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These are not the best times for most
students of government-owned
universities in the country. They have
been reacting to the latest happenings.
While some support the directive of the
federal government, others are against
such directive.
“Giving ASUU an ultimatum might just
serve to heighten the scepticism of ASUU
towards FG’s promises,” Although I am
vexed the students are not considered.
Mary Scott, 400level student, University of
Lagos said.
“Are we back to the military era? Where
threat and command language are
used?” Maurice David asks on a social
media platform.
He said: “I pity this govt that lack sane
people in position as ministers. How can
government move ten steps backward
only at the point of signing agreement?
Just at the point the agreement is to be
signed government begins to issue fiat
and threats to scatter the table. This is
shame!”
For Joel Otuyelu, a student of UNILAG
“This is a serious sensational movie. I
can’t wait for the next episode. How
Jona wan turn democracy to autocracy?”
“An agreement is supposed to be
honoured if the federal government
cannot sign and seal an agreement it
reached with ASUU on November 4
2013, then the future of Private
universities is bright in this country,
”Akinpelu Tolulope, UNILAG student said.
Tolulope further stated “The goal for
ending the strike should not be to save
parents anxiety or to take pity on
students or to save lecturers’ job or to
graduate students: it is to save the
university system so that it becomes
what it is supposed to be.
“In this, ASUU should not fear an empty
threat by the federal government but
rather see itself as a vanguard-probably
the only active one-dedicated to making
the government begin to tread the path
of responsible good governance in the
administration of tertiary education in
Nigeria .”
For Hassan Aliu, an undergraduate,
“What we have in this administration are
not leaders but bunch of criminals who
think we are in the military era. Who
think their threat will put fear in ASUU to
call of the strike. This shows the
insincerity of this government. The
question here is that is Jonathan worth
to be trusted and called a leader.”
However, Ugwu Henry is of the opinion
that ASUU has bitten more than they can
chew.
“ASUU has provoked the Federal
Government. It is a pity that after so
much capitulation by the FG, ASUU is
playing with the future of Nigerian
students. ASUU has failed to be
considerate. Why should one demand for
salary when one has failed to work? I
honestly hope the FG comes down hard
on ASUU and resists any pressure to pay
wages not earned.”
In the same vein, Justin Ebaretonbofa
has this to say: “Federal govt should do
whatever they want. Nigerians are fed
up with ASUU. When you ask federal
government for anything you don’t
expect them to give u 100 per cent of
your needs.
“It has never happen that way and it
won’t happen now. ASUU is playing
politics with the future of students. The
lecturers who refuse to resume should
be sack and new ones employ. After all
there are millions of more qualified PhD
holders looking for lecturing job. Haba !”
According to Peremobowei Amakama, “I
appreciate the FG directive to ASUU.
ASUU has over-stressed the patience of
FG and also mortgaging the future of
Nigerian youths for their selfish reasons.
Let the ones that believe we must move
forward resume to class and account for
their patriotism to Nigeria.”
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students-react/

These are not the best times for most
students of government-owned
universities in the country. They have
been reacting to the latest happenings.
While some support the directive of the
federal government, others are against
such directive.
“Giving ASUU an ultimatum might just
serve to heighten the scepticism of ASUU
towards FG’s promises,” Although I am
vexed the students are not considered.
Mary Scott, 400level student, University of
Lagos said.
“Are we back to the military era? Where
threat and command language are
used?” Maurice David asks on a social
media platform.
He said: “I pity this govt that lack sane
people in position as ministers. How can
government move ten steps backward
only at the point of signing agreement?
Just at the point the agreement is to be
signed government begins to issue fiat
and threats to scatter the table. This is
shame!”
For Joel Otuyelu, a student of UNILAG
“This is a serious sensational movie. I
can’t wait for the next episode. How
Jona wan turn democracy to autocracy?”
“An agreement is supposed to be
honoured if the federal government
cannot sign and seal an agreement it
reached with ASUU on November 4
2013, then the future of Private
universities is bright in this country,
”Akinpelu Tolulope, UNILAG student said.
Tolulope further stated “The goal for
ending the strike should not be to save
parents anxiety or to take pity on
students or to save lecturers’ job or to
graduate students: it is to save the
university system so that it becomes
what it is supposed to be.
“In this, ASUU should not fear an empty
threat by the federal government but
rather see itself as a vanguard-probably
the only active one-dedicated to making
the government begin to tread the path
of responsible good governance in the
administration of tertiary education in
Nigeria .”
For Hassan Aliu, an undergraduate,
“What we have in this administration are
not leaders but bunch of criminals who
think we are in the military era. Who
think their threat will put fear in ASUU to
call of the strike. This shows the
insincerity of this government. The
question here is that is Jonathan worth
to be trusted and called a leader.”
However, Ugwu Henry is of the opinion
that ASUU has bitten more than they can
chew.
“ASUU has provoked the Federal
Government. It is a pity that after so
much capitulation by the FG, ASUU is
playing with the future of Nigerian
students. ASUU has failed to be
considerate. Why should one demand for
salary when one has failed to work? I
honestly hope the FG comes down hard
on ASUU and resists any pressure to pay
wages not earned.”
In the same vein, Justin Ebaretonbofa
has this to say: “Federal govt should do
whatever they want. Nigerians are fed
up with ASUU. When you ask federal
government for anything you don’t
expect them to give u 100 per cent of
your needs.
“It has never happen that way and it
won’t happen now. ASUU is playing
politics with the future of students. The
lecturers who refuse to resume should
be sack and new ones employ. After all
there are millions of more qualified PhD
holders looking for lecturing job. Haba !”
According to Peremobowei Amakama, “I
appreciate the FG directive to ASUU.
ASUU has over-stressed the patience of
FG and also mortgaging the future of
Nigerian youths for their selfish reasons.
Let the ones that believe we must move
forward resume to class and account for
their patriotism to Nigeria.”SOURCE:
thenationonlineng.net/new/fgasuu-students-react/

