Strike: ASUU still consulting, may meet FG this week

Strike: ASUU still consulting, may meet FG this week

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, has said the leadership of the union is still consulting its members on the Federal Government’s offer.

He said the outcome of the consultations would determine what ASUU would be presenting to the government’s team during their next meeting within the week.

Ogunyemi said this in a text message he sent to a News Angecy on Saturday.

Aisha Buhari speaks on suspension of Justice Onnoghen

 

Aisha, wife to President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.

Aisha, in a statement signed by her Director of information, Suleiman Haruna, denied the report that she faulted Buhari’s decision to suspend Onnoghen.

The statement read: ” The attention of wife of the President has been drawn to a post on social media to the effect that she condemned the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

‘Enough of PDP, APC ‘misrule’

‘Enough of PDP, APC ‘misrule’

Presidential candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Yusuf Sani has urged Nigerians to vote against candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next month election.

According to him,the two ‘biggest’  political parties had failed the nation and should not be trusted with governance again.

Sani spoke in Akure, Ondo state capital, during his visit to the leader of Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.

He insisted that both parties were not the best for the country and should be jettisoned.

The presidential candidate noted that the APC-led  administration and President Muhammadu Buhari could not manage the economy of the nation.

According to him, Nigeria is endowed with natural resources that can rank the nation among the leading country of the world but observed that the country is blessed with leaders who lacked capacity to turn the nation around.

Sani said  “the nation oil and gas sector should adequately take care of other sector, like health, education and even economy and there is no reason this country should be poor.

“The experience we have in the oil and gas sector is a terrible one and all indices shown that activities in the sector has nosedived, we should be today ranked among the developed country and not developing country.

“But the most disorganised sector sector today is oil and gas and this sector can be used to develop other sector and reposition this country because we have no reason to be poor.”

Sani said the country was getting worse under the APC government, insisting that the present administration had failed in all sectors, while  Nigerians did not have any reason to be poor, but said ADP government would fight poverty to a standstill.

The ADP Presidential candidate stressed the need for the restructuring of the country, saying this is the only way out of the myriads of challenges confronting the country.

Fasoranti hailed the ADP presidential candidate for embracing restructuring,praying for the success of his aspiration.

Police arrest suspected killers of Ekiti Assembly lawmaker, parade 29 other criminal suspects

Police arrest suspected killers of Ekiti Assembly lawmaker, parade 29 other criminal suspects

The Police Command in Ekiti State said on Tuesday that it had arrested a six-man robbery gang that allegedly killed Michael Adedeji, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state House of Assembly.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adedeji, who until his murder was representing Ekiti Southwest Constituency (II), was shot in the head by the hoodlums on Aug. 10, 2018.

The suspected bandits, who police said, had already made confessional statements were paraded by the new Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Asuquo Amba, in Ado Ekiti.

I received signal from Abuja to suspend handover to Egbetokun —Imohimi

I received signal from Abuja to suspend handover to Egbetokun —Imohimi

Kayode Egbetokun and Edgal Imohimi

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, on Tuesday said that there would be no change of guard for now.

Imohimi, who had invited the Press on Tuesday to witness the handing- and taking over ceremony between Edgal and the incoming CP, Kayode Egbetokun, said they were about concluding the process when they received a directive from Abuja to suspend the action.

The News Man had reported that Imohimi had been redeployed to Abuja, to resume as the Commissioner of Police in charge of Explosive Ordinance Unit at the Force Headquarters, adding that Mr. Kayode Egbetokun had replaced him in acting capacity.

APC Shuns Presidential Debate On Corruption And Development

APC Shuns Presidential Debate On Corruption And Development

While introducing the candidates, Eugenia Abu, who anchored the event, said the APC was invited but didn’t turn up.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is conspicuously absent at the ongoing presidential debate organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).

Five candidates are currently taking questions on the strategies of the political parties to tackle corruption and ensure development for the country.