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Still on ASUU strike. I hope you have read a prior publication HERE about the outcome of yesterday's meeting.

Meanwhile, In a statement yesterday in Abuja by Senate President David Mark's Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, the Senate President said there were indications that the four-month-old industrial dispute would soon be resolved.
Mark said ASUU officials decried the lingering crisis, which has taken its toll on the nation.
Mark spoke in Abuja during a meeting with ASUU leaders, led by the union’s President, Dr Nasir Fagge.
Those at the meeting included Prof Festus Iyayi, Dr. Dipo Fashina, Prof Abdullahi Sule-Kano, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof Victor Osodeke, Dr. A. B. Baffa, Prof Suleiman Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr. Michael Odunmorayo.
The Senate President noted that the strike had brought hardship to students, parents and the lecturers.
He said: “It is time we resolve this matter in the interest of the nation.
“This is not a case of winners or losers. It is not a matter of ego. National interest is at stake. We must do all that is necessary to resolve this matter so that students and teachers can return to classrooms.
“Nobody is happy about the strike, which is in its fourth month. Nobody is happy that our education system is threatened by this ugly development. Let us end this strike for good.”
Dr Fagge said the struggle was necessitated by the need to improve the infrastructure and learning environment in universities.
He said the striking lecturers wished to produce graduates who could be as good as their counterparts in other parts of the world.
The union leader stressed that the strike did not profit the lecturers but was a needed sacrifice for the government to do the right thing in the Education sector.
He said: “We are not just lecturers; we are also parents and students. So, the strike is also affecting us negatively.”
The meeting later went into a closed-door session for about two-and-a-half hours.
The University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of the ASUU has said it is not against a dialogue with the Federal Government.
But it said the strike lingered for over four months because of the government’s high-handedness.
The union stressed that its dialogue with the government would have been fruitful, if the government had respected the agreement it signed with the union in 2009 as well as acted on the NEEDS Assessment Report.
A joint statement by the UNIJOS Chairman of the union, Dr. David Jangkam, and the Secretary, Dr. Wamnang, said: “Anything contrary or not based on a clear acceptance of the framework for implementing the 2009 agreement and NEEDS Assessment Report will be an imposition which will not be the solution to the present crisis.”
The statement added that the agreements were well documented and could not be jettisoned under any guise.
The UNJOS-ASUU urged President Goodluck Jonathan to follow the principles of the agreement to resolve the face-off, instead of applying high-handed tactics.
It hailed ASUU’s national leadership for sticking to its guns on the strike.

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Still on ASUU strike. I hope you have read a prior publication HERE about the outcome of yesterday's meeting.

Meanwhile, In a statement yesterday in Abuja by Senate President David Mark's Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, the Senate President said there were indications that the four-month-old industrial dispute would soon be resolved.
Mark said ASUU officials decried the lingering crisis, which has taken its toll on the nation.
Mark spoke in Abuja during a meeting with ASUU leaders, led by the union’s President, Dr Nasir Fagge.
Those at the meeting included Prof Festus Iyayi, Dr. Dipo Fashina, Prof Abdullahi Sule-Kano, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof Victor Osodeke, Dr. A. B. Baffa, Prof Suleiman Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr. Michael Odunmorayo.
The Senate President noted that the strike had brought hardship to students, parents and the lecturers.
He said: “It is time we resolve this matter in the interest of the nation.
“This is not a case of winners or losers. It is not a matter of ego. National interest is at stake. We must do all that is necessary to resolve this matter so that students and teachers can return to classrooms.
“Nobody is happy about the strike, which is in its fourth month. Nobody is happy that our education system is threatened by this ugly development. Let us end this strike for good.”
Dr Fagge said the struggle was necessitated by the need to improve the infrastructure and learning environment in universities.
He said the striking lecturers wished to produce graduates who could be as good as their counterparts in other parts of the world.
The union leader stressed that the strike did not profit the lecturers but was a needed sacrifice for the government to do the right thing in the Education sector.
He said: “We are not just lecturers; we are also parents and students. So, the strike is also affecting us negatively.”
The meeting later went into a closed-door session for about two-and-a-half hours.
The University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of the ASUU has said it is not against a dialogue with the Federal Government.
But it said the strike lingered for over four months because of the government’s high-handedness.
The union stressed that its dialogue with the government would have been fruitful, if the government had respected the agreement it signed with the union in 2009 as well as acted on the NEEDS Assessment Report.
A joint statement by the UNIJOS Chairman of the union, Dr. David Jangkam, and the Secretary, Dr. Wamnang, said: “Anything contrary or not based on a clear acceptance of the framework for implementing the 2009 agreement and NEEDS Assessment Report will be an imposition which will not be the solution to the present crisis.”
The statement added that the agreements were well documented and could not be jettisoned under any guise.
The UNJOS-ASUU urged President Goodluck Jonathan to follow the principles of the agreement to resolve the face-off, instead of applying high-handed tactics.
It hailed ASUU’s national leadership for sticking to its guns on the strike.

