that she had “left the streets,” a term…
By Chief Wakeel Olawale Liady The recent warning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that Nigerian lawyers should desist from charging clients in foreign currencies is capable of generating a debate far beyond the legal profession. The issue is not whether the Naira should be protected. It should. The real question is whether a lawyer who charges or receives professional fees in US dollars, pounds sterling or another foreign currency has, by that fact alone, committed an economic and financial crime.With respect, that conclusion cannot simply be assumed. It must be demonstrated by law. The EFCC reportedly described…
Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Ogun West), the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate for Ogun State, has threatened to institute legal action against Hon. Abayomi Hunye, a suspended member of APC from Tube, Ipokia LGA and Ambassador Folake Marcus-Bello of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over libelous and false statements made on national television stations about him and his family. Both Hunye and Marcus-Bello have granted interviews on Channel Television programmes where they claimed that Senator Adeola is an Ekiti State indigene among other libelous claims without presenting any evidence of their allegations. Senator Adeola has therefore given the two characters…