Prof. Ogunyemi of OOU emerges new ASUU National President

A new National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the body of lecturers in the universities across the federation, has emerged.

He is the immediate past Vice-President of the union and lecturer at the Department of Curriculum Studies and Instructional Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi.


Ogunyemi was elected early Monday morning at the just concluded National Delegates’ Conference of the union, which held at the University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State.

U.S. Don, Larry Diamond Says Ekiti Election Was Flawed

Prof. Larry Diamond, director at the Centre on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, delivered a thought-provoking verdict —flawless voting alone is no parameter for a credible election. He was, apparently, faulting the process that led to the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, saying it does not inspire confidence about the seriousness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organise free and fair elections in 2015.

Prof. Diamond, who was delivering the inaugural edition of the Freedom House Democracy Lecture Series at the Muson Centre on Lagos Island, said: “You cannot have the police and the military blocking the supporters (not to mention fellow governors) of one party from moving about a state and campaigning, and call that a fully free and fair election.”

APC Governors Donated N100 Million to Victims of Nyanya Bomb Blast - Governor Okorocha

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. who is also the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum says APC governors have donated N100 million to the victims of the Nyanya bombings to assist the families that lost breadwinners in the tragedies.

According to him, the APC governors will also assist the Borno State government in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the schools that have been torched by terrorism.