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Anambra State University in Uli has been renamed after the Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in celebration of his 80th posthumous birthday.


The Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, announced the renaming in a live broadcast on the television station of the Anambra Broadcasting Service.

He reiterated the commitment of his administration to restoring standards which demand a simultaneous transformation of all sectors and the recognition of role models.

He urged the people of Anambra State to continue to seek ways of making the state a great one.

Late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and politician. He served as the Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966.

He was the leader of the unsuccessful breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and a Nigerian politician from 1983 until he died on November 26, 2011, aged 78.
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Chika Ike and Bob-Manuel Udokwu are shooting this movie where Chika Ike is an Okada driver. Wow! thumbs up for her joor! I know many can't do this.
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The United States of America, Thursday re-stated its commitment to join the Federal Government and counter terrorism experts in wiping out Boko Haram and its war of extermination against defenceless civilians in the northern part of the country.

According to the statement, in spite of the increased spate of activities of Boko Haram and similar terrorist groups in the sub-region, which made many wonder if U.S. diplomacy in West Africa had failed, the US was resolute in its commitment to fight terrorism to a stand-still.

The statement was made during the eighth annual Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSTP), chaired by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs.

Thomas-Greenfield expressed dismay at the incessant killing of civilians in the northern region of Nigeria by Boko Haram, while in Libya, Tunisia and Mali, Algeria and Niger Republic, terrorists continue to capitalise on the relative political instability in those countries, “but the stakes for TSCTP have never been higher than they are today,” Thomas-Greenfield asserted.

According to the US Bureau of African Affairs, sponsors of the conference, in the past 18 months, there had been rising political instability in Libya, Tunisia, and Mali as terrorists capitalise on this to carry out attacks against civilians.

Said the Under-Secretary of State: “Indeed, events in Mali raised hard questions. We should continue to seek broad understanding of the lessons learned from Mali. However, it is important to note that despite this setback we experienced, the region as a whole responded rapidly to events in Mali, which was possible in part due to international support, including TSCTP’s enduring engagement and capacity-building efforts.”

Addressing the conference, Thomas-Greenfield noted that last year underscored the real threat posed by al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb, or "AQIM," and associated violent extremist groups throughout this vulnerable region. “But at the same time,” Thomas-Greenfield noted, 2012 underscored the resolve of governments and civil society groups to counter that threat. African forces – many of them U.S.-trained – responded to the situation in Mali and worked alongside the French military to push back AQIM from safe havens in northern Mali,” where Nigeria along with UN troops fought to repel the activities of these terrorists while helping to re-direct the country along an elected democratic government, which has largely weakened the base of the terrorists and rebel allies.

Said Thomas-Greenfield:”The intervention left AQIM scattered, fractured, and demoralised. And then, Malians took to the polls in a historic democratic election – an election that was a powerful rebuke to the restrictive rule and violent extremist ideology that AQIM imposed.

Meanwhile, the governments of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger have recommitted to counter terrorism and to enhance security along their shared borders.”

Thomas-Greenfield painstakingly gave statistics which showed that In 2005, the architects of TSCTP rightly understood that the majority of communities across North and West Africa rejected violent extremist ideology, and that the governments were largely committed to countering AQIM and other violent extremist groups. What is needed, she said, is not imposing US solutions, but rather, building resilience, building capacity, and building partnerships. “Almost a decade later.”

she argued, “that approach remains sound and should continue to be at the heart of our strategy.
“The region faces significant terrorist threats, which continue to morph, exploiting local grievances and divisions between various ethnic groups, porous borders, and weak institutions. While violent extremism manifests differently across the vast region comprising the Sahel and Maghreb, we see linkages between violent extremist groups across borders. In response, our strategy must be increasingly regional and comprehensive.”

According to Thomas-Greenfield, earlier this year, Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman convened a working group of relevant Department of State and USAID offices to review the strategy toward the Sahel-Maghreb region. The working group identified five core recommendations – all of which should guide the collective efforts on moving forward.

The first of these recommendations is a focus on stabilizing the Libya-Niger-Mali corridor, which has become a main area of operations and transit for AQIM and its associated groups. Second, s a suggestion on looking for ways to push good governance, the rule of law, human rights, and inclusive economic growth across the region while thinking about how it can support peaceful, successful elections across the region, particularly in Burkina Faso, Niger, Libya, and Nigeria.

Third is an aim at strengthening regional cooperation and synchronisation efforts with key international partners. Fourth, it recommends for ways of helping governments and communities manage their borders as a focus for US security and development assistance. Fifth and finally, in conjunction with the first four recommendations, the working group agreed to strengthen TSCTP. “We have since conducted an interagency review. The review concluded “that while TSCTP is not the vehicle to advance all of our priorities in the region, it remains an essential program to build state and civil society capacity and cooperation to counter terrorism.”

