Monday, August 30, 2021

ASUU SET FOR FRESH STRIKE GIVES FG MONTH END AS FINAL NOTICE || GISTALLNAIJA

ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of strike following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union.


The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it will activate the procedure of embarking on strike.

The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this in an interview with the press on Sunday, added that the FG no longer picked its calls.
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Friday, August 13, 2021

ABSU Holds 39th Matriculation Ceremony Today For 2020/2021 New Intakes || GistallNaija

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Deliver Meaningful Projects And Create Lasting Legacy - ABSU VC Advices Newly Elected SUG/SRC Executives||GistAllNaija


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The Vice Chancellor of Abia State University, Prof. Maxwell Ogbulu has advised the newly elected SUG/SRC Executives led by Comrade Noble Anucha and Comrade Anaeto Kosisochukwu to deliver Meaningful Projects And Create Lasting Legacy.

In a statement delivered by the SUG P.R.O Comrade Ernest Sochima which was captioned "Work To Create Lasting Legacy And Deliver Meaningful Projects-VC Admonish ABSU SUG And SRC Executives", And it reads👇👇👇;

"*OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER STUDENTS UNION GOVERNMENT ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY*



"WORK TO CREATE LASTING LEGACY AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL PROJECTS TO STUDENTS” VC ADMONISH ABSU SUG AND SRC EXECUTIVES.


The newly sworn in Executives of the 2020/2021 Students Union Government (SUG) and Students Representative Council (SRC) of Abia state University (ABSU) have been charged to map out and executive meaningful and beneficial projects for the interests of the students, that will create lasting legacies for their tenure, rather than engage in skirmishes, quarrels, politics of acrimony that could impede the progress of the Institution, or bring negative reputation to the University.  

The Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor Onyemachi M. Ogbulu, who gave this charge, while receiving the new SUG and SRC executives during a courtesy visit, added that they should also avoid yielding themselves to external forces, but feel free to discuss with management on any issue affecting them with the assurance of prompt and amicable resolution for the overall interest of the University.

While congratulating them for emerging victorious from their elections, he reminded them that his administration promoted and will continue to supported free and fair election without any external or internal interference, to allow students elect their own true representatives, and in so doing, entrench a strong democracy culture in the students, who perhaps may contest, in higher elective positions after their academic pursuit, and pray they replicate same wherever they aspire to go, as good ambassadors of the University for a better society.

He reiterated that the University has zero tolerance to cultism and other vices and urged them to use their good offices to reach out to their fellow students to obey all the rules and regulations of the University and assured of the support of Management for the SUG, and SRC to succeed, for according to him, “They are blessed, because they are in a blessed administration” .

Earlier in his address, the new SUG President, Comrade Noble Ugo Anucha, on behalf of the entire executives, expressed gratitude to the Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor Onyemachi M. Ogbulu, and other members of University Management for ensuring and supporting a free and fair election as well as a peaceful and very successful inauguration ceremony for the new executives. 

Comrade Noble, promised that though the task before them may be enormous, they will deliver on their mandate, especially with the support of management and the entire students of the University.

He gave assurance that they will work according to the rules and regulations of the university while pledging their loyalty and that of the students to constituted authorities, adding that, “When you have a student friendly Vice chancellor, like Distinguished Professor Onyemachi M. Ogbulu, there is no doubt, that SUG and SRC are in safe hands”

The Speaker, SRC, Hon. Anaeto Kosisochukwu, in a vote thanks appreciated the Vice Chancellor and Management for taking out time to receive them, and prayed for a very cordial and lasting relationship between the two student bodies and the Management for a better Abia State University.

Present at the meeting were the entire members of University Management as well as the Dean, Student Affairs, Professor Levi Nwokocha.



SIGNED 

*EZE ERNEST SOCHIMA*

SUG PRO

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Saturday, June 5, 2021

NBC To Commence Licensing Of Social Media Operation In Nigeria-Lai Mohammed

 

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), will immediately commence the process of licensing all social media operations in Nigeria. The NBC is the regulator of all radio and television stations in Nigeria.


The minister announced this just as he said the Federal Government has also suspended micro-blogging platform, Twitter, which is popularly used by Nigerian youths, elite and the middle class.

The government’s action followed Twitter’s deletion of a ‘civil war’ post by the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), which the social media platform said violated its policies.

Other social media platforms used by Nigerians include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, amongst others.

In a statement on Friday by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi, the minister said the measure is with immediate effect.

However, checks by our correspondent showed that Twitter is still up in Nigeria as of the time of filing this report as users still have access to the platform. The minister’s statement was also silent on the time that the ban would be enforced.

The statement titled, ‘FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria’, read, “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.

“The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.

“The Minister said the Federal Government has also directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”

The Buhari regime has in recent time sought stiffer penalties for persons who “misuse social media”.
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Sunday, April 18, 2021

JAMB Bans Parents From UTME Centres

  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has prohibited parents from entering the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination centres.

A statement made by JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, ordering CBT Centres across the nation not to allow parents/guardians into the registration hall.

JAMB registrar, Ishaq Oloyede was said to have taken the decision after inspecting some of the registration centres in Kwara State, which were overcrowded.

”The registrar said it has been discovered that the parents/guardians are always a distraction to both candidates and the centres and at the same time, congesting the halls by not following the COVID – 19 protocols.

“Oloyede also advised parents/guardians to stop pushing the education of their wards faster than necessary.

“For example, a 14 or 15-year-old is not matured enough to undergo the process of registration and university pressure and are vulnerable to exploitation by scammers out there,” he added. 

Oloyede also advised states Ministries of Education and relevant stakeholders saddled with the responsibility of enrollment of students into secondary schools to always ascertain the students’ true age before admitting them into secondary schools.


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Friday, April 2, 2021

Brit Awards: Burna Boy Nominated For Best International Act At 2021 Brit Awards||GISTALLNAIJA

 Afro-pop singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has been nominated for the 2021 BRIT Awards. 

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Monday, March 15, 2021

Gov. Sanwo-Olu Approves 21-year jail term for cultists in the Lagos State

 Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu the governor of Lagos state has approved a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state after signing the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021.


The Lagos State House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which also stipulates a 15-year jail term for anyone found guilty of abetting cultists and residents who willfully allow their properties to be used as meeting points by cultists.

A statement on Monday said Sanwo-Olu assented to the bill and three others at the swearing-in event for newly appointed members of the State’s Public Procurement Agency Governing Board and two Permanent Secretaries held at Banquet Hall in the State House, Alausa, on Monday.

At the event, the Governor also signed the Lagos State Audit Service Commission (Amendment) Law of 2019, Lagos State Public Procurement Bill of 2021, and Coronavirus Pandemic Emergency Law of 2021.

“The anti-cultism law repeals the Cultism (Prohibition) Law of 2007 (now Cap. C18, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015) and provides for more stringent punitive measures, as well as makes its application all-encompassing and applicable to the general public, as against the restriction of the previous law to students of tertiary institutions,” the statement added.

Sanwo-Olu said “the State had suffered the negative effects of unlawful societies and cultism”, stressing that “the new law seeks to make parents more responsible and show more interest in the upbringing of their children and wards to ensure that they do not become a burden to the society”.

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