Ekiti state University student attempts suicide over his failure in one
of his courses (photo)
A final year
Accounting student of the Ekiti State University who was involved in the mass
failure in one of the courses, attempted suicide yesterday Wednesday June
5th.
According to Lere
Olayinka, an aide of former governor of the state Ayo Fayose, the student
was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti
where doctors are currently battling to save his life.
Popular leader in
the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya
aka MC Oluomo, is currently in a felicitation mood as one of his sons,
Ololade, graduated from the Clayton County performing Arts Center in
Atlanta, Georgia yesterday Tuesday, June 4th.
The proud dad
shared the news on his Instagram page
I am a proud father
and I will continue being one. Alihamdulilia for my son’s graduation today at
Atlanta Georgia, Clayton County performing Arts Center. My son, Ololade Abdulai
Akinsanya I am very proud of you and the next step you’re taking in life. You made
me and your mother proud and you will continue making us proud in sha Allah.
May Almighty Allah allow us all to witness more success of our children and may
we never know sorrow in life. Gbo gbo wa la ma jere omo'' he wrote;
University of Calabar:
three students suspended for alleged robbery, forgery and cultism
Three students of
the University of Calabar have been suspended for alleged involvement in
criminal activities such as robbery, cultism and forgery.
According to a
statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Moses Abang, the
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Zana Akpagu, approved the suspension of the students.
Those suspended include Bassey Divine, a 400-level student of the Department of
Sociology, who was accused of alleged forgery of the GSS result sheets, and
Ofem David, a 300-level student of the Department of Theatre, Film and Media
Studies, who was suspended for alleged involvement in robbery.
The third student,
Collins Agbor, a 300-level student of the Department of Genetics and Biotech,
was suspended for alleged cult-related activities. The suspended students were
advised to stay away from the campus while preparing to appear before the
Students’ Disciplinary Committee for further investigation.
The respective
deans and heads of departments were directed to take note and ensure full
compliance with the directive.
The Oyo State wing
of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) today (Monday) commenced an indefinite
strike due to delay in payment of salaries of primary school teachers and other
requests.
The union said the
strike became necessary due to the inability of the state government to meet
its demands.
NUT had last week, issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Oyo State Government
to clear and settle the backlogs of salaries owed its members.
The union, while
lamenting over unpaid salaries of primary school teachers, gave the state
government 72 hours notice or go on indefinite strike if the situation is not
reversed.
NUT Chairman,
Comrade Z.T Adedoyin and Secretary, Comrade N.M. Abdullahi, in a joint
statement issued after a meeting of the union, lamented over complementary
allowances of promotions of the teachers.
The union also
listed issues worrying the members of the union as non-implementation of the
approval and accompany promotion benefits to the primary school teachers by the
Oyo State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC), delay
in payment of salary to primary school teachers, delay in the promotion of
grade level 14 to 15, continued withholding of 2018 leave grant and delay in
the clearance of teachers allegedly accused of illegal promotion.
The teachers said
that they were commencing the strike today because, efforts made by the state
government to persuade the teachers, met brick walls.
We gathered
that the state government had invited the leaders of the union to a parley on
May 15 but no deal was reached.
The NUT
acknowledged that its leadership met with the state Head of Service and the
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs on May 15 during
which both government functionaries made passionate appeal to them to shelve
the proposed strike.
The union, however,
but stated that their appeal could not change anything because none of their
demands was met.
The teachers are
downing tools over delay in the promotion of primary school teachers from
salary grade level 14 to 15, as well as delay in payment in payment of salary
of primary school teachers.
Abuja teachers begin strike
over unpaid allowances
Local Education Authority (LEA) teachers in
Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have embarked on a
three-day warning strike over unpaid promotion arrears and allowances.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
some of the primary schools visited in Kuje were securely locked up with no
pupil seen on the premises.
Mr Mohammed Ahmed, Chairman, Kuje Area
Council Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), said that the strike
was called to press for the urgent payment of promotion arrears and allowances.
Ahmed said that the union began the strike on
Wednesday after several efforts to get the council administration to pay the
arrears and allowances failed.
“We have made several efforts and an
agreement was reached with the area council on Jan. 8 for the payment of the
promotion arrears.
“During the signing of the agreement, the
council pledged that it would not default, but now the reverse is the case and
we have no option than to call for the strike,” he said.
The chairman said that negotiations with
relevant stakeholders to end the strike had commenced.
He, however, said that a meeting held on
Wednesday ended in deadlock.
Mr Bulus Danladi, the Secretary, Kuje Area
Council LEA, said that steps were being taken to resolve the issues at stake to
get the teachers back to the classrooms.
