RISING from their meeting with the Senate Committee on Education at
the National Assembly Monday, the National Association of Nigerian
University Students (NANUS) called on the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) to end its strike and embrace dialogue with the
Federal Government.
The students’ body, led by its National
President, Peter Bassey Asuquo, also informed the committee that ASUU
did not consult with the students before embarking on the prolonged
strike.
NANUS told the Senator Uche Chukwumerije-led committee
that ASUU’s incessant strikes had failed to impact on the infrastructure
status of government universities nationwide, accusing the lecturers of
pursuing selfish ends to the detriment of students.
It further
urged the committee to probe government-owned universities on their
internally Generated Revenue (IGR), which it alleged has been largely
misapplied, leaving university with dilapidated infrastructure and
learning aids.
In his comment, Chukwumerije queried the paucity
of IGR by universities and ASUU’s incessant strikes. He called for
alternative dispute resolution methods between tertiary unions and the
Federal Government.
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Friday, 19 July 2013
Photo: Don Jazzy Downs Huge Bowl Of Garri
WORLD NEWS: Racist Ant-gay Marriage Poster goes Viral
The poster shown above, designed by an anti-same sex marriage activist, has sparked outrage for depicting France's minister of justice, French Guiana-born Christiane Taubira, who is black, as an angry gorilla being overwhelmed by demonstrators from the "Manif Pour Tous," France's largest anti-same sex organization.
According to EuroNews, the slogan written in the top left corner of the poster, is a play on words: "manif monstre" means 'giant demo.'
The picture, posted on Monday night, quickly went viral on Twitter, renewing heated exchanges between anti- and pro-same sex marriage activists.
By Tuesday morning, however, the owner of the Twitter account where the image was first posted, deleted the controversial picture.
"I confirm that I acted on my own, without racist intention. Sorry if it has hurt. I withdraw the picture but it is a misunderstanding. I used an already existing monster picture," the Twitter user said.
Additionally, the official Twitter account of "La Manif Pour Tous," @lamanifpourtous, advised followers that, "the only news and posters to take into account for the May 26 [protest] are those tweeted by this account."
French legislators approved the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in France on April 23 after hours of heated parliamentary debates, massive demonstrations from both sides, and rising tensions in French society.
In the wake of the historic vote, France has seen an uptick in violent protests, homophobic attacks, and a stream of offensive trending Twitter hashtags.
And while the passage of the law — dubbed "Marriage for Everyone" — has been considered a victory for President Francois Hollande and the Socialist Party platform on which he campaigned, the ad hoc but energetic opposition movement, "Manif pour tous," or "Protest for Everyone," isn't accepting defeat — at least, not yet.
SOURCE: Global Post
Twitter feeds: @unilaggossip
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
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Friday, 12 July 2013
Appeal Court Frees Al-Mustapha
An Appeal Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria has discharged and acquitted Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Nigerian tyrant, General Sani Abacha of conspiracy to murder Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.
In a lead judgment read by Justice Rita Pemu and agreed by two other judges Aminat Augie and Fatimah Akinbanmi, the Court of Appeal said the case was not properly investigated and that prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
The prosecution listed 12 potential witnesses but managed to call only four witnesses. The first prosecution witness was Dr Ore Falomo, the second is Sergeant Barnabas Jabila Mshiela aka Sergeant Rogers. The third one is Dagama Katako, while a retired police officer, Ahmed Fari Yusuf is the fourth witness.
In assessment of the verdict of the lower court, the appellant court said the lower court did not evaluate properly the evidence brought before it.
The appelate Court averred the ballistic expert report was not tendered before the court,that there were contradictions in the evidence of Sergeant Rogers and one of Katako who were prosecution witness two and three.
The appeal Court also ruled that the bullet that was removed from the head of Alhaja Abiola Kudirat when she was killed was said to be a special bullet. This was what Dr Falomo told the court but the said bullet was not tendered as exhibit in court as police took away the bullet and never returned it.
