A lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences, McPherson University, Seriki, Sotayo, Ogun State, Dr Ayodeji Adigun, has been awarded a research grant by the Royal Society of Chemistry of the United Kingdom.
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has demanded full-scale investigation into the bloody explosion that rocked Dejo Oyelese Street in the Bodija area of Ibadan, the state capital on Tuesday night. The SPN Oyo State chapter made the demand on Thursday in a statement issued by its State Secretary, Ayodeji Adigun, while sympathising with the victims and relatives of the explosion in which three persons have been confirmed while about 80 others were injured. The political party also demanded adequate compensation for the victims of the explosion.
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State chapter, has queued behind the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, in the state over its plan to give the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration an ultimatum to commence the immediate implementation of the N35,000 wage award. The Oyo State NLC Chapter had on Monday threatened to embark on a sit-at-home if the state government failed to honour its agreement by the end of October.