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FOLLOWING the hitches that trailed the first day of the online learning system adopted at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the management has advised students on what to do to ensure a seamless experience on the platform. This followed the observation that many students found it hard to connect with the platform on Monday, the first day of its use. According to the Head of the Information Unit,  Mrs Olufadeke Akinleye, on Tuesday, the hitches were as a result of many students wanting to access the facility at the same time, even when it was not time for them to attend any lecture. A public notice titled "Observations from day one of online learning and recommendations to students," said not all students were expected to access the facility at the same time. "We observed a very high traffic on our LMS on January 25, 2021 due to the misconception that lectures start for all students by 8AM. "Most lectures for the remaining part of the first semester 2019/2020 will be...

*Says many people would have been in prison for corruption if Buhari’s govt hadn’t run out of steam Nobel Laureate,  Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday urged the National Assembly to listen to the calls for the restructuring of Nigeria and take responsibility towards the effect. His call is in consonance with the Presidency which had repeatedly asked agitators for restructuring to channel their clamour to the National Assembly, being the representatives of the people. Such regional groups as the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, its counterparts in Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and the Middle-Belt Forum have been very vociferous in the call for the nation’s restructuring. They had often argued that the National Assembly was not better placed to restructure the country, since the 1999 constitution currently in operation and which the lawmakers are applying, was not written by the people but a select few. However, Soyinka, who spoke on AIT’s Kakaaki pro...

•Properties destroyed in Igangan THE joy of thousands of Ibarapa residents in Oyo State knew no bounds last Friday when their ‘messiah’, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, ensured the execution of an eviction order he gave to their long term neighbours-Fulani herders, who he alleged, had caused unimaginable damage to both human lives and property. They had made several distress calls but their cries were melodious songs in the ears of relevant authorities that should come to their aid. Ibarapa, an agrarian community, whose means of livelihood is farming, has about seven towns and cities.  The towns are Lanlate, Eruwa, Igboora, Idere, Ayete, Tapa and Igangan. Apart from the fears of being kidnapped, maimed and killed, they were forced to abandon their farms thereby, exposing them to hunger. So, it is better imagined how elated they would be when someone, came out of the blues and offered them help that had hitherto eluded them. Sunday Igboho, whose mien could deceiv...

 *We are not responsible — CP reacts A middle-aged man was crushed to death in Bolade, Oshodi area of Lagos, yesterday, during a stampede caused by commercial bus drivers, who were trying to evade arrest by policemen attached to the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit. The operatives, as gathered, stormed the area to effect the arrest of defiant commercial drivers, who disobeyed traffic regulations. On sighting the operatives, the drivers attempted to flee the scene. Three persons were reportedly hit in the process. News later went round that Task Force operatives had killed some persons in the area. The news would have sparked up violence as some persons were reportedly spoiling for a showdown with the Task Force operatives, whose office is located not too far from the scene. We are not responsible, CP reacts In a swift reaction to what was described as false news, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, exonerated his men ...

Sunday Igboho's house burnt by unknown persons. •Hoodlums fired gunshots before setting house ablaze —Police •Ondo, Oyo: FG vows to deal with trouble makers •Attack on Igboho’s house barbaric —Afenifere •Insecurity: Some Yoruba people colluding with herdsmen to attack S-West —Gani Adams •As Amotekun nabs herders with arms; it’s for protection of cattle —Herders  •We have powers to chase out criminal herdsmen in S-West —Traditional worshippers  FOLLOWING the burning of one of his houses by unknown arsonists, yesterday, Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho, vowed that those responsible would run mad within 48 hours. It was gathered that the arsonists, on arrival at Igboho’s residence at Soka, fired gunshots sporadically before setting it ablaze. But in the wake of ethnic tensions in Ondo and parts of Oyo state, the Federal Government, yesterday, vowed to effectively deal with those who breach the peace. Arsonists burn Igboho’s house The setting ablaze of Igb...

AFTER persistent pressure from Nigerians , to remove the former service chiefs,   President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, finally succumbed to the public request and sacked the service chiefs who have overstayed their tenure for several years and replaced them with new officers. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; President Buhari  has named the replacements for the sacked chiefs. The statement reads: “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj-Gen. L.E.O. Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Army; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, Navy; Air Vice Marshal, Ishiaka Oladayo Alao, Air Force. “He congratulates outgoing Service Chiefs on efforts to bring enduring peace to the country.” In an announcement today, Media adviser, Femi Adesina, said Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi...

