The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) prepared by the National Universities Commission (NUC) is flawed and an aberration to the Nigerian University System. It maintained that CCMAS is a nightmarish model of curriculum reengineering, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. The Union in a statement issued Friday and signed by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, insisted that many university administrators, though dissatisfied, were shying away from making public comments on CCMAS. It stressed that it was inexplicable that…
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A road accident that occurred in Ogun state on Friday has killed three people, while one other sustained injury. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, who confirmed the accident, said a Toyota Sienna vehicle, rammed into a truck in an accident on the Ogun State axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. He noted that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna vehicle with registration number BDG 426 HT and a DAF truck marked RNG 558 XC. She further explained that the accident occurred around the Total petrol station located on the expressway.…
Eleven passengers on Thursday died, while eight others injured in a crash that occured around the Ovia Bridge on the Edo State end of the Benin-Lagos Expressway. The crash occurred around 11:00am involving a Toyota Hiace 18-seater bus and a Dangote truck. It was gathered that the driver of the truck was heading towards Benin, Edo State when he rammed into the bus that had slowed down at the failed portion of the road. According to an An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, some of the passengers died on the spot, while others who sustained injuries were rushed to the…
Oil Marketers operating say there is a high possibility for the cost of petrol to rise in July, following the recent floating of the Naira against the United States Dollar by the federal government. TheHintsNews reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently unified the country’s exchange rates into the Investors and Exporters window, allowing market forces to determine the exchange rate. However, the National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Chinedu Okonkwo, Thursday noted that petrol prices would rise in response to forex rates. His words: “When there is deregulation and no subsidy, the price of…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has ordered top military officers who are seniors to the newly appointed Service Chiefs to proceed on voluntary retirement from the service by Monday. The DHQ in the memo with reference number DHQ/I5/PLANS/801/13 directed all officers with seniority on commission above that of Nigerian Defence Academy Regular Course 39 to submit their applications for voluntary retirement from service with immediate effect. The order, which was contained in a memo dated June 26 and signed by Maj-Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, was directed to Generals, Brigadiers-general, Air Vice Marshals, and Rear…
The plans by the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to frustrate the emergence of the former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal as Senate Minority Leader appears to be coming to fruition with a good number of Senators elected on the platforms of opposition political parties kicking against his choice. The opposition senators on Wednesday night in Abuja sealed the fate of the former Governor after they reached a consensus to thwart the plans by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, to foist Tambuwal on…
The Nigeria Volleyball Federation has released a list of 12 players for the 2023 CAVB U21 Girls Zone 3 Nations Cup holding between 3rd and 10th July in Niger Republic. The Federation in a statement issued Thursday by its Technical Director, Martin Melandi, said the team would depart Nigeria on Sunday. Topping the list of players is the 2022 Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the Nigeria Volleyball Premier League, Kelechi Ndukaba and 2022 Best Libero at the CAVB U19 Girls Championship, Mariam Usman. Nigeria U21 volleyball women’s team coach, Rakiya Mohammed promised that her technical team are working diligently to…
Nigeria has moved up 13 places in the latest Rugby Sevens ranking released by Rugby Afrique. This was coming on the backdrop of recent performances by Nigeria’s men senior national team at the just concluded Rugby Sevens Pre-Olympic Qualifiers in Mauritius. The Black Stallions jumped up from 24th in Africa to 11th in the latest ranking released by the body. The Black Stallions who made it to the final following their impressive wins from the group stage to the final where they lost 24 – 5 to Algeria Nigeria defeated Ghana 24 -7 in the opening match before beating Burundi…
President Bola Tinubu, says he decided to unify the official and parallel market exchange rates to save the country from financial hemorrhage. Tinubu disclosed this Thursday while speaking at a civic reception organised in his honour by the Lagos State Government at the Lagos House, Marina. The President in a statement issued Thursday by his Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, said he could have chosen to maintain the hitherto multiple foreign exchange systems and benefit from it, but instead opted for the unification. He noted that he took the decision in the…
President Bola Tinubu says he remained hopeful and optimistic about achieving victory in the last presidential election, in spite of the ineffective cashless policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). TheHintsNews reports that in the build up to the 2023 elections, the apex bank redesigned the Naira which caused untold hardship for Nigerians. The Special Adviser to the President Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake in a statement issued Thursday said Tinubu spoke in separate remarks at the palaces of the Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, in Ijebu-Ode and Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo,…