Established as one of the first generation universities, the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has come to occupy its pride of place in the history of education in Nigeria, boasting of nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary places of learning, all combined in one institution. In 2019, UNILAG ranked 801-1000 in the global universities status, according to the World University Rankings. It moved up in 2020 to 601-800, amongst 1527 institutions from 93 countries, drawing data from over 1,900 leading research universities and more than 22,000 academic reputation survey responses. The exercise analyzed over 13 million research publications and more than 80…
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In many places around the world, journalists were killed, tortured, jailed and harassed for reports that exposed abuses of corrupt regimes; reports that undermined the work of terrorists and criminals; reports that gave voice to overlooked communities; and reports that countered misinformation. At the December 2018, more than 250 journalists languish in jails around the world. The International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists draws attention to the low global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists and media practitioners. The UN General Assembly at its 68th Session in 2013 adopted a resolution which proclaimed November 2 yearly as the International…
Funke Busari, Lagos The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria has called for investigation and prosecution of all suspected cases of murder and attacks on journalists in Nigeria. This is according to a statement by IPC’s Program Officer/Safety Desk Officer, Melody Lawal as the group joins journalists, other media professionals and freedom of expression groups to mark the International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. While championing the cause, IPC said it was unfortunate that Nigeria continues to rank high among countries where press freedom and freedom of expression are under threat, stating that the recent database of attacks…
Funke Busari, Lagos For motorists who are breaking Lagos State traffic law, the CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has warned that failure of motorists to desist from the act will face the wrath of the law. A statement by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq on Monday stated it will not hesitate to clampdown on motorists violating the Lagos State Transport Reformed Law of 2018. Chairman of the Agency, CSP. Egbeyemi, gave this warning on Monday and asserted that the enforcement unit and other relevant agencies are determined to enforce the…
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has released the result of the candidates that sat for the year 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. From the total number of 1,538,445 candidates that sat for the examination, 1,456,727 candidates representing 94.69% have their results fully processed and released. But 81,718 candidates representing 5.31% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates. The analysis on the statistics of the performance of candidates showed that, out of 1,538,445 candidates that sat for the examination, 1,338,348 candidates representing 86.99% obtained credit…
Funke Busari, Lagos The Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, a body of all journalists covering the security beat nationwide, has urged the Federal Government to pay police officers like other government agencies like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA staff. The Crime Reporters made this appeal while commiserating with the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, the entire Nigeria Police Force and Nigerians on the loss, both human and material during the period of violence as a result of #EndSARS protest hijacked by hoodlums. CRAN however frowned at police brutality…
Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted three travellers in Ikakumo, a border town with Edo State area of Ondo State. A commercial motorcyclist who ran into the scene was beaten to stupor by the suspects.yclist (name withheld) fainted and was later resuscitated before recounting the incident to the residents. The Ikare Police Area Commander, Assistant Commisioner of Police, Razak Rauf confirmed the incident. Rauf gave an assurance that police had commenced investigation on the case. Meanwhile, residents of Akoko have expressed concern over alleged attitude of police since the EndSARS protest.
The kidnapped Caretaker Chairman, Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State Mr. Jacob Adeleke and his driver have regained their freedom. Recall that the two hostages were reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen on their way to Ibadan about a week ago. The police, in collaboration with the men of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in the zone, had been searching for them in the forests in search for the abducted men. An impeccable source broke the news of their release on Friday night. The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, also confirmed that, “The chairman…
Funke Busari, Lagos A couple, Mr. Okuchukwu and Mrs. Ndubisi Obiechina appeared before the Panel set up by the Lagos State Government to probe allegations of abuse by the officers attached to disbanded Special Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS in 2017. The petitoners on Saturday jointly narrated their ordeal to the Lagos State Judicial Panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. In a laden voice, Mrs. Ndubisi Obiechina told the panel that she was wrongly arrested on 2nd June 2017, detained for 22 days and verbally abused and tortured. Obiechina said about one of the officers…
Funke Busari The Alor Peoples Union have thrown their weight behind the State Governor, Willie Obiano. This is in response to a claim in some quarters linked to some members of Alor Community that Alor is against State Chief Willie Maduabuchukwu Obiano. This is contained in a statement signed by President General Alor Peoples Convention, Hon. Chris Okudo. The Alor Community also disagreed with the claim recently trending in the media that Governor Obiano mortgaged Anambra state interest to Chris Ngige. According to the State, Chief Engr Arthur Eze and the governor have a right to reconcile their differences in order to move…