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With just one day of its
week-long strike, the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) reached
an agreement with the Federal
Government yesterday to
suspend the industrial action,
which grounded activities on
campuses.
Speaking on the development
in Abuja yesterday, Minister
of Labour and Productivity,
Chief Emeka Wogu disclosed
that the government had
reached an agreement with
ASUU to suspend the strike.
Wogu told State House
Correspondents at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja that
what was most important was
the state of the nation.
He asked: “Are we going to be
able to take the challenges
that will come with shutting
the universities? The answer is
‘no’ and they (ASUU) believe
that we should not go to that
extent. Because when you go to
that extent; that means that you
will drive people home, the
students will now go into the
streets and we are complaining
that most of our students are
being involved in some
unwholesome activities. So they
promised that they will
quickly look into it, and urged
government to equally keep
terms with the agreement”.
The minister said the meeting
agreed “that the
implementation committee that
has been in place since 2009
should be expanded to include
the Minister of Finance or the
representative of the Finance
Minister, who is equally the
coordinating minister of the
economy. It will include the
Minister of Labour and
Productivity and the Budget
Office.
“The committee will look at
the issues contained in that
2009 agreement and the issues
that have militated against the
implementation of that
agreement and come up with a
position that will indicate the
challenges of government or
indicate the challenges being
faced by ASUU.
“By the time we come up with
it, we will be able to
harmonize these issues and be
able to come up with a proper
position and brief Mr.
President on this and we
believe that if Mr. President
is fully briefed, he will
understand the issues at stake.
The issues that were put out at
the public domain, was that of
implementation of 70 years of
age but it is more than that”,
Wogu stated. He, however,
refused to mention other issues.
“People should not panic
because government has
appealed to ASUU to suspend
the strike because at this stage,
the government has done a lot
to make sure that we do not
get to that stage. I believe that
ASUU will listen to the pleas
of government. It is plea that
is coming from a party to the
agreement and they also have
made their own pleas. So it is a
consolidation of pleas”.
He disclosed that both parties
agreed that it will not be in
the interest of the nation for
the nation to witness another
round of closure of the
universities at this time in her
academic history.
But the one-week warning
strike, which began yesterday,
crippled academic activities at
both federal and state
universities.
The National Executive
Council (NEC) of ASUU,
after its meeting at the
University of Ibadan (UI),
directed its members to down
tool starting from yesterday,
following the failure of the
Federal Government to meet
their demands.
Visits to the University of
Lagos (UNILAG), Lagos
State University (LASU)
revealed that ASUU members
complied with the directive as
they stayed away from work.
The lecture halls were empty
while some academic staff
stayed away from their
offices with only the non-
academic on duty.
ASUU’s demands include
upward review of retirement
age for Professors from 65 to
70, adequate funding to
revitalize the university system
from 2009 to 2011,
progressive increase of
budgetary allocations to
education by 26 per cent,
transfer of Federal
Government property to
universities, setting up of
research and development units
by companies, payment of
earned allowances and
renegotiation of the signed
agreement.e issues that were put out at
the public domain, was that of
implementation of 70 years of
age but it is more than that”,
Wogu stated. He, however,
refused to mention other issues.
“People should not panic
because government has
appealed to ASUU to suspend
the strike because at this stage,
the government has done a lot
to make sure that we do not
get to that stage. I believe that
ASUU will listen to the pleas
of government. It is plea that
is coming from a party to the
agreement and they also have
made their own pleas. So it is a
consolidation of pleas”.
He disclosed that both parties
agreed that it will not be in
the interest of the nation for
the nation to witness another
round of closure of the
universities at this time in her
academic history.
But the one-week warning
strike, which began yesterday,
crippled academic activities at
both federal and state
universities.
The National Executive
Council (NEC) of ASUU,
after its meeting at the
University of Ibadan (UI),
directed its members to down
tool starting from yesterday,
following the failure of the
Federal Government to meet
their demands.
Visits to the University of
Lagos (UNILAG), Lagos
State University (LASU)
revealed that ASUU members
complied with the directive as
they stayed away from work.
The lecture halls were empty
while some academic staff
stayed away from their
offices with only the non-
academic on duty.
ASUU’s demands include
upward review of retirement
age for Professors from 65 to
70, adequate funding to
revitalize the university system
from 2009 to 2011,
progressive increase of
budgetary allocations to
education by 26 per cent,
transfer of Federal
Government property to
universities, setting up of
research and development units
by companies, payment of
earned allowances and
renegotiation of the signed
agreement.

The Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) has
ruled out any further
negotiation with the Federal
Government regarding its
agitation for the
implementation of
agreement reached with
government in connection
with improvement in the
nation’s educational sector,
declaring at the weekend
that there was no going back
on its one week nationwide
warning strike billed to
begin today.
The Southwestern arm of the
union, named the Ibadan
Zone met in Ibadan, Oyo
State capital, on Friday to
finetune strategies for the
one-week action at the end
of which its Coordinator,
Professor Akin Ajisegiri,
reiterated that the union
had foreclosed any further
negotiation with the
government in connection
with the proposed work
boycott, a prelude to a full
blown industrial action.
“We cannot wait for another
negotiation because we
believe that to negotiate is
being rubbished when
whatever that has been
negotiated at any cost is not
implemented. The
negotiation we had and the
implementation of which
started on July 1, 2009 was
due on 2004. It took three
years to negotiate, another
one year before the
agreement was signed. We
negotiated on the basis of
conditions of service. For
you to be productive, you
must be creative and the
enabling environment is not
being created for us to learn
in Nigeria. Laboratory is
dead. How can we expect a
breakthrough in Nigeria. A
laboratory that is supposed
to accommodate 50 now has
about 1,000 students.
What kind of training is
that? ASUU has decided that
enough is enough,” the ASUU
leader said.
He spoke as the University
of Ibadan chapter of ASUU
Chairman, Dr. Ademola
Aremu, asked Nigerians to
hold government and not the
union responsible for the
strike, which, he noted, had
become inevitable because
of the irresponsive and
irresponsible attitude of the
authorities. Aremu noted
that ASUU gave adequate
notice of the strike, which,
however, government as
usual, chose to ignore.
s to negotiate, another
one year before the
agreement was signed. We
negotiated on the basis of
conditions of service. For
you to be productive, you
must be creative and the
enabling environment is not
being created for us to learn
in Nigeria. Laboratory is
dead. How can we expect a
breakthrough in Nigeria. A
laboratory that is supposed
to accommodate 50 now has
about 1,000 students.
What kind of training is
that? ASUU has decided that
enough is enough,” the ASUU
leader said.
He spoke as the University
of Ibadan chapter of ASUU
Chairman, Dr. Ademola
Aremu, asked Nigerians to
hold government and not the
union responsible for the
strike, which, he noted, had
become inevitable because
of the irresponsive and
irresponsible attitude of the
authorities. Aremu noted
that ASUU gave adequate
notice of the strike, which,
however, government as
usual, chose to ignore.

Nasa says its six-tonne
UARS satellite plunged to
Earth over the Pacific
Ocean, off the US west
coast.
It appears likely the
decommissioned craft came
down between 03:23 and
05:09 GMT - with a best
estimate of 04:16.
If correct, this means any
debris that survived to the
surface probably went into
water and not on land.
The Upper Atmosphere
Research Satellite (UARS)
is the largest American
space agency satellite to
return uncontrolled into the
atmosphere in about 30
years.
The fall to Earth was
monitored by the Joint
Space Operations Center
(JSPOC) at Vandenberg Air
Force Base in California. Its
best estimate for the timing
of the re-entry would have
seen UARS come in at a
point well out into the North
Pacific.
However, if UARS re-entered
many minutes after 04:16, it
is possible debris could have
reached the American
landmass.
There were some
unconfirmed reports of
glowing wreckage moving
across the sky in western
Canada, but Nasa said it had
yet to receive credible
evidence that this was so,
less still that any debris
items had been found.
"I've got no reports that I've
seen that talk about people
who think they might have
recovered debris," Nick
Johnson, Nasa's chief
scientist for orbital debris
at the Johnson Space Center
in Houston, told reporters
during a media
teleconference.
"Obviously, we're going to
continue to keep our eyes
and ears open, and if we
receive any reports like that
we'll try to go verify."
Most of the 20-year-old
satellite should simply have
burnt up on re-entry into the
Earth's atmosphere, but
modelling work indicated
perhaps 500kg could have
survived to the surface.
Calculations estimated this
material would have been
scattered over an 800km
path. Nonetheless, with more
than 70% of the Earth's
surface covered by water,
many experts had offered
the view in recent weeks
that an ocean grave was
going to be the most
probable outcome for UARS.

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Hero loves heroine , but heroine
loves the villain.
But villain loves hero’s
sister,
and hero’s sister loves
heroine’s brother .
Here, heroine’s brother loves
villain’s sister .
But villain’s sister loves hero’s
brother.
Again!, hero’s brother is also
interested in heroine , and you
already know that heroine loves
villain.
Finally two people commit
suicide .
Who’re they?
Producer
and the Director!!

