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OsunOriginal: Is this a political gathering or religious gathering? Or UN organising another meeting in Israel?

Nobody is talking about the expenses that will be incurred by this act of profligacy.

How many countries on earth is doing this?

ASUU is on strike, Jonathan flew his entire cabinet to Israel with millions of naira. Any seriously leader will avoid unnecessary expenses especially where it adds no value to the people.

nig2change: Rubbish. Height of joblessness. We lack investigative journalists.

steffans: NONE!!!

Promhize: I hate that useless BBA, so GUS for me.

njokusboy: Sons of Dogs... I am sure most of those canines cannot even spell their name... The only thing they are gud at is clutching rifles and charging lyk rams...

njokusboy: Owk..

obinoral: Does it change the price of garri in the market?

The Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerian students that the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be over in a few months.

The Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike stated this at the anniversary lecture of National Universities Commission, NUC, in Abuja.

The minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Dr. Macjohn Nwaobiala, reiterated Federal Government commitment in resolving the ongoing strike of ASUU.

According to Wike, “The Federal Government is very concerned about the state of public tertiary institutions in the country. The Federal Government is really worried about the ongoing strike of ASUU and the strike would be resolved in a few months.”

Professor John Daniel in his paper presentation titled, ‘Turbulent and Testing Times for Global Higher Education: Lessons for Nigeria’, said “online teaching and learning is now part of the future of most universities. Nigeria should be very good at this because without embarrassing you by pressing the point, I note that your country, through 419 scams, is a world leader in the use of the internet for less desirable purposes.”

He said higher education all over the world is facing lot of challenges that included youth unemployment and the current changes in the university system.

“These are indeed turbulent times, not only for United States of America but also for much of higher education globally”, he said.

A former Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Jubril Munzali, in his goodwill message, said the education sector for 21 years have been under funded and the significant increase in the funding of tertiary institutions were done through the struggle of ASUU.

He blamed the Federal Government lingering crisis rocking the nation’s university system.

He said it is time Federal Government listened to its agencies and allow NUC perform its statutory role and fund universities based on the advice of its agencies like NUC.

“Successive administrations in the country never paid adequate attention to university education”. He said the Federal Government process of direct funding of universities, have over the years resulted in mismanagement of the funds allocated to the institutions.

Governors Adams Oshomhole and Babatunde Fashola of Edo and Lagos States respectively say it is time for Nigeria to have a female president as male presidency has clearly failed the nation.

The duo spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2013 National Women Conference organized by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWLSO, held at the Eko Hotels and Suits, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday.

Speaking at the conference, with the theme: See Beyond Today: Enhance the Quality of Life, Oshiomhole, who declared the conference open, said the nation had decided to hold a national conference to deliberate on ethnicity and the geographical set up of the country, but wondered why the issue of female presidency was not brought into the front burner.

The Edo state governor stressed that it was time Nigeria deliberate to have a female president at the helms of affairs in the midst of absolute failure by the male counterpart who had been ruling the nation since 1960.

Oshiomhole said the feat achieved by the late former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher had not be rivaled till this moment, saying that the woman was able to take Britain to an enviable height.

“There are evidences around the world where women have led. There is no question in my mind that we need to create a level playing field for the women,” he stated.

In his goodwill message, Fashola said there was the need for women to take over the leadership of this nation as they had shown that they could be better leaders more than the male folk.

“We are waiting for the women to take over. Our world will be better if women take over. The best emerging economy today in the world is being driven by women. The women have been there with me in my government,” he said.

The governor also spoke on the need to control the burgeoning population of the nation, in the midst of pervading and rising cases of hunger in the land.

Fashola stated that statistics had it that two-third of the world’s seven billion population lived in abject poverty and that Nigerian women had the power to control the rising population of the nation.

“Can we consciously start slowing down the way we grow our population? If two-third already live in poverty, what chance for those coming after us if we are already in poverty?” He asked.

According to Fashola, “people are shy discussing this issue; the earlier we talk about it, the better. In 1970, the population of London was 8.5 million while Lagos was then 1.4 million.

“Today, London has dropped about one million population while Lagos has gone up to reach about 20 million. We can march out of poverty if we plan well.”

Fashola added that the Lagos State Government was already undergoing registration of all Lagosians for adequate planning for the population, urging the women register and to mobilize others to do the same so that government could plan for the future of their children.

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Mombasa, Kenya: The Sunday service at Vikwatani Redeemed Gospel Church turned into grief and wailing after the congregation found that its pastor had been killed the previous night.
The worshippers could not hold back tears as they turned to prayers cursing the evil that had visited the holy place.
Morris Ali, a choir member who was called to see the slain pastor from a nearby shed where he was practising the piano, said he was horrified by the sight of the preacher dead in a seat with a bible in his hand, his neck resting on the edge of the plastic seat.
According to the singer, the pastor was reading scriptures in readiness for Sunday’s sermon.
“When we came closer to him at the seat, we noticed blood was oozing from the head, an indication that something had hit and penetrated the skull,” he said.
They called neighbours, who claimed to have heard a gunshot at around midnight.
“It is a shock to us. We did not suspect that a bullet could be fired in church to kill the cleric and halt today’s service,” the choir man said.
Two months ago, the pastor revealed to the church that an unknown person had warned him through a text message (SMS) that he should be cautious for his life, but the threat did not bother the cleric, who continued to serve the church, Mr Ali said.
Mombasa Churches Forum Secretary Stanley Prince Nyachae said no property was stolen from the church.
Mr Nyachae added that the motive of the killers was not known.
He condemned the heinous act.
“We want the security agencies to investigate the matter to establish the people behind the killing inside the church,” he said.
The secretary said they would not speculate but awaited investigations to establish the pastor’s killers and their motive.
“We feel that security needs to be reinforced for all in Mombasa especially in churches to prevent more killings of church leaders,” he said.
SOURCE: IREPORTERSTV