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Tension In UNILAG As Students Demand Reinstatement Of Students’ Union

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5 months ago

June 24, 2024

By Gloria Ikibah

University of Lagos (UNILAG) campus witnessed a tense atmosphere on Monday as armed police were deployed following student protests demanding the reinstatement of the Students’ Union.

Naijablitznews.com reports that the management had disbanded the Union’s executive and legislative arms for organizing protests against campus living conditions and high costs of goods and services.

According to a student leader, Oyelumade Oluwakemi, efforts to publicly reinstate the union promised by the Vice-Chancellor last year have not materialized beyond verbal assurances.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had issued an ultimatum which expired today, prompting a heavy security presence at the school gate, interpreted by students as management’s response.

Oluwakemi criticized the management’s failure to uphold promises and highlighted the importance of a student union in advocating for student interests and fostering leadership qualities. He underscored the union’s role as a democratic platform and pressure group for accountability, noting its proscription in 2016 under previous management.

Efforts to obtain comments from the university’s head of communications were unsuccessful, and the Education Reforms Council (ERC) has condemned the dissolution of the union’s arms, labeling it an infringement on students’ rights to association. They also criticized the university’s imposition of undertaking and indemnity forms on students and parents, describing it as an attempt to stifle dissent.

The situation at UNILAG reflects ongoing tensions between students adocating for their rights and university authorities responding with measures that critics argue undermine democratic freedoms.

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VIDEO: God’s kingdom is your birthright it’s not negotiable -Bishop Elim(Part 1)

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3 hours ago

November 17, 2024

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Bishop Godwin Elim, the Senior Pastor at Live for Christ, aka Lifting Assembly in Abuja has said God’s Kingdom is the birthright of believers as this is not negotiable.

Naijablitznews reports Bishop Elim made this assertion on Saturday in his sermon drawing vivid examples from bible passages and real life examples.

This is part one of the series to run through the week.

Watch clip below;

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BREAKING: APC Picks All 20 Chairmanship, 236 Councillorship Seats In Ogun LG Polls

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3 hours ago

November 17, 2024

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The All Progressives Congress, APC has won all 20 Chairmanship and 236 Councillorship seats in the Ogun LG Polls.

Naijablitznews reports that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Sunday, declared all the 20 chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Saturday’s local government elections conducted in the state.

The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu also declared all 236 APC councillorship candidates as winners of the election while presenting the official results of the polls at the commission’s headquarters at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.

Osibodu said the ruling party, APC, emerged victorious across all the 20 local government areas and 236 wards in the state by polling a total of 613,156 votes cast in the exercise which witnessed major political parties like the Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), participating.

Other political parties that participated in the exercise included the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

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BREAKING: INEC declares Aiyedatiwa of APC winner of Ondo guber election

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3 hours ago

November 17, 2024

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the guber election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.

Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.

He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election.
The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.

While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.

Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.