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          Following reports worldwide indicating a second coming of the dreaded Corona virus, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) to restrict international flights immediately.     This was contained in a press statement issued by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Thursday, 3 rd  December, 2020.     The statement reads:   “The second coming of COVID-19 is definitely more severe. According to Wikipedia, the deadly virus has killed 1.49 million people globally. 64.2 million have been infected while 41.2 million have recovered from the pandemic. As at yesterday, Wednesday, 2 nd  December, 2020, the United States topped the list of the toll with 279,049 deaths and 14.2 million cases. At least 200,000 people are infected daily in the US while daily new deaths are close to 3,000. Brazil has lost 17...

  The Senate of the University of Ibadan (UI) has elected Professor Adebola Ekanola as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University. Ekanola, the current Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, is from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts. Ekanola is to take over from the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, whose tenure ends today, November 30, 2020. At the start of the Special Senate meeting, having ruled out the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, Professor Adebola Ekanola from presiding, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership), Professor Olanike Adeyemo was unanimously agreed to preside. Also, the House went against a sole candidature for the position, thereby resolving that candidates should be nominated for the position, out of which an Acting VC will emerge. The meeting was later presided over by the Provost, College of  Medicine, Prof. Olayinka Omigbodun when Adeyemo was nominated.. The Senate members, therefore,...

The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan will make a decision on the appointment of an acting Vice-Chancellor on Monday, this blog  exclusively gathered. Recall that this blog  had last week reported that the institution may get an acting VC as the crisis rocking the process continued to fester . On Tuesday, the Education Minister Adamu Adamu ordered that the process for the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor should start afresh. While there were “hurried moves” on Wednesday to restart the process, it was unsuccessful as four council members staged a walk-out and over fifty percent of senate members boycotted it. Speaking with newsmen over the phone on Thursday, the council chairman, Mr. Waklek denied allegations that he is conspiring to impose a certain aspirant. “The allegations are not true. But you know when people are not happy with something they can say anything. The issue has been such that I wouldn’t want to talk to the press now. If you wouldn’t mind, you wo...

The process for the selection of the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan suffered another setback as the majority of members of the institution’s Senate boycotted the election held on Wednesday evening . This blog  had earlier reported that on Wednesday morning that following a letter from the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu to the chairman of the institution’s governing council chairman, an order was given for ongoing selection process to be halted. However, rather than allow the council members deliberate and take steps on the order the Vice Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka after an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening ordered the election of two senate representative members . This, AIBNETWORK  understands, is against due process as the mandate to start the process all over was given to the governing council. The Minister also explicitly warned that the VC, Olayinka should stay away from the process over multiple allegations that he is scheming to impose hi...

Crisis rocking University of Ibadan took a new turn on wednesday as four members of the Governing Council of the Premier University staged a walk out. The members included two external members appointed by the federal government Dr Jaju Muhammad and Prof Mande Samaila and two internal members of the council Professor Ademola Aremu and Professor Abel Olorunnisola. They walked after about five and half hour when the meeting had commenced. Investigations revealed that the members walked out after efforts to ensure that the Council maintain absolute control and act according to the letter from the Federal Government through the National Universities Commission and Federal Ministry of Education which asked the Council to review the entire process including re-inviting shortlisted 18 candidates for the VC position. Insider in the Council informed our correspondent that the management of the University under Professor Idowu Olayinka has “been gagging the Council. Those who staged were protest...

 The appointment of the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan has continued to deepen as the Senate has allegedly taken over the responsibilities of the Governing Council. AIBNETWORK  recalls that following the various petitions against the credibility of the selection process and protest from workers of the institution, the selection process was halted. This newspaper gathered that in a letter from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to the Chairman of the Governing Council, copied to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, the council was mandated to start the selection process all over again. The letter from the minister also ordered the council to conduct a new election for Senate representatives of the Joint selection committee and re-invite all 18 VC aspirants. The Minister also ordered the Vice-Chancellor, Olayinka to recuse himself from the entire process after multiple stakeholders alleged that he is working for the imposition of the deputy, Prof....

    Clash between Agodi Prison officials and commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada in Ibadan started this morning. Violence erupted at the Agodi Gate area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Tuesday when prison officials allegedly shot a motorcyclist. According to AIBNETWORK  reports, the okada rider had an argument with prison officials who wanted the access route to the prison cleared but the situation degenerated into violence leading to a crisis in the area. Thereafter, the police station at Gate was attacked allegedly by some angry motorcyclists. The okada rider who sustained a gunshot wound is, however, alive and receiving treatment at UCH Ibadan, while security operatives led by the Joint security task force Operation Burst have taken over to restore normalcy in the area. Meanwhile, contrary to some reports that the face-off was between the police and motorcycle riders, the police spokesman Gbenga Fadeyi said no policeman fired any shot at the scene...