By Iyabode Ishola There was a fire outbreak at the popular Agboju Market in Festac, Lagos early this morning. According to a source from the area, the fire started at about 2.30 am. Before the fire could be brought under control by the Lagos State Fire Service Operatives, some shops have been razed. However, no life was lost to the incident but the value of property destroyed and cause of the fire incident not yet ascertained. How Sunday Igboho house gutted by fire A house owned by Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho was reportedly set ablaze early Tuesday morning. The fire reportedly started around 3am in his building located in Soka area of Ibadan in Oyo State. The source of the fire was unknown, but it was gathered that firefighters from the Oyo State Fire Service arrived at the scene a few hours after to douse the fire. He accused the Fulani herdsmen of masterminding abductions and killings in the state. After the expiration of the deadline, the ...

EMPOWERMENT: From left, Chairman of the Occasion, Alh. Rabiu Oluwa, Chairman, Lagos State APC, Chief Tunde Balogun and Lagos West Senatorial District represententatives in Nigeria Senate, Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi), during the Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi), 4th edition of Lagos West Senatorial district, Poverty Alleviation & Empowerment programme, held recently. Read the story below. ....for 2020/21, 2021/22 sessions   Stories by Abimbola Oloyede VICE-CHANCELLOR , University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has urged Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to get computer tabs, as the university gets set for the non-physical post-UTME test. Ogundipe said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria . According to him, in the face of the resurgence of the Coronavirus pandemic, all academic activities of the institution, including examinations, would be online. His words: “We are to conduct our post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) test o...

Morounkeji Salami By Iyabode Ishola THE herdsmen have shattered the jaw and cut-off the fingers of Mrs. Morounkeji Salami in Ijebu-Oru, under Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim who is in crucial pains and also on danger list in the hospital she was rushed to was brutally injured by the herdsmen. According to a source, the victim who was rushed to hospital in Ago-Iwoye by sympathisers, but following the severity of the injury sustained, the hospital management advised that she should be taken to a better equipped hospital, forced her family moved her to a hospital in Ikeja, Lagos State. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident when contacted, said that three of the suspected herdsmen have been arrested, while intensive investigation has commenced. Oyeyemi said, “the suspects realising the brutal injury inflicted on the woman, and the fear that they may be caught, took to their heels, abandoned their co...

USA ex-President, Donald Trump and his wife, Melania ...Urges Americans to unify, rise above rancour United States of America ex-President, Donald Trump, who refused to attend his successor’s inauguration, told his supporters before flying out of Washington DC, with his wife, Melania, that he fought the hardest battles during his administration. He made these statements during his farewell speech, saying that he did his best for Americans and was not scared of taking critical decisions. Given the controversies and bickering that trailed the poll he lost to President Joe Biden, especially the violent assault on Capitol, he said it was time for Americans to rise above political rancour and forge for their common destiny. He also lists some of his achievements. Below is the Trump’s farewell speech: MY fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens.  In s...

Joseph Biden, taking oath of office as America's 46th President by Supreme Court Chief, Justice John Roberts, while his wife, Jill Biden holds the bible for him. Photo: AFP. Kamala Harris being sworn in as America's vice-president, at Capitol. THE 46th USA President, Joseph Robinette Biden, has called for the unity of all Americans, saying that with unity the country can do great things. He promised to heal  the wound invliced on Americans by his predecessor, Donald Trump. He made the call in his speech after he took oath of an office with his vice, Kamala Harris in a series of messages expressing hope that the new administration will work to ensure peace across the world.  Biden and Harris took the oath of office administered by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor respectively  Biden, 78, became the oldest U.S. president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that was largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance, due to corona...

Gbenga Adebayo •As subscribers demand further extension THE Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered that no subscriber should be blocked from telecom operators’ networks till February 9, 2021. Subscribers, who pleaded for further extension, would have had their lines blocked January 19, being the initial deadline for them to link their SIMs to their National Identity Number, NIN. On December 15, 2020, the Federal Government declared that after December 30, 2020, all SIMs that were not registered with valid NINs on the network of telecommunications companies would be blocked. It later extended the  deadline following widespread opposition against the earlier announcement and gave three weeks’ extension for subscribers with NIN from December 30, 2020, to January 19, 2021. It also gave six weeks’ extension for subscribers without NIN from December 30, 2020, to February 9, 2021. However, before the January deadline, many telephone users and organisations called for a further deadlin...