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Yinka Kolawole In fulfilment of his promise to fully reinstate all organs of students’ unionism in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), the Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede-led administration has inaugurated Students’ Electoral Commission and Students’ Electoral Petition Commission. Speaking on behalf of the university management, the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Professor Isiaka Aransi, urged OAU student activists to emulate their counterparts in developed world where student leaders engage management in dialogue in order to meet the academic and welfare needs of fellow students. This, accord...

Jacob Olupona pays tribute to Chukwuma, former director, West African office of Ford Foundation Many who mourn Innocent Chukwuma today, will take comfort from the memories of the good times shared with him. His departure, at a very difficult time in Nigerian life, has left a vacuum, particularly among civil society compatriots and we hope that God in his mercy will fill this emptiness. Our paths crossed, barely about two years ago, when I paid a visit to his office to discuss the programs and activities of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Ile Ife, which began in 2017. It was at the urging...

The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said that incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen in some parts of the country are having adverse effects on agricultural research and productivity. Ogunbodede made this disclosure while speaking at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday. The Vice-Chancellor, who spoke during the opening of 2020/2021 annual-in-house review exercise/33rd South West Zonal Research Extension Farmers Input Linkage System (REFILS) workshop, advised ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The total blackout being experienced in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has entered its fifth day. The blackout reportedly started after last Thursday’s heavy rain and thunderstorm which ravaged the metropolis, destroying property worth billions of Naira, including electrical installations in the city. Besides the damaged electrical installations, big trees uprooted by the storm also fell on electric installations increasing the blackout which has affected many businesses in the metropolis. A tour around the city by DAILY POST revealed that technicians wh...

The late Afenifere leader died last Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.