NASA was interviewing
professionals to be sent to
Mars.Only one person could go,
and he will not return to Earth.
The first applicant, an American
engineer, was asked how much
he wanted to be paid for going.
“ A million dollars”, he answered,
“because I wish to donate it to
M.I.T.”
The next applicant, a British
doctor, was asked the same
question.
He asked for two million dollars.
“I wish to give a million to my
family, he explained,
“ and leave the other million for
the advancement of medical
research. ”
The last applicant was an Igbo politician.
When asked how much money
he wanted, he whispered in the
interviewer ’s ear, “Three million
dollars.”
“Why so much more than the
others?” the interviewer asked.
The Igbo Politician replied, $1
million is for you, I’ll keep $1
million,and we’ll give the
American engineer $1million
and send him to Mars ”

A man checked into a hotel.
There was a computer in his
room , so he decided to send an
e-mail to his wife. However, he
accidentally typed wrong e-mail
address, and without realizing
his error, he sent the e-mail.
computer-in-hotel
Meanwhile… somewhere, a
widow had just returned home
from her husband’s funeral. The
widow decided to check her e-
mail, expecting messages from
relatives and friends. After
reading the first message, she
fainted. The widow ’s son rushed
into the room, found his mother
on the floor, and saw the
computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I’ve Reached Safely
Date: 21 st July, 2004
I know you’re surprised to hear
from me. They have computers
here now, and we are allowed to
send e-mails to our loved ones.
I ’ve just reached safely and have
been checked in. I see that
everything has been prepared
for your arrival tomorrow .
Looking forward to seeing you
then! Hope your journey is as
uneventful as mine was …

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The arrested girlfriend of kidnap
kingpin, Obioma Nwankwo, a.k.a
Osisikankwu, simply identified as
Ogochi has revealed to soldiers
where her ex-lover hid his arms
when he held sway as kidnap
generalissimo and terrorised
Abia State and Aba in particular.
Osisikankwu, his girlfriend,
Ogochi, alongside two others,
Polycarp and Chinedu were
arrested by soldiers of Operation
Jubilee, the special task force in
Abia from the 82 Division of the
Nigerian Army, Enugu, on
December 12 at an evil forest
near the Obokwe market in
Ukwa West Local Government
Area.
Osisikankwu and the other two
male comrades-in-arms were
shot dead in a crossfire with
soldiers while Ogochi was taken
into custody.
During interrogation, the bandit ’s
girlfriend said to be three
months pregnant, revealed to
soldiers the exact locations in
Ugwuati and other evil forests
where her ex-boyfriend hid
thousands of arms and
ammunition with which they
terrorised Abia and
neighbouring states.
Consequent upon the revelation,
according to a release by the
Assistant Director, Public
Relations of the 82 Div. of the
Nigerian Army, Enugu, Lt. Col.
Sagir Musa, the Division ’s GOC,
Maj-Gen. Sarki Yaki Bello on
Wednesday last week led a
cordon and search operation
into the evil forests.
The mop up of arms operation
recorded huge success as the
army recovered the following
new arms from the mentioned
areas: 48 empty magazine of AK
47; 3,848 rounds of 7.62mm
special ammunition; 538 rounds
of 7.62 mm Nato; 41 expended
cases of 7.62mm special
ammunition; some quantity of
dynamite and 3 RPG prima.

The Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission,
Mrs. Farida Waziri, might have
initiated discreet moves to
persuade President Goodluck
Jonathan to retain her as the
head of the anti-graft agency.
It was gathered that Waziri had
been visiting the residence of
Senate President, David Mark,
who is believed to be one of the
President ’s men to prevail on
Jonathan to halt any plans
remove her from the
commission.
SATURDAY PUNCH investigations
over the past two weeks showed
that Waziri was jolted by the
sudden withdrawal of the former
Director of Operations of the
commission, Mr. Steve Otitoju, by
the police authorities and his
replacement with Ibrahim
Lamorde, a former DOO of the
commission under Mallam Nuhu
Ribadu, without any prior notice.
SATURDAY PUNCH gathered the
EFCC chairman was not given the
opportunity to make the
announcement of Lamorde ’s
movement to the commission to
head the operations arm.
It was gathered that it was the
Inspector-General of Police, Mr.
Hafiz Ringim, who announced
Larmode ’s appointment and the
recall of Otitoju to his primary
duty post in the police.
It was learnt that Waziri initially
resisted the appointment of
Larmorde, but was told “it was a
directive from above.”
It was gathered that Otitoju
might not be the only policeman
on secondment to the EFCC, who
might be recalled as moves were
being made to replace all
policemen, who had put in three
years and above with fresh
police detectives as a way of
intensifying the campaign
against corruption in the society.
However, the Police Force Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Sola Amore,
denied the claim that a directive
had been issued to that effect
that the policemen on
secondment to the EFCC, who had
spent three years and above, be
recalled.
Our correspondent however
gathered that the change of
guards in the DOO office
signified that more far reaching
changes would soon be carried
out in the commission.
Larmorde, who was relieved of
his position in the EFCC in 2007
by the Yar ‘Adua Administration,
was the DOO under the inaugural
chairman of the commission –
Ribadu – now a presidential
aspirant under the umbrella of
the Action Congress of Nigeria.
Investigations showed that
Larmode was on his way to
replacing the chairman of the
commission because the
Presidency was not happy with
the state of the campaign against
corruption under the leadership
of Waziri.

