Worried by the increased cases of unemployment confronting our graduates, Bowen University, Iwo has prioritized entrepreneurial and market-driven programmes in the institution. The Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical and Health Sciences of the university, Prof Matthew Olaogun who disclosed this said the era of churning out unemployable graduates is over and tasked leading institutions to…

Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Oriade Local Council of Osun State. They destroyed documents and power facilities in the process. The attackers were said to have stormed the area around 3:00a.m. yesterday. Some of the burnt items included ballot papers and boxes as well as two power-generating sets. Meanwhile,…

The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter has elected Andy Elerewe, as its chairman. Until his emergence, Elerewe who is the Chief Executive Officer, AIBEN Investment and Property Limited was the association’s publicity secretary. He emerged unopposed at chapter’s election held last week at its Abuja secretariat. His firm has…

Mosunmola Dosunmu is a community pharmacist and Publicity Secretary, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos chapter. The Ahmadu Bello University graduate of Pharmacy has been practicing for the past 23 years and runs her own business in Lagos. In this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, she opens up on her RX project, the challenges facing…

On Friday, December 14, 2018, I had the honour and privilege to be present in the amphitheatre of Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University...

Head of History Department, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Dr. Tunji Ogunyemi, has stressed the need for players and stakeholders in the nation’s electoral process to eschew violence as the 2019 polls are fast approaching. Ogunyemi, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a programme organised by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) titled: “Promoting Violence-free Elections by the…

A federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has refused to grant bail to a former Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) lecturer, Prof. Richard Akindele.

A federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the remand of Prof. Richard Akindele of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, for allegedly demanding sex from his student, Monica Osagie. Akindele was arraigned before Justice Maurine Onyetenu by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on a…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Monday, Nov. 19 arraign a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Richard Akindele, at the Federal High Court, Osogbo. He is to be arraigned for allegedly demanding sex from one of his students, Ms Monica Osagie, in order to…

The Chairman of the Governing Council, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi, has charged all categories...

There were unconfirmed reports, yesterday, about the state of health of former Information Minister, Chief Alex Akinyele, who is 80. Akinyele, born to Pa Akinyele a soldier and an ex-serviceman, attended all Saints Primary School Ondo, Gboluji Grammar School Ile-Oluji and St. Andrew’s College Oyo. He graduated from University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University.…

Professor Adeolu Ayanwale of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has said that agriculture remains a sure way to reduce mass poverty in the country. While delivering the 327th inaugural l ecture of the university with the theme ‘Produce, Innovate Or Be Poor’, the don said that World Bank statistics corroborated his research that…