Opinion: From politics to terrorism? Canada’s dangerous redefinition of Nigeria’s democracy

By Olufemi Soneye When a Canadian federal court recently declared Nigeria’s two largest political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organizations under Canadian law, it wasn’t just an immigration decision. It was a political earthquake with consequences that could reverberate far beyond Canada’s borders. This…

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LASUED demands drug test for prospective students before admission

Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Professor Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye, says its 4,500 prospective students would be subjected to a drug test before being admitted to the school. Lafiaji-Okunneye said that the measure had become imperative to sanitise the university community. The educationist noted that the LASUED authorities had liaised with the National…

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Student commits suicide over poor result

A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University Dental College has committed suicide, the institution’s student association has said. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 13, the association said one of its students took his life after the release of the institution’s examination. Adebayo Idris, the President of the Obafemi Awolowo University Dental Students’ Association…

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