ASUU Strike: FG And The Union Fail To Agree On Contentious Issues

The wish for the re-opening of universities in the shortest likely time was dashed Thursday after the government Government constituted managing

group chaired by the Benue State administrator, Hon. Gabriel Suswan in a gathering with the authority of the learned Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, failed to acquiesce on the contentious matters.

There were anticipations that ASUU could call off the strike after the gathering as the nationwide leader of the union Dr. Nasir Fagge had previously said that calling off

the strike was reliant upon what the government government would place on the table in esteem of the implementation of the 2009 affirmation.

talking on the conclusion of the meeting, Dr. Fagge said, “Well it was inaugural meeting, so routinely not anything much was accomplished. It is just that the head person (Governor Gabriel Suswan) notified us how he wants to convey out the allotment.

“And then he said that he thinks we should have a sub-committee that will liaise with TETFund and nationwide Planning Commission to get more data on the mechanical

report that was submitted by the desires evaluation managing group and on the cornerstone of that, tasks will be identified and will now gaze for the funding,” he said.

“There is no change any way because the gathering today is just contemplating one aspect of the affirmation, which is funding. So what we did today was to have an inaugural meeting on funding and our constituents territory broad said not anything short of

implementation of all facets of the affirmation will make them call off the hit, so like I said anything meeting we are asked for, we will proceed and give our constituents information”.

Our Educated Girls Will Have No Husbands To Marry By 2023

The National Council Of Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria, yesterday have encouraged parents to send their male children to school. According to them, most male children are on the streets hawking, while they are supposed to be in school. In the next 10years there would be scarcity of quality husbands in the country.

“The future of this country is going to be very bleak for the male-child. How many girls do you see hawking clothes? Go to Onitsha, they are all men. We have looked round and have come to see that there is a neglect of boys in education. Who are the armed robbers on the streets? They are mostly the boys. Let us concentrate on training boys.

We might soon be faced with a situation where our educated girl-child will not find a corresponding suitable boy-child to marry. This is because more boys drop out of school, apparently because the high rate of unemployed youth discourages our young boys from appreciating the need to be educated.

Quality husbands will become extremely scarce, with too many highly educated women looking for husbands, and settling for anyhow husbands, just to get married. The result of this type of situation is better imagined and will not augur well for Nigerians”, their president stated.

Miss Africa 2010 Contestant Stabbed To Death In London

Former Miss Africa 2010 contestant, Linah Keza, 29, on Wednesday was found dead in London. She was stabbed severally while her 3-year old daughter watched and cried. Police are yet to identify her killer but a 38-year old man has been arrested in connection to her death. Her family and friends have described her death as painful and horrible.

5-Year Old Boy Beaten To Death For Bedwetting

A 5-year vintage young man has been beaten to death by his parents in to the east Alabama for wetting his trousers, FOXNews accounts.

Calhoun shire locality advocate Brian McVeigh notified WBMA-TV Wednesday that Gregory Caver of Anniston was beaten until he was unconscious Friday, and later past away at a clinic in Birmingham.

The boy’s 28-year-old mother India Kimble and her 26-year-old boyfriend Vonta McClellan have been ascribed with capital killing in the boy’s death.

The juvenile casualty, identified as Gregory Caver, was taken to Stringfellow Memorial clinic and then airlifted to Children’s of Alabama hospital in Birmingham, where he subsequent died, MyFoxAl.com described.

Authorities have said McClellan was suspect of also mishandling his 7-year-old female child and was apprehended. agents have said he was in prison when he was assisted with a warrant for the boy’s death.

Investigators have said Kimble escaped administration and was selected up by U.S. Marshals in wireless. She has since been returned to Anniston.

It’s unclear if the two have attorneys

‘I Must Date A Man For 5yrs Before I Marry Him’ – Nollywood Actress

When asked about her marriage plans in an interview with Encomium mag, actress Eniola Badmus said she must date a guy for at least five years before she will consider marrying him. Eniola said:

“What is the point if I marry today and tomorrow it’s over? What’s the essence? I am living my life. I will have a baby when necessary. Marriage is good but what’s the essence of me getting married today and tomorrow I’m not in it? For any man I am going to marry or call my husband we should be together for five years before we walk down the aisle. We may have children but at least after five years I will know that you’re ready for me. Not getting married today, and tomorrow he’s out! I’ve seen it happen to my friends, I don’t want to go through that trauma.

