A pro-democracy advocate, Dr. Malcolm Fabiyi, has advised Nigerians not to expect the country’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to take nonpartisan actions because the people who run the commission have obvious partisan affiliations. The former University of Lagos Students’ Union leader made the remarks during an exclusive interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica on Sunday. Fabiyi argued that the major challenge in the last general election was how results could be reliably transmitted from the polling units.
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The Students' Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike has condemned the University of Lagos (UNILAG) management over a threatening message issued via Telegram to students for speaking against hike in some of the charges imposed on them by the university authorities. In a press statement released by the group on Saturday, the group said the threat message came from the office of the university Dean of Students’ Affairs, Professor Musa Obalola.
A student activist, Mr Olorunfemi Adeyeye, who was rusticated in 2016 by the University of Lagos for organising and leading a protest against poor infrastructure on campus, has now graduated after seven years.