The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akure zone, comprising the leadership of academic staff members of public universities in Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States, yesterday decried poor funding of the education sector. Addressing journalists ahead of the zonal meeting of the union held in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, ASUU Akure Zonal Coordinator,…
The Executive Secretary, Dr Rasaq Akindele Akintunde, Management and staff of Osun Health Insurance Agency (OSHIA) has sent a message of condolences to Yeyeluwa of Edeland, Chief Mrs Modupeola Adeleke Sanni on the demise of her husband, Alhaji Aderemi Sanni. In a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Osogbo, the Osun state capital,…
The French Olympic Committee said on Monday that it would provide hotel rooms for breast-feeding French athletes during the Paris Olympics because children are set to remain barred from the athletes’ village. The move is a response to demands by new mothers that parenting be taken into greater consideration by sporting bodies, notably by French…
…employ different coping strategies As the nation’s economy bits unrelentingly, Nigerians are devising different ‘structural adjustment strategies’ to keep body and soul together. A cross-section of respondents, who spoke with NAN in Ibadan on Friday, said they had resorted to rationing their meagre resources amidst other coping mechanisms. A public servant, Mrs Funmi Alli, said…
Drinkable water, a very important lubrication for the body system, has gone through many prices in the past few years, as Nigerians grapple to meet up with the increasing high cost of living. Now, a bag of sachet water that was sold for N50 naira is now N500 in some areas. Those who purchase water…
Andy Murray suggested he may retire within the next “few months” after winning his opening match in Dubai on Monday. The former world number one battled back from a set down to beat Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 and reach the second round. The 36-year-old, who snapped a six-match losing streak in Doha last…
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have moved a step further to book a place in the Olympics games for the first time since 2008 with a 1-0 aggregate win against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the third round of qualifiers for the Paris 2024 games. Esther Okoronkwo’s 14th-minute strike, off a fine assist by…
After years of clamour by Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report.By implementing the report, several agencies of the government would be merged, subsumed, scrapped, and relocated. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting…
The Osun State Commissioner for Youth Affairs, Hon. Moshood Olagunju has described the issues rocking the Osun State Chapter of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) as internal, stating that he is not interfering in the issues of the council. Olagunju also advised members of the youth council to look inwards to solve their issues…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ends on Monday, February 26. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the 2024 exercise began on Monday, Jan.15, in…