MINNA — Nemesis has caught up with a 24-
year-old farmer, Danladi Abubakar, who
allegedly beheaded an 11-month-old girl for
rituals.
Danladi, after being arrested by the State
Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,
confessed that the deal was to fetch him
N20,000. He was allegedly contracted by a
man in Bida, Niger State, who is said to be
on the run.
The incidence happened in Fujeregi village,
Gbako Local Government Area of the state
recently.
The farmer was said to have sneaked into
the room of the baby’s father, Malam
Mohammed Worogi, where he smuggled the
baby to a hidden place and beheaded her.
He also severed her private parts.
The sudden disappearance of the child soon
aroused the parent’s curiosity. The villagers
then constituted a search party but their
efforts did not immediately yield any
dividend until a special prayer was
organised.
After the prayers, Danladi came out and
confessed to the crime.
The incidence was immediately reported at
the police divisional office in Lemu town
leading to Danladi’s arrest.
He was immediately charged to Minna
Magistrate Court 7 on one-count charge of
culpable homicide punishable under Section
222 of the panel code law.
When the charge was read to him by the
presiding magistrate, Maryam Ladidi King,
he pleaded guilty.SOURCE:VANGUARDNGR.COM

University teachers are seeking audience
with President Goodluck Jonathan.
They delivered yesterday a letter
containing the request to the
Supervising Minister for Education, Chief.
Nyesom Wike.
Also, top leaders of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU), led by
National President, Dr. Nasir Issa Fagge,
converged yesterday on Abuja for the
last stage of discussions with the Federal
Government.
The leaders were awaiting the
President’s invitation on the three
conditions they tabled for the almost five
-month strike to be called off.
The conditions are:
• commitment from the President that
any review or reconsideration or
renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement
will not substantially affect the
Agreement which is the cause of the
ongoing strike;
• immediate payment of all outstanding
salary arrears and allowances of varsity
teachers without victimisation; and
•a written commitment from the
President that the Federal Government
will commit N225billion annually to the
funding of universities for the next four
years.
ASUU’s letter was delivered to the
Minister through its Liaison Officer in
Abuja.
But the minister has described the
demand as outrageous.
Wike said: “I will have to see Mr.
President to see how the government
can go about this development, which is
not favourable. It is outrageous. ASUU is
now making fresh demands and this will
definitely need further discussion.”
In the letter, the union demanded that it
would want the last tranche of the
negotiation with the Federal Government
to be witnessed by President of the
Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC)
Abduwaheed Omar and Attorney-General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice
Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN).
A top source, who spoke in confidence
with our correspondent, said ASUU
leaders were determined to see that any
agreement with the Federal Government
has legal binding.
The source said: “ASUU leaders are not
ready to take anything for granted this
time around; every clause in whatever is
agreed upon will have legal effect on the
two parties.
“This is why ASUU leaders have asked for
the NLC President and the AGF to be
present. They do not want a situation
where the government will deny such
agreement in the near future.
“It was amazing how the government
had been faulting the 2009 Agreement,
which it was part of. This shows that
ASUU must be extremely careful.”
There were indications also that the
Federal Government was also firming up
its position on the conditions set by
ASUU.
A Presidency source said: “The
government is also weighing options on
the demands of ASUU especially the
aspects relating to financial commitment.
“You know, what the government
spends has to depend on what it earns.
If there is a binding financial
commitment and there is global
recession in the oil industry, will
government now look for money at all
cost?
“This is one grey area of the pending
agreement on which the two parties
must reach a compromise.”
A source close to ASUU however said
varsity students may stay at home till
next year when the government will be
ready to meet the union’s demand.
The source said the government’s plan is
to deceive ASUU into calling off the strike
and still not implement the 2009
agreement.
“ASUU will not chicken out of its fight.
The death of Iyayi has further deepened
our resolve to ensure that government
implements the 2009 agreement. This
fight is for the university community and
not for ASUU. Many people are
insinuating that we are fighting for the
2009 to be implemented to favour ASUU.
They can say whatever they like that will
not deter us.
”Government knows what to do. But
people in the same government are
mismanaging public funds which can be
used to implement the said FG/ASUU
agreement. Many of us at the ASUU
session at Mambayya House in Kano
resolved that government must meet the
2009 agreement.”
Wike yesterday condemned new
conditions which the union insists must
be met before a truce could be achieved.
Wike spoke during his meeting with
Commissioners of Education in Abuja.
He confirmed that ASUU had given new
conditions to call off the strike.
The Minister at the meeting with the
commissioners assured them of the
readiness of the Federal Government to
support state governments in the
development of educationSOURCE:THENATIONONLINENG.NET

