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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 December 2020 BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes on the crisis rocking Ikire as a result of the kingship tussle in the town, which has allegedly claimed some lives For residents of Ikire, headquarters of the Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Monday, October 26, 2020, will not be forgotten in a hurry following the crisis that rocked the town, as a protest occasioned by the tussle for the Akire stool turned violent. By the time the dust raised by the violent c...

Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has spent 1,500 days or 4.09 years on strike since the return to democracy in1999, findings by this newspaper suggest. This implies that about 19.5 per cent of every academic year is spent on strike. According to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, about 94 per cent of students attend Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions. However, most students spend more than the necessary time in school due to the us...