Erm, that you date a guy for five years doesn’t guarantee that the marriage will last…or does it? 

SAD:Pakistan TV Show Host Gives Away Babies To Audience... Read The CNN Report

Plumbing new depths in the battle for television ratings, abandoned babies are being given away on a controversial prime-time game show in Pakistan. TV host Aamir Liaquat Hussain presented baby girls to two unsuspecting couples during his show, which is broadcast live for seven hours a day during the month of Ramadan.

"I was really shocked at first. I couldn't believe we were being given this baby girl," said Suriya Bilqees, now a mother of a two-week old. "I was extremely happy." Another baby, a boy, is due to be given to another couple at some point in the coming days.

The show's host has been described as a religious scholar, TV megastar and even a sex symbol.


"At Christmas there's Santa Claus to give everyone gifts, it's important for Christians. For us Ramadan is a really special time so it's really important to make people happy and reward them," said Hussain.

His show -- Aman Ramazan -- has been dubbed Pakistan's version of The Price Is Right, with members of the 500-strong audience receiving prizes in exchange for answering questions on the Quran.

The baby girls given away on the show were found by an NGO, the Chhipa Welfare Association, which says it receives up to 15 abandoned babies a month.

We've created a symbol of peace and love, that's our show's theme -- to spread love. I'm setting an example. Giving a childless couple an abandoned child.

Adoption is not officially recognized in Pakistan and there is no adoption law. The couple will have to apply for guardianship at a family court.

Some viewers praised the show's baby giveaway but others declared it a publicity stunt.

"Pakistan wake up," Shamim Mahmood wrote on the NGO's Facebook page. "Babies are not trophies to be handed to just anyone."

ASUU strike: FG assures of speedy resolution

The Federal Government has admitted its concern about the distortion in the school calendar, assuring on the speedy resolution to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The government said it has engaged the lecturers in ‘serious negotiations’.

It is also worried about the fall-out of the lingering strike and its effect on the students, hence, the urgency to end the industrial action as quickly as possible.

Minister of Information Labaran Maku stated the government’s resolve at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja yesterday, urging parents and the affected students to bear with government and show more understanding as efforts are being made to resolve the issues very soon.

Maku said the Federal Government had indeed been worried since the onset of the strike, particularly as there are always social costs incurred by disruption of academic calendar.

“The Federal Government has been far more worried than you think, concerning the strike in tertiary institutions, because of the disruption of the school calendar and so, government is concerned and very worried and since the onset of the strike, government has been negotiating with ASUU through the Ministries of Labour and Productivity and Education.

“As at today, we know that negotiations are going on and it is our expectation that this strike will not get more protracted and that an understanding will be reached soon enough to enable our students return to school. Government is very worried and concerned every time the school calendar is disrupted, it has its cost to the nation, particularly the idle time our children spend at home can lead to a lot of social difficulties.

“We don’t want school calendars to be disrupted and a lot of series of discussions have been going on and we believe we should record some progress soon enough for these schools to re-open and the Ministers of Labour and Education will be giving briefings on the progress of these negotiations and I know that it has never ceased.

“So, we are appealing to our people, particularly parents and children of this nation, to bear with us, to show more understanding and we pray that this type of strike will not re-occur, because the public school system suffers a lot of damage with the perennial strikes. The universities have been relatively stable since the advent of this administration. The strikes that we inherited, we have tried to resolve them, and if you notice in the last two years, there has not been a lot of strikes until this unfortunate one and I believe we will overcome it and in the end, both parties will appreciate the need to keep the school calendar stable for the progress of our country. So, government is working hard to ensure we reach an agreement to resolve this problem, so that our schools can re-open”.