ABUJA — The Federal Government,
yesterday, condemned the new conditions
which Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, insists must be met before the five-
month old strike could be called off.
The three conditions were payment of four
months salaries, which accumulated during
the period of the strike; immediate
implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered
by the government to public universities,
starting with the release of N100 billion this
year and the balance of N1.1 trillion to be
spread over five years from 2014.
The union also demanded that the salary
arrears must not be paid in piecemeal.
These were some of the resolutions reached
by members of the National Executive
Council, NEC, of the union that met in Kano
on Friday.
Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom
Wike, condemned the new conditions but
assured that he would present them before
President Goodluck Jonathan.
EBSU breaks ranks, recalls students
Meanwhile, the management of Ebonyi State
University, Abakaliki, EBSU, yesterday
ordered lecturers and students of the
institution to return to classes following the
inability of ASUU to end its strike.
A statement by the Registrar of the
institution, Mr. Sam Egwu, stressed that the
institution had resolved to resume academic
activities regardless of the ASUU-FG dispute,
adding that academic activities would
resume in all the campuses of the institution
from today, Tuesday, November 26.
EBSU chapter of ASUU however, said that
lecturers would not return to classes until
their demands were met in line with the
position of its national body.SOURCE:www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/fg-condemns-asuus-new-demands/

Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, on
Monday pulled out of the ongoing strike
embarked on by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU).
The school authorities took the decision
following the failure of the ASUU
National Executive Council which met in
Kano at the weekend to put to an end to
the strike.
A statement issued by the institution’s
Registrar, Mr. Sam Egwu, said academic
activities will resume in all the university
campuses on Tuesday.
The statement said, “Having waited
patiently for Federal Government and
ASUU to resolve the impasse occasioned
by the over four months strike embarked
upon by the union to no avail, the
management of EBSU on Monday,
November 26 resolved to reopen the
school.
“We therefore inform all concerned that
teaching and learning will begin fully on
Tuesday, 26th, November, 2013. This is
to enable us cover what we have lost to
the strike.”SOURCE:THENATIONONLINENG.NET

Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, on
Monday pulled out of the ongoing strike
embarked on by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU).
The school authorities took the decision
following the failure of the ASUU
National Executive Council which met in
Kano at the weekend to put to an end to
the strike.
A statement issued by the institution’s
Registrar, Mr. Sam Egwu, said academic
activities will resume in all the university
campuses on Tuesday.
The statement said, “Having waited
patiently for Federal Government and
ASUU to resolve the impasse occasioned
by the over four months strike embarked
upon by the union to no avail, the
management of EBSU on Monday,
November 26 resolved to reopen the
school.
“We therefore inform all concerned that
teaching and learning will begin fully on
Tuesday, 26th, November, 2013. This is
to enable us cover what we have lost to
the strike.”SOURCE:THENATIONONLINENG.NET

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos,
UNIJOS, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai, has appealed
to striking lecturers, especially the
institution’s local chapter, to accept the offer
made by President Goodluck Jonathan at a
recent meeting with their leadership and call
off their over four-month old strike.
”Continuing the strike will in no way help,
but we should take what government has
given and press forward for the good of all
as no one can deny that this government
has done what no government has done in
regards to the welfare of ASUU”, he told
newsmen at the weekend.
”President Jonathan has done well by
looking into the problems of ASUU; my
appeal to them is to call off the strike.”
Mafuyai said UNIJOS has been recording
various achievements in the area of
research which has earned it recognition
within and without the country.
He said that the university has been involved
in phytomedicine researches for which it
won a grant of $8,000,000 for the
establishment of African Centre of Excellence
sponsored by the World Bank.
”The university has produced anti-diabetic
product, anti-hypertensive product, anti-
snake venom vaccine and contraceptive
product which it wants patented and
produced in a commercial quantity “to force
the university research out of the shelf for
the advancement of the country and we are
seeking for industries to partner with us to
patent our products from phytomedicines”,
the VC said. SOURCE:VANGUARDNGR.COM

