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By Peter Omopo The Nigerian Law School has announced the commencement of applications for admission into the Bar Part II Course for the 2025/2026 academic session. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, Ms. Aderonke Osho, and shared via the Council of Legal Education’s official X handle on Tuesday, the application portal will open on Monday, September 11, 2025, and close on Friday, October 31, 2025. The new academic session is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 2, 2026, simultaneously at the Law School’s headquarters in Abuja and its campuses in Lagos,…

By Peter Omopo  The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi’s claim that Nigeria has become a “killing field” under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Obi, in a post on his X handle on Monday, had alleged that more than 10,000 Nigerians were killed by terrorists, bandits, and criminal gangs in the past two years, citing figures from Amnesty International. Reacting on Tuesday, the Lagos APC spokesman, Mr. Seye Oladejo, described Obi’s statement as “baseless, sensationalist, and a distortion of reality,” insisting that Tinubu’s government had recorded “tangible and verifiable…

By Peter Omopo  Lecturers at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) on Tuesday joined the nationwide protest organized by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), demanding the implementation of the renegotiated 2009 agreement and improved welfare for university teachers. The protest, which brought academic and social activities across the university’s three campuses to a halt, saw professors and senior lecturers march through the town campus, the annex, and Ikpa Road, carrying placards with inscriptions such as: “Our salaries are too poor,” “Treat lecturers with dignity,” and “Pay us sustainable living salaries.” All examinations scheduled for the day, including Computer-Based Tests,…

By Peter Omopo  The Benue State House of Assembly has suspended its immediate past Speaker, Aondona Dajoh, for three months over allegations of plotting to impeach Governor Hyacinth Alia. Dajoh’s suspension was announced during Tuesday’s plenary after a motion was moved by Terna Shimawua (Kyan Constituency) and seconded by James Umoru (Apa Constituency). Shimawua was among the lawmakers suspended last Friday by Dajoh before the latter resigned his position as Speaker. Presiding over the session, the new Speaker, Alfred Berger, upheld the motion but reduced the suspension from six months to three. The decision was taken without subjecting it to…

By Sola Ojewusi In a rare convergence of political power and literary genius, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva yesterday welcomed Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, in Brasília. The encounter unfolded on the sidelines of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to the South American nation, adding a cultural resonance to the corridors of diplomacy. The meeting was more than ceremonial. Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel laureate in Literature, presented President Lula with a copy of his seminal work Mito, Literatura e o Mundo Africano (Myth, Literature and the African World), a text that has long challenged and enlightened…

By Peter Omopo  The United Nations has raised alarm over the global water crisis, revealing that more than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water. In a joint report released on Tuesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that progress towards universal access is moving far too slowly, putting billions at heightened risk of disease. The study showed that in 2024, one in four people globally did not have safe drinking water, with over 100 million still relying on unsafe surface water from rivers, ponds, and canals. “Water, sanitation,…

By Peter Omopo  The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has issued a health advisory to prospective recruits, urging them to prioritise physical fitness and mental readiness ahead of the next phase of its ongoing recruitment exercise. In a notice shared on its official X handle on Tuesday, the Service reminded applicants awaiting the shortlist that firefighting demands strength, stamina, and discipline. Candidates were advised to maintain healthy lifestyles by eating well, exercising regularly, getting adequate sleep, and staying calm while waiting for the process to advance. “Hunger is not part of the training syllabus,” the FFS quipped. “We need fit firefighters,…

By Peter Omopo  The organisers of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) have announced the commencement of entries for the 34th edition of the prestigious annual event, which will honour outstanding media works published in 2024. In a statement issued on Monday, DAME’s Programme Manager, Deji Olonode, said the awards—established in 1991—remain Africa’s longest-running and most consistent media recognition platform, dedicated to celebrating professional excellence across journalism and publishing. The 2025 edition will feature 12 categories spanning print, broadcast, and online journalism, including business reporting, education reporting, child-friendly reporting, energy reporting, Lagos reporting, sports reporting, health reporting, investigative reporting,…

26th August 2025 By Peter Omopo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to residents of Osun State to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission’s spokesperson in Osun, Musa Olurode, disclosed that a total of 360,794 PVCs remain uncollected across the state. “INEC in Osun is using this medium to inform the general public that the ongoing voter registration exercise provides yet another opportunity for people yet to collect their PVCs to do so,” Olurode said. He explained that the…

26th August 2025 By Peter Omopo  A Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health at the University of Ibadan, Eme Owoaje, has challenged African researchers to ensure their work addresses the continent’s pressing problems rather than focusing on foreign models or limiting findings to academic journals. Speaking at the Fifth Biennial Conference and Workshop of the Association of Science Laboratory Technologists of Nigeria (ASLTON), University of Ibadan Chapter, Owoaje stressed that only Africans could provide lasting solutions to Africa’s peculiar challenges. “After conducting your research, you have to make it applicable to society,” she said, urging researchers to translate findings…