Source: Thisday

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Rihanna in her recent tweet said that she loves playing with wild animals. To justify this, she went ahead to upload pictures of hers naked with snake.
Hmmm, is this part of the illuminat's plans?
see tweet below

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This is to inform all prospective National and Higher National Diploma students of The Polytechnic Ibadan that the result of their 2013/2014 screening has been released.

To check scores, candidates are to logon to the accounts they created in the school portal during application.

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Their has been news online that Davido has planned to have a skelewu reshoot with Clarence Peters on a 7million deal. This is due to a blackberry conversation retrieved. See the coversation below

However, Davido has denied this fact saying that, it can't be true. See his tweet below

But, is this guy really confused?

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Hmmm. Is this dude using Nigerians for jambolee?
See his tweet below

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Dammy krane was invited by Chief Afe Babalola to perform at the 1st convocation ceremony of ABUAD alongside king Sunny Ade,he delivered an electrifying performance,carrying along the young and the old. In Presence was Ex-President His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (who sang along with him) and Governors of different states.

WATCH HERE http://..com/2013/10/must-watch-obasanjo-sings-with-dammy.html

Courageous and outlandish almost at the same time, Burna Boy still manages to perform a decent set of his smash hit, “Run My Race” on the final day of Felabration 2013. We’ve seen the photos, we’ve made our comments, now watch the enthralling performance and make some more.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
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One of the top American rappers, Wiz Khalifa recently on his tweet called Amber Rose a criminal. He actually said that she is his partner in crime.

Wow! What kind of crime if I may ask?

source: http://..com/2013/10/wiz-khalifa-calls-amber-rose-criminal.html

The volume of currency-in-circulation dropped to N1.44 trillion in August, representing a drop of about one per cent against the July figure, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Economy report released at the weekend.
The report said the development relative to the preceding month, reflected the fall in currency outside banks and vault cash, respectively. It added that the total deposits at the apex bank amounted to N6.5 trillion, indicating an increase of 7.5 per cent above the level as at the end of the preceding month.
The development reflected, largely, the increase in commercial banks’ and Federal Government’s deposits, which more than offset the fall in private sector deposits.
It said the introduction of the 50 per cent Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) on all public sector deposits in August, precipitated volatilities in most financial market indicators, stating that there was a reduction in the level of liquidity in the system due to the sterilisation of N896.43 billion and the delay in the release of fiscal allocation, which did not impact on the banking system liquidity until August 26, 2013.
It said the government’s bonds and treasury bills were issued at the primary market on behalf of the Debt Management Office (DMO) for the fiscal operations of the Federal Government, adding that the provisional data indicated that the total value of money market assets outstanding as at end of August 2013, was N6.5 trillion, indicating a decline of 0.1 per cent, in contrast with the increase of 0.3 per cent at the end of the preceding month.
This development was attributed largely, to the 4.4 per cent and 9.4 per cent decrease in Bankers Acceptances and Commercial Paper, respectively. “The value of Commercial Paper (CP) held by the commercial banks at end-August stood at N16.59 billion, indicating a decline of 9.4 per cent, compared with the value of N18.30 billion at the end of the preceding month,” the report said.
It attributed the development to the 18.6 per cent decline in investment in CP by the merchant banks during the review period, “thus CP constituted 0.25 per cent of the total value of money market assets outstanding, at the end of the review period, compared with 0.28 per cent at the end of the preceding month.”
The report said government bonds of three and 20-year tenors were offered in the market during the review month. The total amount offered, subscribed to and allotted stood at N70 billion, N152.42 billion and N70 billion, respectively, it said, adding that the bid rates on the two tranches ranged from nine per cent to 15.69 per cent and the marginal rates were 13.05 per cent and 13.49 per cent for the three-and 20–year tenors, respectively.
Also, the CBN report said the 20-year bond was re-opened with time to maturity of 16 years 11 months, while the three-year bond was a new issue. In the preceding month, the five- and 20-year tenors were re-opened at marginal rates of 13.45 per cent and 13.79 per cent. The amount offered, subscribed to, and allotted was N55 billion, N135.93 billion and N55 billion, respectively.
The report indicated that total assets of the discount houses stood at N231.73 billion at the end of August, showing a decline of 9.2 per cent below the level at end of July, 2013. The report explained that the development was accounted for, largely, by the 18.9 per cent and 1.4 per cent decline in claims on the federal and state governments, respectively.
Correspondingly, the decline in total liabilities was attributed, largely, to the 18.9 per cent and 28.2 per cent fall in other amount owed to commercial banks and other liabilities, respectively. Discount houses investment in Federal Government securities of less than 91-day maturity decreased by 60 per cent to N29.55 billion and accounted for 17.0 per cent of their total deposit liabilities. Thus, investment in Federal Government securities was 43 percentage points below the prescribed minimum level of 60 per cent, the report added.


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