Prevail on FG to honour agreement – ASUU

The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Fagge, has urged Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to honour the agreement it signed with the union.

Fagge told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lagos that Nigerians should stop appealing to the union to call off its strike.

He stressed that rather than prevailing on ASUU to call off the strike, Nigerians should look at its demands and see their relevance to national development.

“Why is it that when issues like this come up, Nigerians will start begging ASUU to call off strike in the interest of the children and the country in general, rather than prevailing on government.

Kegites Club elects chief

Members of the Kegites Club of Nigeria, at the Federal Polytechnic in Ado Ekiti, elected a new chief. He is Fadosi Akinola, who emerged at the yearly handover (coronation). He was conferred with the Egungun title after his emergence.

The event started with singing, drumming and dancing which members refer to as gyration. This lasted for hours before the selection process began.

Members, who were qualified for the post were taken into the shrine. The decision on who to choose as the new chief lies in the hands of the Council of Elders. He was conferred with the Egungun title.

Does NYSC still have relevance?

It is about that time of the year again when fresh graduates nationwide begin another phase of struggle after passing through stress to get higher certificates. They are preparing to be mobilised for the mandatory National Youth Service. In the next couple of weeks, the graduates will be in different camps of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Now, I am not against the scheme as the headline of this article may suggest. I just feel that the programme is losing its relevance and perhaps living on borrowed time. I have my reasons for holding this opinion.

Nigerian Students' Campus News - : B’Haram: 70 teachers killed in 9 months —Amnesty I...

Nigerian Students' Campus News - : B’Haram: 70 teachers killed in 9 months —Amnesty I...: BY CHARLES ABAH AND FRIDAY OLOKOR No fewer than 70 teachers have lost their lives to violence perpetrated by suspected Boko Haram member...

B’Haram: 70 teachers killed in 9 months —Amnesty International

BY CHARLES ABAH AND FRIDAY OLOKOR

No fewer than 70 teachers have lost their lives to violence perpetrated by suspected Boko Haram members in Northern Nigeria in the last nine months, the Amnesty International has said.

The AI also declared that the sect members reportedly killed hundreds of pupils within the period.

The group, which stated this in a fresh report entitled “Education under attack in Nigeria” on Thursday,  also said that more than 50 schools had been burnt and 60 others shut in the region.

The report assessed attacks on schools in Northern Nigeria between 2012 and 2013.

  AI’s Deputy Africa Director, Lucy Freeman said, “Hundreds have been killed in these horrific attacks. Thousands of children have been forced out of schools across communities in Northern Nigeria and many teachers have been forced to flee for their safety.

“Attacks against schoolchildren, teachers and school buildings demonstrate an absolute disregard for the right to life and the right to education.”

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  Last week, members of the sect reportedly killed over 50 students of a College of Agriculture in Yobe State.

Students decry state of education

BY JAYNE AUGOYE AND TEMITAYO FAMUTIMI

 As Nigeria celebrates its 53rd Independence anniversary, the continued closure of the public universities attracts criticism from students who spoke with JAYNE AUGOYE and TEMITAYO FAMUTIMI

These are trying times –Ogunjobi

These are trying times for the nation, I must confess. Nigeria has not faced greater threats and total paralysis in major sectors than this period in its history. The nation’s   journey in the past 53 years was a chequered one replete with many gains and losses in its social, political and economic advancement. Nonetheless, as a Nigerian student  trapped in this crisis, the Independence Day should offer the present administration the opportunity to correct the anomalies in the education al system and other key sectors in the economy.
•Oluwafemi Ogunjobi, 400 level Language Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Why celebrate mediocrity? –Irabor