The Presidency on Friday rejected calls by
some individuals, groups and political
parties for the sacking of the National
Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega
over the inconclusive Anambra
governorship election.
Special Adviser to the President on Political
Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, in an interview
with SUNDAY PUNCH in Abuja, assured
Nigerians that President Goodluck
Jonathan would not sack the INEC boss.
While describing the call for Jega’s removal
as laughable, Gulak said Jega, as far as the
inconclusive election was concerned, did
nothing wrong to warrant his removal from
office.
He accused the opposition All Progressives
Congress of allegedly causing confusion by
importing thugs into the state from Lagos
and Osun states.
The presidential aide wondered whether
those calling for the sacking of the INEC
boss were conversant with the provisions
of the constitution, saying the President
cannot single-handedly sack him without
the approval of the Senate.
Gulak said, “The call is very laughable. It was
the APC that ‘imported’ thugs from Lagos
and Osun states. Security operatives
arrested them and we all saw them.
“The APC people cannot be beneficiary of
their own bad acts. So on that, the
President will not sack Jega.
“I wonder if those making the calls are
familiar with the provision. Jega can only be
sacked through the process that he was
appointed. The Senate must approve such
decision before it can be carried out.”
Gulak spoke even as calls for Jega’s removal
polarised civil society groups and a group
of political parties.
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties
demanded Jega’s immediate removal over
the governorship poll.
CNPP’s call received support from the
Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics,
Professionals and Businessmen.
However, several civil society groups
including the Voters Assembly, the Civil
Liberties Organisation, Spaces for Change
and the Campaign For Democracy described
such calls as hasty.
Spokesman for the CNPP, Mr. Osita
Okechukwu told SUNDAY PUNCH, in a
telephone interview in Abuja that Jega
should either resign or be sacked.
According to him, Jega could not be trusted
with the 2015 elections because he had
shown lack of capacity in conducting “a
small election” in a state with all the human
and material resources at his disposal.
He noted that Anambra State did not pose
the kind of logistical challenge other states
were likely to provide, yet the Jega-led INEC
failed in spite of “all the resources
deployed.”
Okechukwu said, “Over 20,000 security
agents were deployed; INEC will not have
the luxury of deploying such a number of
security agents to all the states in 2015.
“We are asking for his resignation or
removal because it is either he is grossly
inept or grossly lacking capacity or he is
complicit; either of them is dangerous for
2015.
“If he has any of these features, it is
dangerous for him to preside over the
2015 general elections. Imagine a situation
where voters in Kano, Lagos, Aba, and Port-
Harcourt, come to the polling station in
2015 and then their names are deleted
from the register, can you imagine the
mayhem?”
He also said it was instructive that there
were only problems in the strongholds of
the candidates other than that of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance.
Speaking in a similar vein, National
Convener of the NPAPB, Dr. Junaid
Mohammed, said, “I fully endorse calls for
the immediate sacking of Jega. There will be
no election in 2015 with Jega as INEC
Chairman. He should be fired, the entire
INEC should be disbanded. All the National
Commissioners and the Resident Electoral
Commissioners should be fired.”
He suggested that the electoral law should
be amended to allow citizens, civil society
groups and other stakeholders in
democracy to have a say in electing and
confirming the chairman of INEC and all the
National Commissioners and Resident
Electoral Commissioners.
Mohammed said it was a travesty that the
President, who was going to be judged by
the conduct of INEC, was the same person
given the responsibility of appointing the
INEC chairman and all commissioners.
He stressed, “It is undemocratic; it is also
plain stupid and irresponsible to ignore.
“The overwhelming majority of Nigerians,
whether it is the civil society, political
parties and other stakeholders in our
democracy, who are going to be affected by
the decisions of INEC, ought to have a say in
who becomes the chairman and those who
become commissioners.”
Some civil society groups that monitored
the election, however, described the call for
Jega’s removal as too hasty, because the
obvious lapses during the Anambra election
were not directly Jega’s fault.
The Transition Monitoring Group, a coalition
of civil society organisations, said there was
no evidence that Jega connived with
anybody to sabotage the election.
Speaking for the group, the Chairman,
Voters’ Assembly, Moshood Erubami, said,
“We don’t believe Jega should be removed.
He has not shown in any way that he
connived with anybody to sabotage the
Anambra election. I don’t believe Jega will
do that. INEC made efforts to conduct a free
and fair election but it didn’t consider
certain human factors that ended up
sabotaging the process.”
The Civil Liberties Organisations on its part
said it would only call for Jega’s removal, if
those found guilty of the lapses during the
election go unpunished.
The Executive Director of CLO, Ibuchukwu
Ezike, said, “We do not support the call for
the removal of Jega. He has done a lot to
attract the confidence of many people,
including the international community.
“What happened in Anambra was insider
sabotage. The fact that INEC admitted
publicly that its staff did it shows an air of
credibility on the part of Jega.
“If at the end of the day those found guilty
are not punished or disciplined, we will call
for Jega’s removal, because, then, he would
have become a collaborator.”
Also, the Spaces for Change said removing
Jega now would be a mistake because a
new chairman of INEC would not be
experienced enough to conduct 2015
elections.
The Executive Director, Victoria Ibezim-
Ohaeri, said, “I think that call is hasty
because in as much as we are unhappy
with what happened in Anambra, we know
that democracy is an ever-growing process.
INEC is a big institution. Jega has gained a
lot of experience in the act of managing
election in Nigeria for a number of years. All
that experience cannot be thrown away
just because of a single mistake.”
In her submission, the President, Campaign
for Democracy, Joe Okei-Odumakin, agreed.
She said even though the INEC chairman
admitted that there were some
irregularities in the election, the problem
with electoral processes was institutional
and not about individual.
She said, “There is no doubt about it, we
will always have bottlenecks during
elections and the room for improvement.
“One cannot throw away the baby with the
bath water; we should always give room
for perfection. I don’t subscribe to the idea
that Jega should be sacked.
“Any INEC official that has collaborated with
some forces, which has caused this colossal
waste of time and resources by sabotaging
preparations made by INEC should be made
known and brought to book.”
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, stated
that Jega’s removal would not guarantee
fair and free polls. He said the crisis was
beyond the individuality of Jega.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria added that
the mistake Nigerians made was that Jega’s
appointment was celebrated, while all the
indicted electoral officers in the commission
were not removed.
Falana said, “There is institutionalised
rigging machinery in INEC, solidly erected. It
is not a case of incompetence or negligence
but that of a system that is solidly erected
on fraud and manipulation.
“During the 2011 general elections,
embarrassed Jega postponed the entire
exercise due to inadequacy of materials. In
Edo State (2012 governorship election),
Oredo Local Government with the highest
voting strength was starved for electoral
materials.
In Ondo State (2013), the voter register was
also said to have been tainted. As currently
constituted, INEC is not in the position to
conduct credible elections. It has to be
totally overhauled and restructured in line
with the recommendations of the (Justice
Muhammed) Uwais Panel.
Copyright PUNCH.

