He spoke during the institution’s 45th convocation and 49th Founder’s Day in Benin City, Edo State.
Commending the tertiary institution for living up to its peers globally, Sanusi noted: “Apart from the occasional problems arising between government and universities’ unions, our
Pope Francis will meet survivors of Japan’s 2011 “triple disaster” — earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear meltdown — on the penultimate day of his long-cherished trip to Japan Monday.
After an emotional day comforting survivors of atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima — where the pontiff attacked the “crime” of using nuclear power as a weapon — Francis will meet those still affected by the 2011 tragedy that killed nearly 16,000.
At 2:46 pm (0546 GMT) on March 11 that year, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific seabed just 130 kilometres (80 miles) from Japan’s northeastern coastline, unleashing a
Survivors of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima told Pope Francis on Sunday of the “scene of hell” after the bombing, as the pontiff hit out against the use of the weapons.
The pope began his four-day trip to Japan with stops in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where he paid tribute to those affected by the two bombs dropped by US forces in 1945 at the end of World War II.
In Hiroshima, Francis met several survivors of the attack, who echoed his calls for the world never to forget the atrocity of the bombings.
Yoshiko Kajimoto was 14 years old when …
Big wave surfers have been flocking to a formerly sleepy Portuguese fishing town, chasing monster waves that are some of the highest ever surfed.
Earlier this month the news broke that a set of fearsome 20-metre (65-feet) waves were coming to the small town of Nazare on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.
The message spread like wildfire and soon extreme surfers and sports fans — as well as keen photographers — arrived at the town’s Praia de Norte beach.
They gathered on the roof of a red lighthouse, listening to the deafening roar and watching in awe as the waves smashed …
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has declared that there is an attempt to silence the voice of Femi Falana, human rights lawyer.
On Wednesday, a group, Save Nigeria Movement, had asked Falana to stop intimidating security agencies.
During its rally in Abuja, the group displayed banners with inscriptions such as “Falana stop blackmailing Nigerian military” and “Falana enough is enough”.
But in a statement on Sunday, Osagie Obayuwana, CDHR national president, condemned the protest against the lawyer.
He said the action of the protesters showed that they were sponsored in an attempt to silence Falana.
He …
The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday, stopped the planned inauguration of a factional executive of the union in Ogun State.
The NUJ said it stopped the event based on the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Ibadan, which restrained it from conducting fresh election in the Ogun State Council of the union.
The Vice President B Zone, Cosmos Oni, who had led other officers to Abeokuta to conduct the proposed election, confirmed the directive of the NUJ national leadership.
“Based on the directive of the national secretariat, the inauguration …
The Nigerian Army has relocated some of its units and formations located at Yaba to Epe to pave way for the expansion of a railway project in Lagos State.
The units that have been relocated to Epe include the 81 Division Base Ordinance Depot, printing press and tailoring factory.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the office complex of the relocating units, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, disclosed that the relocation would lead to enhanced military presence in the area.
“We have to come back because of the Federal Government’s ’s new drive to modernise the transport …
The crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government over the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) may not end soon as the leadership of the union Sunday directed its members to disregard the purported circular from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to enroll in the scheme from Monday.
ASUU stated that the same Accountant General of the Federation had challenged the union to develop a template that accommodates the peculiarities of academic staff and present same to it.
The Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Prof. Deji …
President Muhammadu Buhari has identified the importance of technology globally, saying that with the development, Nigeria cannot remain where it is today in terms of development.
The president spoke yesterday at the graduation ceremony of Senior Executive Course (SEC) 41 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos.
Represented by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) Buhari said that Nigeria could not afford to remain where she is going by what is available in technology today.
He said: “The opportunities are great. We can simply leap-frog and there is so much room for leap – …
The Abia State Town Unions Association, Lagos, the apex body of all Abians in Lagos and the Southwest, held her general elections on October 27, 2019.
According to the Secretary General of the association, Dr Chijioke Iheonunekwu JP, the elected new executives would be inaugurated today.
The new executives that emerged after the election include: Chief Ejituru Ikenga, President-General; Mazi Chuks Nwosu, 1st Vice President-General; Mr. Chris Olekaibe, 2nd Vice President-General; Dr Chijioke Iheonunekwu JP, Secretary-General; Elder Okwudiri Benson Erondu,Treasurer.
Others are: Nze Frank Ogba Idika, PRO; Dcn. Uche Ibezim, Financial Sec., Chief Douglas Uma Egwu, Asst.Sec.-General; Engr. Andrew Enyinnaya …
Fellow Nigerians, let me confess right away that I’m a realist. If you like, call me chicken-hearted or lily-livered. No worries. All I know is that I was taught many lessons by the wisdom of the ancients. Let me share a few of them with you. One. If we cannot move forward, we must know when to turn backwards. Two. If you have not yet grabbed the sword, you cannot risk asking what manner of death killed your Dad. Three. Even the Bible teaches us how to be meek and humble. “If your right cheek is slapped, turn the left …