Regarding the evidence of Ahmed Fari Yusuf, the court said his evidence was not reliable as he did not show up again in court for him to be crossed-examined. This is against the law of fair hearing, the appelate Court ruled.
Consequently, his evidence was supposed to have been disregarded. In view of the totality of the evidence before the court, there is nothing linking Al Mustapha with the killing of Kudirat Abiola as he was not the one that pulled the trigger that killed Kudirat Abiola.
The appellate court further said the court is not interested in the political undertone of the case and consequently discharged and acquitted Al- Mustapha.
Alhaji Lateef Sofolahan, the late Kudirat’s aide, was also discharged and acquitted on similar grounds.
Rivers State House of Assembly who was battered by his colleagues on Tuesday is currently receiving treatments and in critical condition in a Port Harcourt
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Michael Chinda, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly who was battered by his colleagues on Tuesday is currently receiving treatments and in critical condition in a Port Harcourt Hospital.
During the fight that ensued when five members of the Rivers House of Assembly moved to impeach the
speaker of the House, Otelemaba Amachree, the House leader, Chidi
Lloyd was seen in a widely circulated video hitting Mr Chinda with the Mace. The Rivers assembly has 32 members and 27 had declared loyalty for the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, while 5 had been strongly opposed.
Tuesday’s sitting was convened to receive presentation by the state governor on amendments to the
2013 budget. The House was also reportedly supposed to pass a vote of no confidence on the state commissioner of police, Mbu Joseph. Eight members of the House were present earlier in the day, including Messrs Amachree and Lloyd. The five lawmakers opposed to the governor were also present. During the exchange of pleasantries, trouble reportedly started when Mr Chinda went close to Mr Lloyd and the two lawmakers reportedly exchanged words leading to Mr Chinda punching Mr Lloyd. Cameras in the assembly which beamed to the offices showed that Mr Lloyd was repeatedly punched by another lawmaker, Evans Bipi and the tripod used to mount a camera was also used freely on him, but he did not retaliate initially. When the three pro-Amaechi lawmakers, saw that they were overpowered in the House, they fled the premises. Meanwhile some thugs came into the chambers and were reportedly asking, “Where is the speaker? Where is the speaker?” By then the speaker, as well as Lloyd (who sustained some injuries) and the third pro-Amaechi lawmaker Azubuike Njoku, had left the chambers. Mr Lloyd told journalists reportedly from a sick bed that “Hon Evans Bipi came to me in full glare and rained punches on me. As his leader, I didn’t respond. Then he reached for the tripod and used it freely on me together with Hon. Chinda.” Shortly afterwards, Kelechi Wogu brought out a mace (not the usual House mace, said an eyewitness) and Evans Bipi was made speaker pro tempore to superintend over the sitting. Immediately the sitting began, Hon. Martins Amaehule moved a motion for the impeachment of the speaker for ineptitude. It was carried by the five members allegedly present. Shortly afterwards, Mr Chinda nominated Mr Bipi as speaker. His motion was carried by the five present and they immediately addressed the press, with Mr Bipi thanking Rivers people for their solidarity and assuring them that henceforth there will be robust representation by the assembly. But that was not the end of the matter. The three lawmakers had gone to regroup and came back to the assembly together with other members of the assembly loyal to the governor. The governor also came along with them. At this time, the governor had called for protection from soldiers, even though Mr Lloyd had written through the clerk of the House to the police commissioner for the intervention of the police.
PIX::Police Parade Suspected Killer Of LAUTECH Student::::.
The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded Alex Akinyemi, an alleged accomplice in the killing of a student
of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Miss Seun Adaramoye. The remains of Adaramoye were found by
passersby near a guest house at Under-G area of Ogbomosho on June 20, 2013.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyanganku, Ibadan, Dansuki Galadanchi, said
upon investigation, the owner of the guest house where the corpse was found told the police that his security guard was involved
in the murder. Galadanchi said, "When the owner of that
guest house heard about the incident, he called the CCTV engineer to play back the
video camera recording.