A Niger State magistrate court sitting in
Minna, the state capital, has sentenced one
Isah Aliyu to five years imprisonment for
intending to sell his 9-year-old child for
N10m.
The 30-year-old man attributed his action to
poverty.
The incident occurred on November 15
when the buyer, one Mallam Magaji, agreed
to buy the child for N7 million.
But the buyer promised to pay half of the
money and balance at a later date. The
father of the child was said to have refused
because of his desperation to collect the N7
million at once.
After the negotiation, the father agreed to
the half payment but, instead of bringing
the money, the buyer headed for the police
station to report the deal.
*Court
The police then followed Magaji to the
meeting place and arrested Aliyu who was
still waiting for the money so that he could
hand over his son. Aliyu was charged to
court under the clause prohibiting selling of
child in the Niger State Child’s Right Act.
Aliyu pleaded guilty and was summarily
sentenced to five years imprisonment by
Chief Magistrate Hassan Mohammed.
When asked why he intended to sell his son,
the convict said, “The poverty in the country
is biting and things are difficult for me and
my family. I felt since the boy was under my
custody and he is my son, I could sell him
and use the money to cater for the rest of
the family.”
The Chief Magistrate described his reason as
inhuman, adding that poverty was not a
strong reason for the father to sell his son.
He sentenced Aliyu to five years
imprisonment without option of fine.SOURCE:VANGUARDNGR.COM

Two Portuguese giants, FC Porto and
Sporting Lisbon have entered a
negotiation war in their attempts to lure
Golden Eaglets’ midfielder, Chidera Ezeh
to their clubs.
The River Lane Academy player was on
the verge of signing for FC Porto before
Sporting Lisbon came into the picture
and they have been granted permission
to speak with Ezeh’s representatives
before a decision would be reached next
week.
Ezeh was in the first team of the coach
Manu Garba-tutored side during the
qualifiers and at the African U17
Championship before he lost his place
during the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the
UAE.
He, however, managed to find the back
of the net once against Sweden in the
Golden Eaglets’ 3-0 win in the semi finals.
Ezeh’s agent, Mohammed Babawo told
SportingLife that they would listen to the
offer from Sporting Lisbon first before
deciding on where the Imo State-born
player would be transferring to.
He also confirmed that the trio of
Zaharadden Bello, Akinjide Idowu and
Abdullahi Alfa were not short of offers at
all. He said they were awaiting invitation
letters from top clubs in Europe
including Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta,
Juventus and others for the three players
to act on.SOURCE:THENATIONONLINENG.NET

James Iheanacho, the father of Golden Eaglets star player, Kelechi Iheanacho, has declared his son missing.

