The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) is pleased that the state government has committed to providing bursaries to Lagos students. Mr. Shasanya Akinola, who is the National President of NULASS, put out a statement on Friday in Lagos in which he commended the move. According to Akinola, the government had provided significant bursary Read More…
Education
Ikorodu Senior High School wins inter-school debating tournament
Ikorodu Senior High School won the inaugural edition of the inter-school debate competition for public secondary schools in the Ikorodu Division on Thursday. The competition was organised by Ikorodu Local Government in collaboration with the NGO, Kaodwad and Associates (KA). At Thursday’s grand finale, Ayangburen High School was named first runner-up, and Elepe Community Senior Read More…
ASUU ”conditionally” calls off 8-month old strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has temporarily called off the eight-month-long strike, LM is now able to confirm. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who used to be the president of the union, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. ”The union will issue a statement to Read More…
ASUU has called off its strike?
It appears that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called a halt to its eight-month strike. Even though the union has yet to make an official statement, media reports say that the decision was made at the end of the National Executive Council meeting on Thursday at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. “Yes, Read More…
Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation donates school kits to three Lagos schools
Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation (CEF), the CSR arm of Cakasa Nigeria Limited, recently gave school bags, books, and writing tools to three Lagos public elementary schools in Mushin Local Government Area (LGA). The donation was part of Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation’s Kit-a-child campaign. The schools are Oduduwa Pry School, Estate Pry School, and Papa Ajao Pry School. Read More…
ASUU disobeying National Industrial Court order – Ngige
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused by the Federal Government of disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Read More…
LCDA boss donates 1,000 furniture items to schools in Orile-Agege
Some primary and junior secondary schools in Orile-Agege have taken delivery of no fewer than 1,000 pieces of furniture donated to them by the Orile-Agege Local Development Council Area (LCDA). Mr. Johnson Babatunde, Executive Chairman of the LCDA, told newsmen while making the donation of chairs and tables on Thursday that the gesture was borne Read More…
FG to train 35,000 registered residents for vocational training Initiative in Lagos – Bank-Olemoh
The Federal Government has said that it aims at training 35,000 Lagos State residents who registered for its Project T-MAX (TVET Maximisation) initiative on various vocational skills. The pilot project is part of the Federal Government’s vow to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030. Lagos is one of the seven states for Read More…
The National Industrial Court should not be for hire
Once the Muhammadu Buhari government had failed to get striking lecturers in our public universities back to class, I knew it would head for the National Industrial Court, NIC, shopping for an injunction. Tragically that is what governments in the country and rich employers have turned the NIC into: a fishing pond for injunctions against Read More…
ASUU stonewalls going back to work, will appeal ruling
The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has directed its members across the country to remain calm and resolute over the judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Industrial Court ordering its members to call off the strike and return to work. The university lecturers, who have been on strike for up to seven months Read More…