1. Following the ongoing assessment and accreditation exercise by the National University Commission, both ESUT and ABSU satellite campuses located in Aba metropolis has been temporarily SHUTDOWN due to poor infrastructural facilities.

2. It has been reported that about 2, 000 members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos, led by Mr Abdulkareem Rafiu, a former security aide to Gov. Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday last week defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

3. Reports say 9 babies out of the 160 born by HIV/AIDS positive couples whose marriages were contracted under the auspices of Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (BACATMA) were HIV negative.

4. A 400 level student of the Department of Public Administration at the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Mr. Danusa Jimoh, has allegedly killed his wife, Mopelola, during a fight.
The couple, whose relationship is blessed with a child, were said to have got married in 2008 and they had consistently been at each other’s throat for various reasons.

4. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Gyang Daytong (PDP), and State House of Assembly member, (Majority leader) Gyang Fulani, both from Plateau State were killed yesterday in Plateau by gunmen at a funeral of some victims killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen who attacked six villages of Barkin Ladi Local Government in Plateau State. However, Plateau State government has imposed curfew in some major part of the State to calm the situation.

5. In a bid to promote farmers output, Borno State government has subsidized the cost of fertilizers for farmers in the state by 70%.

6. Information reaching EDESON NEWS reveals that erstwhile American music group, DESTINY CHILD are planning to re-unite and come up with a new album this year. Beyonce's dad & band manager, Mathew Knowles has confirmed the Destiny's Child will be releasing an album soon.

7. Elegant American singer, Alicia Keys is gearing up to released a new album entitled, TIMELESS, this year.

8. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday this week on his first official trip abroad since being sworn.

9. SPORTS/TENNIS: Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam in more than two years on Sunday, defeating Andy Murray in a tight major final 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to win his record-tying seventh Wimbledon championship. The victory returns Federer to No. 1 in the world.

13. SPORTS NEWS / FOOTBALL:
32 year old Malian footballer, Seydou Keita has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Dalian Aerbin of China after leaving Barcelona. He will be earning roughly €14-million from the deal.

14. SPORTS/HANDBALL:
It was a glorious weekend for Nigerian handball as the country on Saturday emerged the World U- 14 handball champion in Sweden.


NEWS EDITOR: ENDY EDESON

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