Sahel Standard

Clinical lecturers at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the university management over non-implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). The lecturers, under the Medical and dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), expressed frustration over prolonged delays and silence from the university on their legitimate salary demands. The…

US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay implementing major tariff hikes on most trading partners may have offered some relief, but the extension is also prolonging global trade uncertainty, the UN warned Tuesday. Days before the three-month pause on his “Liberation Day” tariffs was set to expire, the US president said Monday he would give…

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Mathias Tsado, has criticised the Senate over its treatment of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing her as the institution’s “star girl” who ought to be celebrated, not suspended. Appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Tsado berated the Senate’s…

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that a directive has been issued for all branches of the union nationwide to withdraw their services over the delay in the payment of June 2025 salaries to its members, citing the enforcement of “No Pay, No Work” resolution. ASUU branches in two…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially set the minimum admission age for entry into the nation’s tertiary institutions at 16 years old. The minimum admission age directive was announced by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, on Tuesday during the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja….

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to be assured that he would return for a second term, saying the formation of ADC coalition by opposition is divine. “Only spell can dismantle this coalition, the coalition is divine, Tinubu must brace up,” he warned. He…