Meanwhile, FEC has approved a contract of N2.99 billion for the rehabilitation/construction of the Calabar-Ugep section of the Katsina-Ala/Ogoja/Ugep/Calabar Road.

The earlier section of the road which is already 80 per cent complete, was awarded for N4.6 billion, thus bringing the total contract sum for the entire road to N7.5 billion

Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yuguda, explained that the contractor, Piccolo Brunelli, which handled the first phase, was asked to continue with the extension since it was already on site and had done a very good job.

Yuguda recalled that “the first phase of the project aimed at addressing the heavily distressed sections of the road while other sections not captured in the original contract scope of works would be addressed when funds became available.

“This is to ensure that government and the public get the full benefits of the investment made on the roads in terms of improvement of the level of service,” he siad.

The council also considered a memo to provide a template for economic analysis of projects before they are included in the budget for appropriation. According to Maku, this template will also include environmental assessment and will ensure that henceforth, projects must follow the masterplan of the Federal Government’s Transformation Agenda.

Although there is existing assessment, FEC intends the new template to constitute a scientific and thorough analysis of projects, and decided to continue further deliberations on the memo at subsequent meetings of the council.

A FEC committee was also set up to further study the synergy among several factors that come into play in the Public-Private-Partnership involved in power/electricity projects in the country.

Grandmother sells baby for N.2m in Jos

An eight-month-old baby, Chiamaka Obinna, who was allegedly sold by her grandmother for N200,000 and taken from Jos to Onitsha, has been found about one week later and re-united with her mother.

It was gathered that the baby’s grandmother (names withheld), who lived at Rukuba Road by Grafitti Hotel in Jos had on July 19, this year, sent her daughter, who is the mother of the baby on an errand and sent away her other children apparently to pave way for her to dispose of the baby.

Thereafter, some women came to her house and she allegedly gave the baby to them. Unknown to her, some of the neighbours saw her remove the baby from her back and handed her over to the strangers.

When the mother of the baby who gave her name as Blessing Godspower, returned and asked of her baby, her mother feigned ignorance of her whereabouts, saying she must have been taken away by her other children.  But when the grandmother’s other children returned and Chiamaka was not  with them, Blessing raised the alarm.

This attracted the neighbours, who informed that they saw her mother handing over the baby to some people. She denied the claim and the matter was reported to the police.

However, during interrogation,  the suspect allegedly confessed selling the baby to one Eucharia, who had in turn, taken the baby to Awka in Anambra State and sold it to one  Rita for N330,000.

Rita in turn, sold the baby to one Grace for N500,000. The grandmother was said to have told her interrogators that she was yet to receive her share of the illicit deal before the bubble burst.

The state police commissioner in Plateau State, Mr Chris Olakpe said the baby was recovered at Awka on July 24, 2013 through the intelligence of detectives of the command.

He said that upon interrogation, the suspect stated that she sold the baby because her daughter was not taking proper care of her and that she did it with her consent.

But the baby’s mother denied knowledge of the intention to sell her baby, saying as a mother, there was no way she would put up her baby for sale.