"He saw where one of his security men, Alex Akinyemi, carried the corpse. He quickly reported the matter to the police. "On the receipt of the case, police swung
into action and the security guards, namely Dauda Aliyu and Samuel Ojo, were arrested.
"When the CCTV was played back, they (guards) identified the person in the film to
be one Alex Akinyemi, a day guard at the guest house at Under-G area of Ogbomosho."
He explained that the security guard was arrested on July 6 in Ogbomosho. He added that the corpse of the student was
removed and taken to LAUTECH teaching hospital for post mortem. Galadanchi said efforts were being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect, Charles Aregbesola, while further
investigation was being conducted. The suspect, however, insisted that he was
not the killer, saying another man he identified simply as Segun, was responsible. Akinyemi said, "I have been working as a security guard in this guest house for over
two months. "I only know Segun aka police, as a resident
of that area before I saw him dropping the corpse around 8am that day. "He threatened to kill me with an axe that he
was holding that day if I reported him to the police. He promised to give me N500, 000 but he did not give me." In a related development the SCID paraded a
50 - year-old man, Wajud Akande, for conspiracy, stealing and conversion of goods worth N1.2m.
Galadanchi said on June 5, 2013, Alhaji Lawal Mohammed reported that his co-worker chartered an Iveco truck with registration number XA 487 MGR to convey
4,554 cartons of soaps valued at N9.12m from Apapa, Lagos State to Zaki-Biam in
Benue.
He said, "But the driver of the truck diverted the goods and sold it at Agbeni market in Ibadan. Upon investigation, Wajud Akande
was arrested in his house in Molete, Ibadan were he kept part of the diverted goods."
My Daughter’s Death A Big Loss
The mother of a 7-year old Primary 2 pupil of UNA Primary School, Iju
Ishaga, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mrs. Bimbola Ige, has described
the death of her daughter, Rukayat, as a big loss to the family.
The distraught mother said the vacuum created by Rukayat’s death would be difficult to fill.
Mrs. Ige, who is a petty trader at Ajuwon, in Ogun state, told P.M.NEWS
that she was the only one taking care of the children since she
divorced her husband some years back with the little profit she makes
from her trade.
The deceased was coming from school on Thursday, 4 July, 2013 around 3pm in company of her elder sister Rodiat when she fell into a canal along Victor Street and was swept away by flood.
The corpse was discovered early on Sunday morning by a resident who alerted residents of the area.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the Chairman of Ifako Ijaye Local Government, Toba Oke and the head of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Mr. Femi Osanyintolu were immediately informed about the incident.
While Osanyintolu and his team rushed to the scene, Oke sent his Supervisor for Environment, Taofeek Olayinka and Waheeb Kareem, Supervisor for Agriculture to the scene after which the corpse was removed.
The corpse was later handed over to the family for burial and it was buried beside the canal immediately.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS, Chairman of Liberty Community Development Association in the area, Mr. John Kudaisi appealed to the Lagos State, Government to find lasting solution to the danger the canal poses to residents of the area.
The distraught mother said the vacuum created by Rukayat’s death would be difficult to fill.
The late Rukayat
The deceased was coming from school on Thursday, 4 July, 2013 around 3pm in company of her elder sister Rodiat when she fell into a canal along Victor Street and was swept away by flood.
The corpse was discovered early on Sunday morning by a resident who alerted residents of the area.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the Chairman of Ifako Ijaye Local Government, Toba Oke and the head of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Mr. Femi Osanyintolu were immediately informed about the incident.
While Osanyintolu and his team rushed to the scene, Oke sent his Supervisor for Environment, Taofeek Olayinka and Waheeb Kareem, Supervisor for Agriculture to the scene after which the corpse was removed.
The corpse was later handed over to the family for burial and it was buried beside the canal immediately.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS, Chairman of Liberty Community Development Association in the area, Mr. John Kudaisi appealed to the Lagos State, Government to find lasting solution to the danger the canal poses to residents of the area.
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