The 17-year-old forward, has been the subject of in-fighting and tussle between agents, ever since he was adjudged the Most Valuable Player at the just concluded U-17 World in UAE.

“I don’t know the whereabouts of my son. I have not been able to reach him for the past three days,” the older Iheanacho told Hot FM Owerri on Friday.

It is believed that one of such agents, has travelled to Europe with the teenager, with the lure of landing him a lucrative deal with a big club.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/11/23/kelechi-iheanachos-father-says-son-missing/

AKURE — THE striking members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko
chapter, Ondo State and the university
authorities are on a collision course over a
directive that the students should resume
for lectures.
Gates to the nation’s public universities have
been shut in the last 144 days due to trade
dispute between ASUU and the Federal
Government
Registrar of the state-owned university, R. B.
Olotu in a statement in Akure directed the
students to resume on Monday, November
25 for the second semester 2012/2013
session.
But in a swift reaction, the ASUU Chapter of
the university dissociated itself from the
purported resumption of academic activities
in the university.
The Chapter’s chairperson, Busuyi Mekusi
in a statement asked members to disregard
the directive.
Mekusi said: “ASUU Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko Branch, wishes
to dissociate itself from the purported
resumption of academic activities in the
university, as its members are still part of the
ongoing national strike by the union.
“Members should, therefore, disregard any
pull to abandon the struggle, and be
steadfast until the present position is
reviewed by NEC.
“ The union also wants to make it
abundantly clear that it would resist every
tyrannical propensity to intimidate and
harass its members.”
The Registrar in his statement entitled:
‘Resumption for the 2nd semester
2012/2013 session’ directed all the
students of university to resume.
“All the students of Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, are
hereby informed that academic activities of
the second semester of 2012/2013 session
truncated as a result of the ASUU national
strike are to resume on Monday, 25th
November, 2013 with the continuation of
registration on the University portal (http://
portal.aaua.edu.ng).
“Lectures are to start on Monday, 2nd
December, 2013
It will be recalled that the Vice Chancellor of
the University Prof. Femi Mimiko had about a
month ago expressed worries over the
continued closure of the university by Ondo
State.
Prof. Mimiko threatened that he would recall
the students if the four month old strike
action was not suspended. SOURCE:VANGUARDNGR.COM

A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Arthur Eze, on Thursday said
the Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi,
should be held responsible for the flaws
experienced in last Saturday
governorship election in the state.
Speaking with State House
correspondence at the Presidential
Villa,Abuja, he maintained that the
governor championed the rigging of the
election against the wish of the people
in the state.
Eze urged Nigerians to continue to pray
as he warned that what happened in
Anambra is likely to happen in other
parts of the country.
He said: “Obi committed a crime and
rigged election against the poor people
and brought his man, Obiano. For eight
years, there were no longer local
government elections in Anambra, now
he brought Obiano, his treasurer to take
over from him. Now, Obiano will spend
eight years and bring somebody, then
we are in trouble.
“It’s for the poor, not for me, the needy,
and the orphan. Not me, I am an old
man, I am going. It’s because of the poor
that I am crying.”
On whether he supports the call for the
election to be cancelled, he said: “Jega is
very emotional; he is a very
straightforward human being. He said
this election was an act of sabotage. He
was frank and God will advise him on
what to do.”
“Go and pray. What is going to happen
in Anambra will happen in so many
places. Pray for yourselves, not for us, we
are gone, we are aged.”
Expressing his fears towards 2015
general election, he said: “I don’t want
criminals to take over in 2015. That is
why I am crying.”
SOURCE:THENATIONONLINENG.NET

AWKA—SCORES of women from various
parts of the state who protested, yesterday,
over the conduct of Anambra governorship
poll on Saturday, had a rough deal at the
headquarters of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, as they were
dispersed with tear gas canisters by the
police attached to the commission.
The women, who marched through some
streets in Awka and ended up at INEC head
office were calling for total cancellation of
the election.
Some of them carried placards that read
“Anambra not for sale,” “No election was
conducted in Anambra,” and “We want
fresh poll not supplementary poll.”
As the women ran for their dear lives, two
of them fainted and they were helped out by
their colleagues.
Their leader, Mrs. Tina Akonobi, said that
they were at the commission’s office to
“mourn for the disaster, destruction, doom,
robbery and fraud that took place on the
November 16.”
She said: “The election was a sham aimed at
insulting the integrity, intelligence and
intellectual ability of the people of the state
and Nigeria in general.
“INEC brought a fraudulent register three
days to election where they removed names
of voters whose names start with the letter
‘O” like Okonkwo and Okeke at Idemili.
“They brought fraudulent people to conduct
election here; it was a scam and destruction
of a generation and Igboland.
“We are calling for the cancellation and
resignation of Professor Attahiru Jega for
the doom that is impending because this is
what will happen in 2015.”
A retired school principal, Mrs. Efem Ifacy,
said “we over trusted Jega and he has
disappointed us.”
According to her, the Saturday election has
created a situation where brothers fear
brothers, saying that it was a sign of socio-
political divide to come among the people.
She alleged massive inducement of voters by
political parties even in the presence of
security operatives especially at Umuogwalu,
Ward four, in Awka South where she voted.
According to her, many people did not vote
in many areas due to non availability of
election materials and accuesed the INEC
chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega of
betraying the people of Anambra State. SOURCE:VANGUARD