Thursday Gossip Column:Your Daily Dose of Transfer News

The transfer window is open and we'll have all the latest deals, news and rumours as they happen throughout the summer.                        
* Bale tells AVB: I want to go
* Rodgers: Suarez understands stance
* Cardiff sign Caulker                                  
 - Kaka has become the latest Real Madrid player to express his view that Tottenham Hotspur attacker Gareth Bale would be welcome at the Santiago Bernabeu.
 - Walsall have confirmed midfielder James Baxendale has been handed a new three-year contract.
 - Francesco Totti looks set to stay at Roma after the club revealed they will offer him a new contract in the Italian capital.
 - Bastia have signed Ivory Coast midfielder Romaric on a one-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months, following his departure from Real Zaragoza.
 - Schalke have denied reports that Kyriakos Papdopoulos is set to join Liverpool but would discuss any offers for the defender.
 - Former West Ham and Burnley winger Zavon Hines is looking for a new club after being released by Bradford City earlier in the summer and he has pitched up for a trial at MK Dons. The 24-year-old has been named in an MK Dons' XI to face a Tottenham XI in a pre-season friendly tonight.
 - Bournemouth have confirmed the signing of Norwich City winger Andrew Surman on a season-long loan.
 - Doncaster have announced another signing after former Middlesbrough and Chelsea goalkeeper Ross Turnbull joined on a one-year contract.
 - Cardiff City have completed the signing of Steven Caulker from Tottenham for a club record fee. The defender has signed a four-year contract.
 - A problem between Valencia and Roberto Soldado's agents is now the only issue holding up his move to Tottenham.
 - Southampton have secured the future of another Academy product after midfielder Calum Chambers signed a four-year deal.
 - Doncaster have signed former Brentford midfielder Harry Forrester on a three-year contract.
 - Tottenham defender Steven Caulker is having a medical at Cardiff City ahead of a transfer to the Premier League new boys.
 - It is Sky Sports' understanding that Gareth Bale has reiterated his desire to leave to Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas.
 - Doncaster have signed Tottenham defender Bongani Khumalo on a season-long loan deal.
 - Sky Sports understands that Norwich City defender Leon Barnett is currently having a medical with a view to a move to Wigan Athletic.
 - Local media in the West Midlands are reporting that Paris St Germain defender Diego Lugano is due for talks today over a move to West Brom.
 - Sky Sports understands that Fulham are now the front-runners in the race to sign Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.
 - Jakub Blaszczykowski admits he had to ignore interest from Manchester City before signing a new deal at Borussia Dortmund.
 - Sky Sports understands that Jermaine Jenas is in talks with Premier League new boys Hull City. - Aleksandr Kolarov insists he wants to stay at Manchester City and prove his worth to Manuel Pellegrini.
 - Bury have completed the transfer of ex-Hereford United striker Marlon Jackson on a one-year deal.
 - Stoke City have been offered Hamburg striker Artjoms Rudnevs, according to Sport-BILD in Germany.
 - Celtic boss Neil Lennon admits he has a battle on his hands to keep defender Kelvin Wilson, and has accused Nottingham Forest of trying to unsettle him.
 - Bristol City boss Sean O'Driscoll says he would ideally add both Marlon Pack and Marlon Harewood to his squad. He describes the situation as "ongoing".

SHOCKING: Man Scales Fence To Have Sex With Mad Woman (PHOTO)

21-year-old Lateef Sulaiman has been arrested by Officials of the Lagos State Government for allegedly scaling a 14-feet fence to gain entrance into the Lagos State Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to have sex with a mad woman.  Sulaiman was said to have leapt into the feminine dormitory round 9.30 p.m. lately and had sex with a deranged woman before he was arrested and presented over to the taskforce at Alausa.

In his confessional statement at the taskforce headquarters, Sulaiman supposedly said he had had sex with a mad woman at the rehabilitation centre on five events before his arrest, saying that he knew where the feminine dormitory was because he had gone to the centre in the past to seek paid work and had methodically researched the environment.

He was arraigned at the exceptional infringements Court, Alausa in Ikeja for his suspected offence

Sulaiman was banged with a four-count ascribe. In the first count ascribe, he was said to have scaled the 14-feet fence of the rehabilitation dwelling and dozed with a brain sick inmate and therefore pledged an infringement punishable under the regulations of Lagos State.

Having pleaded not guilty, he was allocated bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties who should be municipal servants and present evidence of levy fee for five years.

Sulaiman could not meet the bail situation and was remanded at the Badagry jail.

Special Adviser to the administrator on Youth and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru, lamented that there is a lot of satanic rituals going on in the society, marvelling what could have made a juvenile man scale the barrier to doze with a angry woman.

“It is this identical satanic ceremonial that makes a herbalist to notify a man to bring the personal part of somebody to be utilised for rituals without murdering the person in alignment to get rich,” he said.

He said it is senseless and baseless for a man to desire to doze with a angry woman, conceiving that his treasure in life would change for the better.

According to him, the only thing such a bizarre act could do to a man was to make him agreement deadly infections.

“This proceed is simply part of the undertakings of ritualists and a way to get money in a fast means. The case is in court,” he said.