Chioma Umeha

On Tuesday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities responded to the president's remarks about the union's ongoing strike action, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.  There are rumors that Buhari encouraged the professors on strike on Monday to think about the next generation and go back to work in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu.  "We sincerely hope that ASUU will feel compassion for the workers on the indefinite strike. The days of keeping students at home are genuinely over. For goodness sake, don't harm the next generation, Buhari reportedly said. However, the president was charged with engaging in psychological games by including the next generation in his address, according to the chairperson of ASUU at Federal University of Minna, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin.  In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the ASUU chairperson claimed that the president, who had been outspoken about the union's issues before taking office, had fa

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated on Monday that Nigerians cannot risk making bad choices in the 2023 general elections.  Sanwo-Olu made this statement at the Lagos House, Ikeja at the First Family of Lagos State's 2022 Eid-ul-Adha celebration, which was sponsored by the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs.  Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor, spoke on his behalf when he urged Nigerians to make the best decision possible in 2023 because it will affect the destiny of their nation. He stated that because the outcome of the general elections in 2023 will have a significant impact on Nigeria's fate, Nigerians could not afford to choose the wrong leaders in that year's elections.  Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential nominee for the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the best candidate for 2023, he emphasized, because he has created links throughout Nigeria. He said that Tinubu had worked with individuals from many racial and ethnic groupings in the natio

President Muhammadu Buhari criticized the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday for allegedly being adamant in ending the prolonged strike, declaring that enough is enough about keeping students at home.  President Buhari urged the university lecturers not to harm the next generation for goodness sake and expressed his hope that ASUU would sympathize with the people affected by the long drawn strike. The President called on ASUU to change its stance on the protracted strike while speaking to lawmakers, governors, and other political figures at his home in Daura, Katsina State. He expressed concern that the strike will have generational effects on families, the educational system, and the nation's future development. The President claimed that the strike had already had an impact on the psychological well-being of parents, students, and other stakeholders, bringing to light numerous moral issues that urgently needed attention.  He stated that the country's futur

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been questioned by the Presidency about the ongoing strike. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President for Media and Publicity, questioned why ASUU was grabbing the President by the neck over a contract that his government had not signed. Shehu recalled that the disputed agreement was signed by the previous Federal Government in 2009.  Shehu, who appeared on the Channels Television program Politics Today, asserted that the Buhari administration is unable to fully satiate their demands. He acknowledged that other areas of the nation's economy require the Federal Government's attention.  Shehu contends that because the military needs weapons to combat terrorists, the government cannot focus solely on ASUU. According to him, the president of Nigeria has the right to make an appeal on behalf of Nigerians because the strike has been ongoing for at least six months. Is it proper for someone to demand to be compensate

  The selection of Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Lagos State, by ALL Progressives Congress presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to run on a Muslim-Muslim ticket has put the former governor on a collision course with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who reportedly warned that such an adoption would not bode well for the party or the nation.  Yesterday, a Presidency source revealed that Osinbajo had voiced strong opposition to the selection of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.  The source added that the VP opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2014 even before what ultimately turned out to be his own eventual nomination as VP. "Professor Osinbajo is opposed to this thing announced on Sunday, and his objections are well known both to the party and even the flagbearer himself," the source said.  Then, he allegedly told Tinubu that a Muslim-Muslim ticket would only marginalize Christians. Later, after emerging as the front-runner for the APC, President Buhari shared that viewpo

BY CHIOMA UMEHA Lagos A recent study from Tel Aviv University suggests a novel AIDS treatment that could be developed into a vaccine or used as a one-time treatment for people living with HIV, giving hope in the long-running search for the Human Immune Virus (HIV).  The research examined altering type B white blood cells in the patient's body to release anti-HIV antibodies in response to the virus, according to a report on Friday confirming the ground-breaking cure.  The study, which was carried out in collaboration with the Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), the George S. Wise department of life sciences, and the Dotan Center for Advanced Therapies, was directed by Dr. Adi Barzel and Ph.D. student Alessio Nehmad. Together with other academics from Israel and the United States, the study was conducted. The results were recently published in the esteemed journal Nature Biotechnology.  The use of medications that have changed AIDS from a fatal to a chronic condition has improved the

BY CHIOMA UMEHA Lagos Prostate cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the prostate gland grow uncontrollably, resulting in the formation of a malignant tumor.  Although it is a common form of cancer in men, prostate cancer is very treatable in its early stages. The prostate gland, which is located between the penis and the bladder, is where it starts. The prostate serves a number of purposes. These include releasing PSA, a protein that helps semen maintain its liquid state, producing the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm, and assisting with urine control.  If prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland, it is considered "advanced." It may have spread to nearby tissues, which doctors refer to as "locally advanced." It could also have spread to the lymph nodes, bones, or other parts of the body. Then it is referred to as metastatic prostate cancer. Early prostate cancer frequently has no symptoms, but screening can find changes that might be cancerous.