THE Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP has fixed the
screening of its Presidential
aspirants, President
Goodluck Jonathan and
former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar for January 11,
2011.
According to the Party, its
governorship aspirants will
be screened December 21st
and 22nd, 2010 while those
of the Senators and
members of House of
Representatives will be 29th
and 30th respectively.
Addressing Journalists Friday
in Abuja on the outcome of
the 55th National Executive
Committee, NEC meeting held
on Thursday, the PDP
National Publicity Secretary,
Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali
who disclosed that the
Presidential candidate of the
party will emerge January
13th at a Special National
Convention, stressed that
Announcement and
Notification of INEC of PDP
Special Congresses and
Convention was on
December 16, 2010;
Publication of Notices of
Special/National Convention
and purchase and return of
Expression of Interest/
Nomination forms By
Aspirants to Elective offices
same Dec 16, 2010 and
election of 3 Adhoc Delegates
in Ward Congresses
Nationwide Dec28, 2010.
According to him, “the 55th
meeting of the National
Executive Committee (NEC) of
our great Party the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) held
yesterday here at the
National Secretariat of our
great Party. The meeting was
well attended by leaders of
the Party at various levels,
including the President, Dr.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the
Vice President, the Senate
President, State Governors,
Members of the Board of
Trustees and other Statutory
Members of NEC.

General Muhammadu Buhari
yesterday in Abuja declared
his intention to contest next
year ’s presidential election
on the platform of the
Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), with a pledge
to make genuine effort to
tackle the problems of the
Niger Delta from the roots.
“The roots of the problems
are corruption and the
failure of the Nigerian elite to
understand the grievances
and deep-seated feeling of
the people of Niger Delta, ” he
said.
The CPC presidential aspirant
spoke in the presence of a
large number of leaders of
several opposition parties on
several issues, including the
attempts to forge an alliance
with other parties.
Buhari said opposition
parties had arrived at the
conclusion that they must
come together to overthrow
the ruling PDP from power.
At the event were former
governor of Abia State, Chief
Orji Uzor Kalu of PPA, former
governor of Kaduna State,
Balarabe Musa of Peoples
Redemption Party (PRP), and
Charles Nwodo of
Progressive Action Congress
(PAC) and Prince Tony
Momoh.

Four suspects were paraded
by the Nigerian Police Force,
Airport Command on Friday
in connection with the stolen
Direct Data Capture (DDC)
machines of the
Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)
and that they will soon
appear in court.
Parading the four suspects,
Suleiman Issa, Mrs. Sumonu
Modupe, Lawal Lateef and
Bamidele Johnson, the
Commissioner of Police in
charge of the Airport
command, CP Moses Onireti
said they were arrested in
the early hours of the day by
detectives of the force in
various locations in the state.
CP. Onireti said the suspects
all arrested in Akowonjo and
Shasha areas of Alimosho in
Lagos, have all made useful
statements and that one
Yemi, a computer analyst at
the popular computer village
whom they sold the items is
said to be on the run,
“ efforts are on to track him
down.”
He said 20 Direct Data
Capture machine were
reported stolen and that they
recovered 16 but without
the essential parts. What we
recovered were empty
containers as nothing was
seen in the bags containing
the computers.

Four suspects were paraded
by the Nigerian Police Force,
Airport Command on Friday
in connection with the stolen
Direct Data Capture (DDC)
machines of the
Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)
and that they will soon
appear in court.
Parading the four suspects,
Suleiman Issa, Mrs. Sumonu
Modupe, Lawal Lateef and
Bamidele Johnson, the
Commissioner of Police in
charge of the Airport
command, CP Moses Onireti
said they were arrested in
the early hours of the day by
detectives of the force in
various locations in the state.
CP. Onireti said the suspects
all arrested in Akowonjo and
Shasha areas of Alimosho in
Lagos, have all made useful
statements and that one
Yemi, a computer analyst at
the popular computer village
whom they sold the items is
said to be on the run,
“ efforts are on to track him
down.”
He said 20 Direct Data
Capture machine were
reported stolen and that they
recovered 16 but without
the essential parts. What we
recovered were empty
containers as nothing was
seen in the bags containing
the computers.

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D merit list for 2010/2011 session is already out. Other lists to follow soon.

[color=#000099][/color]    Anambra state university is to resume 4rm their strike on 22nd Nov. Lectures starts same day.

Anambra state university may resume on 22th Nov,after Gov. Peter Obi agreed to increase their allocation 4rm 50million to 90million, But d students av said they will reject any attempt to increase school fees.