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Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Thursday went back to work in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, despite his alleged removal from office by the Governing Council of the institution. Ogundipe, who breezed in when members of the Joint Staff Union, JSU, of the institution were holding a special Congress, ... Read more

The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has warned principals of government-owned secondary schools in the territory against non-compliance with Covid-19 safety guidelines. Chairman, FCTA Ministerial Enforcement Taskforce on Covid-19 Restrictions, Ikharo Attah gave the warning on Thursday during an inspection tour of some schools in Kubwa, ... Read more

The management of the University of Lagos and the institution’s governing council were on Wednesday locked in a leadership tussle. The council, at an emergency meeting held in Abuja, of the university’s vice-chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. “In accordance with the statutory powers vested in it by Law, the Governing Council ... Read more

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has engaged a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, to file a suit to challenge his removal from office. His letter of instruction dated August 12, 2020 and addressed to Ozekhome was seen by our correspondent on Thursday. Ogundipe ... Read more

Sodiq Oyeleke The academic and non-academic members of staff at the University of Lagos are holding a meeting. The PUNCH gathered that the emergency meeting was called over the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor of UNILAG. Our correspondent gathered that the joint meeting is holding after leadership of the unions had ... Read more

… As Ogundipe resumes, heads to court By Adesina Wahab Ikechukwu Nnochiri THE Joint Staff Union, JSU, comprising the academic and non-academic workers of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, yesterday, kicked against the removal of the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, by the Governing Council. The ... Read more

Grace Edema Most students who resumed for the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Education revision have been found to lack the zeal for learning as some have forgotten what they had been taught. Some of the teachers who spoke with our correspondent said due to the long break necessitated by COVID-19, the students were also finding ... Read more

Grace Edema The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, has said education will achieve more result if fun is added. Adefisayo, according to a statement signed by the Public Affairs Officer in the state Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Abayomi, said this at the inauguration of an educational television programme, titled, ... Read more

Professor Theophilus Omotunde Soyombo, who was appointed the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Wednesday by the Governing Council of the university, has said he has resumed duties. Speaking in a telephone conversation, the Professor of Sociology, said he resumed office because the letter of appointment given to him ... Read more

Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu, the second of five children of Mrs Esther Ahmadu, went from being a poor student, who against repetitive failures and delays soared high to a point of representing both his university and his country, Nigeria, won numerous national and international award competitions. A widow and mother of five children identified as Mrs Esther Ahmadu, who recently retired as a ... Read more