AKURE — DETECTIVES in OndoState have
detained a primary school teacher, Alade
Adebayo, for allegedly flogging to death a
four-year-old female pupil Elizabeth
Wanogha.
The deceased pupil was a student of a
private primary school, Falaye Memorial
Nursery and Primary School, located at
Fanibi area in Akure metropolis.
The teacher, according to report, accused
the deceased of being stubborn in the class.
He was said to have beaten the girl to a
state of coma.
Cries from other pupils in the class
reportedly attracted other teachers who
rushed to the scene where they found that
the girl had fainted.
She was said to have been rushed to a
private hospital and was admitted but
reportedly died later.
Police authorities, however, said that the
pupil died two weeks after the beating by
the suspect.
The father of the deceased, Mr Wanogha
lodged a complaint at the Fanibi Police
station, alleging that his daughter died as a
result of the injuries sustained from the
severe beating by her teacher.
Following the complaint, the teacher was
arrested for interrogation.
Contacted, the Police image maker, Wole
Ogodo, confirmed that the teacher had been
arrested.
Ogodo however said that people should not
jump into conclusion that it was the beating
which took place about two weeks earlier
that led to the death of the pupil.
He pointed out that the autopsy will
determine the cause of the pupil’s death.
Ogodo said that the suspect is being
quizzed at the state Criminal Investigative
Department, SCID.
He explained further that the deceased was
hospitalised immediately after the beating
but died two weeks after.
Ogodo said that investigation into the
death of the pupil continues adding that the
findings would be made public.
The father of the deceased pupil insisted
that the teacher should be prosecuted for
murder.
Mr wanogho who lived at Adebowale street
Fanibi vowed that the matter would be
pursued to a logical conclusion to serve as
deterrent to wicked teachers who vent their
anger on innocent pupils put in their care.
He appealed to NGOs to take the matter up
by ensuring that it was not swept under the
carpet.
The proprietor of the school declined
comment on the incident. Source: VANGUARD

This is the worst election in the history of mankind.APGA rigged election.They distributed money ranging from 20k to 100k to corp members to do away with result sheets and ballot boxes.APGA officials were busy sharing money to people on the day of election and police could not arrest them.Its a pity.I weep for the people of Anambra state for selling their birth right.Some people are ignorant and thats why they die of ignorance.Am still wondering why some people are saying that NGIGE is in the wrong party,is it personality or party u are voting.Why is peter obi bent on making sure that obiano succeeds him by distributing millions of naira everywhere he goes.He has skeleton in his cupboard

There was nothing like free and fair electin in just concluded Anambra election because APGA was busy sharing money to people in all the wards in Anambra to make sure that they win.Its a pity that Idemili North and South were not able to cast their vote because they have all gone home in annoyance by the time INEC officials brought materials in the evening.It was a delibrate act unlike the home town of Apga candidate,willie obiano and environs where electoral materials was brought as early 7am.The people of Idemili and environs were disenfranchised.

