I WILL SLAP SKALES'S FACE IF HE MENTIONED MY NAME IN HIS SONG AGAIN - ANGRY GENEVIEVE SPEAKS

I laughed out my guts when I came across this article.

Screen goddess, Geneveive Nnaji has threaten to slap EME singer, Skales If he mentions her name in his lyrics again
. EME rapper, Skales probably never saw this coming. Well incase you didn’t know Skales in a song titled “no time” said that genevieve was top on his list and he wants to give her the D, but now Skales might get the ‘S’.

The far from happy star actress issued a statement this morning to one of our reporters, and I quote:

“Can you imagine that boy telling me he wants to give me the D ..what does he know, is the D sef? ..that is by the way..the next time i hear him mention my name in his lyrics again, I’m gonna give him a dirty slap, he’ll never forget..what sort of nonsense, am I his mate? how much does he have?”

Banky W was contacted but all he could say was “I told Skales..upcoming artist don’t mention her name in songs…now we have to go and beg all together….Wizkid is already buying her gifts..we cant spoil EME’s name, A slap on Skales is a slap on the whole family”.

NYSC PRESENTS N26.7M TO FAMILIES OF DEAD CORPERS

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday in Minna presented N26.7 million cheques to the families of the two corps members killed in the 2011 post-election violence in Niger.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 61 other corps members who were injured during the violence are also to benefit from the gesture. 

Alhaji Saidu Kpaki, Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), who presented the cheques on behalf of the government, advised youths against being used as thugs by politicians. 

“Time has come when youths should take their destinies in their hands by resisting politicians who would lure them to self destruction for personal gains’’, Kpaki said. 

The deceased corps members were; Ademola M. Adejoke and Nwali C.Ifeoma with NYSC registration number NG/10A/353 and NG/10A/614, respectively. 

“I do not see the crisis as that of religion. May be it is political or joblessness or as a result of poverty. Tell whoever that wants to recruit you as thugs to bring his or her son to lead the way. 

“Taking up arms in the name of religion is against all known religious norms. Religion is, and should be out of one’s volition. it is never compulsory.” 

Earlier, Mrs Justina Andirya, the NYSC Coordinator in Niger, said the Federal Government was pained by the death of the corps members and the sufferings of the injured. 

She said no amount of financial compensation would replace the dead loved ones. 

Andirya said the financial support for the injured was based on the degree of injury. 

In his remarks, Mr Adebayo Adesanya, President of the Nigeria Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF), expressed appreciation to the Federal Government for the gesture.

BLACKBERRY MAKER SET TO LAUNCH BBM FOR PC

BlackBerry was slated to launch BBM for Android and iOS last weekend. But as if the Waterloo-based smartphone pioneer hasn't faced enough challenges recently, its launch was a massive flop.

"Last week, an unreleased, older version of the BBM for Android app was posted on numerous file sharing sites. This older version resulted in volumes of data traffic orders of magnitude higher than normal for each active user and impacted the system in abnormal ways," Andrew Bocking, the executive vice president of BBM, explained of the mishap on BlackBerry's blog. "The version we were planning to release on Saturday addressed these issues, however we could not block users of the unreleased version if we went ahead with the launch." 

Despite this fail—which has yet to be resolved—BlackBerry still decided to show off BBM for Desktop during its BlackBerry Jam Asia 2013. In Hong Kong, Chris Smith, VP of Application Platform at BlackBerry, demonstrated on a Windows PC what BBM will look like for the desktop. 

The brief demo was not accompanied with any sort of release date. 

It's also been widely rumoured that a BBM for Mac app is also in the works; again, however, details remain scarce.

Strike Goes On, Says ASUU

University teachers said that their strike will go on — 89 days after it began.

This is in spite of the intervention by Vice President Namadi Sambo in bringing the lecturers back to the negotiation table.

The teachers are seeking proper funding of education and the payment of their N87 billion earned allowances.

These are part of the 2009 agreement between the teachers and the government. The government has offered N30 billion for the earned allowances and made available N100billion for projects on the campuses. The lecturers rejected the offer. The strike has been on since July 1.

The latest position of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the umbrella association of the teachers to go on with the strike, was made known yesterday by University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter Chairman Dr. Karo Ogbinika, in a statement.

According to him, ASUU last month pulled out of the negotiation with the Federal Government, which was represented by Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, based on the government’s insincerity and non-commitment.

He said the Presidency intervened, calling for another round of meetings with Vice President Namadi Sambo last week which, according to ASUU, also ended in a stalemate.

The union said it was disappointed because it hoped the Presidency’s intervention would dampen the tension the strike had generated; but, rather, the government was re-echoing the same stance by Suswam, which was why ASUU withdrew from the negotiation.

ASUU said: “After the meeting on September 19 with the Vice-President, it is clear that the Federal Government is merely paying lip service to education in Nigeria and deceiving the public on its commitment to its transformation agenda.

