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By Adesina Wahab TWICE the Governing Council/Senate Selection Committee of the Lagos State University, LASU, conducted screening exercise for the appointment of the ninth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the institution, twice the Visitor, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, rejected their recommendations. Incidentally, twice also the committee rated Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya, as the top performer in the screening exercise, and twice he has been unfortunate not to be named the VC of his beloved university. When the tenure of the immediate past VC, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, was coming to an end, a...

Asia-Pacific News In Brief (April 5, 2021) News from Sandpiper, Brunswick, Allied Global and Mullen Lintas. PRovoke Media 05 Apr 2021 // 3:14AM GMT SINGAPORE — Sandpiper Communications has hired Rasheed Abu Bakar Rasheed (pictured) to lead Southeast Asia and international briefs for the firm’s technology; energy and environment; and aviation practices, as well as growing these practices. He joins from APCO Worldwide, where he led international corporate communications and public affairs briefs for clients of the firm’s Singapore and Indonesia offices. Prior to this, he worked at The H...

Bishop Matthew Kukah The Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said Nok University will create a new civilisation of love through education, giving birth to new Nigerian elites committed to building a great country, far from the shattered destruction of bigotry and hate that has engulfed the nation. He said this while inaugurating the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of the institution, which located in Kachia Local Government, Kaduna State. Kukah, who is the Chairman of the board, while inaugurating the board on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the institution woul...

Share A veteran journalist, Dr Femi Abbas, has emerged the winner of the 2020 Nigerian Muslim Media Person of the Year award. Dr Saliu Oyelami, the Medical Director of Shifauk Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MTN Nigeria, Mr Modupe AbdulKareem Kadri, were also announced as the Nigerian Muslim Health Person of the Year and the Nigerian Muslim Finance Person of the Year, respectively. The awards are organised by an online Islamic newspaper, Muslim News. Now into its third year, the 2020 edition of the awards features additional categories honouring Muslim pr...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has said that trans-border terrorists are the one responsible for most of the killings, kidnappings and attacks on innocent Nigerians in South-West Nigeria. Mumuni called on President Muhamadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, strengthen the security architecture of Nigeria’s borders, especially the land borders. Our correspondent recalls that some states in South-West Nigeria including Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti and Ondo have witnessed a series of killings and kidnapping allegedly perpetrated ...