An Abuja Federal High Court has been asked
to disqualify the candidate of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra
governorship election, Chief Willie Obiano.
The plaintiffs – Ugochukwu Ikegwuonu and
Kenneth Moneke - asked for Obiano’s
disqualification on the grounds that he
possesses two voter cards, having allegedly
engaged in double registration.
At a hearing in the matter on Thursday,
Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered the
service of court processes on Obiano.
Justice Mohammed made the order after
counsel to the plaintiffs, Ifeanyi Nrialike,
moved an exparte motion.
The judge granted leave to the plaintiffs to
serve the court processes on Obiano
outside jurisdiction.
He also ordered the plaintiffs to paste the
processes on the entrance or any other
parts of Obiano’s residence at 1 Chief Willie
Obiano Street, Aguleri Otuocha, Anambra
State.
The other defendant in the suit is the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
The plaintiffs claim that the voter card
Obiano tendered before he was cleared to
participate in the party’s screening exercise
was not the same as the one he submitted
to INEC.
The plaintiffs raised three questions for the
court’s determination, and are also seeking
five reliefs, including an order disqualifying
Obiano from contesting the election.
They also seek an order of mandatory
injunction compelling INEC to strike out
Obiano’s name from its record as a
candidate in the election.
The plaintiffs equally want the court to
declare that Obiano is unqualified to
contest the election on the grounds that he
allegedly possesses more than one voter
cards and for engaging in multiple
registration.
They equally accused the APGA candidate of
supplying false information to INEC.
They want the court to determine whether,
by his alleged conduct, Obiano is still
qualified to contest the election by virtue of
the provisions of Sections 12(2), 16(2)(3)
and 31(5) of the Electoral Act.
In a supporting affidavit, one of the
plaintiffs, Ikegwuonu, averred that Obiano
allegedly possesses two voter cards – the
one he purportedly obtained in Lagos,
which he tendered during his party’s
screening exercise in August, and another
one he claimed to have obtained in
Otuocha, Anambra State, on September 3,
2013, which he allegedly presented to INEC.
According to the plaintiff, the Voter’s
Identification Number on the first card is
90F5815E7D3738200332, while the second
one is marked 90F5B12B01296204172.
He averred that Obiano’s claim to having a
single voter card, as contained in the
documents he submitted to INEC, was false.
Ikegwuonu also queried the date contained
on the birth certificate which Obiano
tendered and which was issued by Awka
South Local Government Area, Anambra
State.
Hearing in the case continues on December
18, 2013.
Also, the Federal High Court sitting in Awka
on Thursday adjourned hearing in a suit
filed to disqualify the APGA candidate till
January 16, 2014.
The suit filed by an Onitsha-based lawyer,
Mr. Jezie Ekejiuba, is seeking the
disqualification of Obiano from contesting
the election for apparently registering twice
as a voter, an offence punishable by the
Electoral Act.
The case was later adjourned till January 16,
2014, two months after November 16,
governorship election for hearing of
motion to produce documents, nomination
form, affidavits sworn to by Obiano and his
voter card for the election by REC and INEC.
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Thank you doc for the wonderful job u are doing here,may GOD continue to bless,prosper and direct u in all the things u do. U will neva lack d good things of life IJN AMEN. Doc i ve been married for 3yrs now,yet to take in. I dont knw if its coz of d salpingectomy i had some years back or because of my goitre. Plz what do i do coz i really want to be pregnant. What day is my ovulation,my cycle is 26days? Thanks

Happy Birthday Sir,Wishing U LlNP

Whoeva dat is in support of dis move to recruit foreign docs dnt knw wt mr Obi is capable of.He has failed Anabrarians.All i knw is dt Anambra govt can afford d consolidated salary n minimum wage as wel coz IGR of Anambra is way to high to take care of civil servants in d state just dt he is not being considerate and he dosnt wnt to negotiate wit dem.U wont beliv dt mr obi employed graduates into d sch systm witout any salary strucure.He made dem sign agreement dat they wil take whteva being given to dem as their salary.Guess how much he paid dem?10k.Wht a shame.He liks takin advantage on pple?Anambra state is one of d least paid in dis country.Mr obi shld plz negotiate wit d striking docs so dat dey can end their 8months strike

Whoeva dat is in support of dis move to recruit foreign docs dnt knw wt mr Obi is capable of.He has failed Anabrarians.All i knw is dt Anambra govt can afford d consolidated salary n minimum wage as wel coz IGR of Anambra is way to high to take care of civil servants in d state just dt he is not being considerate and he dosnt wnt to negotiate wit dem.U wont beliv dt mr obi employed graduates into d sch systm witout any salary strucure.He made dem sign agreement dat they wil take whteva being given to dem as their salary.Guess how much he paid dem?10k.Wht a shame.He liks takin advantage on pple?Anambra state is one of d least paid in dis country.Mr obi shld plz negotiate wit d striking docs so dat dey can end their 8months strike

@vinkela i saw it on dis nairaland,search 4 unizik jambites (page 15)U'll see d details.

Plz i ve not done my E-Clearance yet,i ve been tryin for d past 4days but its not working.Can som1 kip me updatd wen d site is activatd.Meanwhile Phyical clearance is Scheduld on 24th of Oct.THANX

Plz i ve not done my E-Clearance yet,i ve been tryin for d past 4days but its not working.Can som1 kip me updatd wen d site is activatd.Meanwhile Phyical clearance is Scheduld on 24th of Oct.THANX

I dnt agree wit d senate at all.They shld let post utme be coz dts the easiest and fairest way of gaining admission in2 d Nigerian universities otherwise u wil sil a daft dt scored 300 in jamb and at d same the same time scoring 30 in post utme. Post utme has come to stay.

Plz wen is d closing date for E-clearance coz i ve not done mine.I tried doing it but found out dt it has not been activatd.Can som1 update me wen it starts working.TANX

Plz wen is d closing date for E-clearance coz i ve not done mine.I tried doing it but found out dt it has not been activatd.Can som1 update me wen it starts working.TANX

@Ugwuoba,i pray its true coz dat money is 2much.PLZ try and post of any development in respect to sch fees.THANX.

Plz elaborate more coz i tot newly admitted students for medical and health science wil pay #72,420 den 20k for accreditation.