“The Nigerian people should not be deceived. How can there be a meaningful transformation when the education sector is neglected and gradually taken over by private entrepreneurs, including government functionaries who are busy bulding private universities with stolen funds in and outside Nigeria. Can these universities be truly called private?

“ASUU is assuring Nigerians that it will not back out in its struggle to ensure that the government is made to do what is right in the education sector. This is a commitment that all members of the union have vowed to pursue to its logical conclusion.”

The union said it had reported back to its various zones many of which still insisted the strike must continue.”

ASUU Strike: Students Protest In Kano

By October 1st Nigeria will be 53yrs of failure of good and quantitative education.


Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest, and gave the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, one week to resolve their issues or face the wrath of Nigerian students.

The students also called on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to increase the annual budget for education to 26 per cent, insisting that doing so will solve the myriad long-term challenges facing Nigerian universities.

According to them, ASUU would not be asking for too much if they insist on the full implementation of the 2009 ASUU/FG Agreement, which to their views, will bring about the required face-lift needed in the universities across the country.

Comrade Sani Ibrahim President of Students Union Government, SUG, BUK chapter said Nigerian students must register their disappointment over government’s insensitivity to their well-being, adding, “we decided to take this action because we are tired of staying at home. Our mates in other countries are in school; why should the case of Nigerian students be different.”

In his words, “as part of the struggle to fight for our right is being pursued, I will like to salute our students for their patience while receiving the negative consequences of bad governance. We believe that the delay in resuming lectures in our Universities is not only lamentable but also devastating. We believe even more strongly that now is the time to let our leaders know that enough is enough and we shall wake up and say no to injustice being meted out to Nigerian students.

“Similarly, we call on the Federal Government to respect the 2009 agreement reached between government and ASUU. We also call on the government to review the annual budget for the education sector from eight per cent to 26 per cent, so as to ensure adequate rehabilitation of infrastructures in our universities, including hostels, laboratories, potable water and constant supply of electricity.

“In the same vein, we are calling on ASUU to give government more opportunity to dialogue so as to quickly resolve the differences for the best interest of Nigerian students.

We are giving ASUU and Federal Government one week to sort themselves out and resume lectures; otherwise, Nigerian students will look for other alternatives to fight for our right. Education is our right and no one should take it away from us,” Ibrahim stated

Strike: NUT Gives FG, ASUU 2 Weeks Ultimatum

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve the strike embarked upon by university lecturers since 1 July.

The NUT President, Mr Michael Olukoya, gave the ultimatum in Abuja at the end of the union’s meeting with teachers’ representatives across the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU, had on July 1, embarked on a strike it described as “comprehensive, total and indefinite”.

The lecturers are protesting the non-implementation of some issues, contained in an agreement the union had entered into with the Federal Government since 2009.

Olukoya said that members of the union would not hesitate to close down the nation’s schools, if the two parties failed to reach agreement after two weeks.

He described the current ASUU strike “as nationalistic, patriotic and self-sacrificing.

“We will not hesitate to shut down the education system in the country, if the government fails to fulfil or honour the agreement it entered into with the lecturers.”

The NUT president said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo’s call for a complete over-haul of teachers’ qualification as unacceptable to the NUT.

He said that the blame should be put on the doorsteps of the employers and not teachers.

“NUT will forever be proud of all its teachers, believing that all employment agencies are corruption-free, disciplined and quality conscious in their employment drives.”

Olukoya also urged the governors of Kogi, Benue and Cross River to honour the agreement they made with teachers on the payment of 27.5 per cent teachers salary structure.

Senate To Enact Law On Strike In Tertiary Institutions

Senate said it would initiate “legislative solutions” that would regulate incessant industrial actions in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country.

President of the Senate, David Mark, disclosed this in Abuja at the first conference of the National and state Assembly Committees on Education organized by the Senate Committee on Education.

The Senate’s position is coming in the middle of a prolonged strike called by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) to press the demand for implementation of an agreement between the Federal Government and the university lecturers since 2009.

Mark, who was represented by Senate Minority Leader, Ganiyu Solomon, at the occasion also said it was important that particular attention is paid to the country’s education sector, which, according to him, is in serious need of transformation.

He stressed that persistence of industrial actions by ASUU has had huge impact on the country’s education system, adding that it has called for the Senate to initiate legislative solutions to the problem.

He stressed that issues of educational development have been a priority on the government’s programme.

He noted that the present situation in the education sector called for comprehensive and sustainable policies that will deliver good standards, decent environment and cost effectiveness.

Mark, however, called on the Federal Government and leadership of ASUU to gently come to an agreement to call off the current 84-day old strike.

Meanwhile, Benue State Government has said it may consider forcefully reopening its own university – Benue State University (BSU) shut down by the ASUU strike.

This hint is coming after two meetings between the government and BSU chapter of ASUU had ended in deadlock.

The state government has also scheduled a meeting with the Governing Council of BSU later this week that would lead to the reopening of the institution.

State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, dropped the hint at the Government House, Makurdi, on Tuesday when he summoned the management staff of the state-owned university to his office.

The Governor, who noted that he was becoming “impatient” with the snail pace at the reluctance of the BSU ASUU to take a decision to resume classes, said he would be compelled to reopen the institution if nothing was done fast.

He vowed to terminate the appointment of any lecturer who fails to return to class when the institution reopens, adding that the state government was also enforcing the no work, no pay rule with immediate effect.

Suswam also threatened to “dust up” an earlier judgment of a Makurdi High Court that granted judgment in favour of the state government over an earlier strike embarked upon by BSU dons.

Suswam, who said he has run out of patience with the university which has nothing against the state government, added that he would not continue to tolerate the actions of the lecturers, which has an adverse effect on the students.

He argued that the area of concern of the state-owned university has been taken care of by the Federal Government, adding that prior to the strike the Federal Government has assisted the BSU with about N3 billion to embark on various project.

But the ASUU’s strike may soon end, as the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie, said the Federal Government was making progress in its negotiation with the university teachers.

Okojie, who disclosed this in Abuja at press luncheon, expressed optimism that the locked gates of universities would soon be opened, noting that progress was being made in the negotiation with the union.

It would be recalled that the Presidency took over the negotiations with the striking dons when it mandated Vice President Namadi Sambo to meet with their union.

Okojie, however, reacted to calls by the union for his sack and scrap of the NUC, saying, “It is only President Goodluck Jonathan that can sack me.”

Okojie debunked the impression that the university system is dying, saying the system has actually improved under his leadership.

ASUU Latest: strike‘ll soon be called off - NUC

Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) says he is confident that the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon be called off.

Okojie, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at a media parley with journalists, said the commission was doing everything within its powers to ensure a speedy resolution of the issues raised by ASUU so that students could return school.

“We are part of the system and we understand the issues, we are meeting with members of the union all the time and the issues are being tackled.

“So, we are optimistic the strike will soon be called off and our children can go back to school in the shortest possible time.’’

He also reacted to the call by ASUU for NUC to be scrapped, saying “the call is not in good faith as the commission has not gone to sleep over its duties”.

Also speaking on the recurrent disagreements between the commission and some professional bodies over accreditation and running of certain courses by some universities,

Okojie acknowledged that there were issues that needed to be resolved between both parties.

“There is no country in the world where regulatory bodies and professional bodies go to regulate at the same time.

“So, it is true we are having problems with professional bodies in carrying out our mandate, but the issues too will soon be resolved and we can move on.

The executive secretary, who said that the commission had closed many faculties not fit to run courses in certain universities, admitted that; “it is not easy to be a regulator’

NIGERIAN MUSIC IS UNINTELLIGENT. EVEN GOATS CAN DANCE TO OUR MUSIC - JESSE JAGZ

In an interview with HipHopworld Magazine, when jesse was asked who his top 3 Nigerian artistes were, he replied:-

“My top 3 artistes in nigeria are me, me, me. No one works harder than me. I would love to see a lot of my colleagues step up their game. This is not a Kendrick thing. 

You don’t need Jesus to tell you that Nigerian music is unintelligent. Even goats can dance to our music. 

Can Jesse Jagz make Nigeria a better place for Wizkid? Can Wizkid do same too? Let adults do better and let kids party. We need to leave something better for the coming generation”..

Message from ASUU President

Dear Comrades, As the struggle to save Nigerian University system is being pursued, I'll like to salute all our members for their resoluteness in ensuring that the 2009 ASUU/Government Agreement is implemented in accordance with the Roadmap defined by the 2012 MoU. We believe very strongly that the rot and decay in the University System is not only arrestable but also reversible. We believe even more strongly that, the key to turning round the University System lies in the sincere implementation of the
Agreement.

What government has so far been doing is no more than a repeat performance of a one- act-play: all the deceptions, propaganda, lies, mischiefs and such other Shenanigans were tried by previous Governments,
including Military Juntas, but our resolve to save the University System and our Country remained unwaivered.

We will continue to carry the banner of this struggle to its logical conclusion. I urge all our members to maintain the spirit of camaraderie and remain
firmly resolute in ensuring that our patriotic struggle succeeds. United we Bargain, Divided we
Beg!

www.ASUU-ng.org/

WE CAN'T TAKE JONATHAN'S PROMISES, STRIKE MUST CONTINUE - ASUU DECLARES

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it would not call off the ongoing indefinite strike because of the mere promise made by the Goodluck Jonathan led Federal Government to provide revitalisation fund for the university system across the country.

ASUU queried what has happened to the promises they got from President Jonathan before.

The union also stated that the existence of the National Universities Commission has not brought improvement to the standard of education in the country. It therefore called on the National Assembly to investigate the activities of NUC with a view to determining the continued relevance or otherwise of the university supervisory body.

If found irrelevant, ASUU said NUC should be scrapped immediately.

Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, who spoke in Ibadan noted that the NUC boss, Prof. Julius Okojie, had concentrated the effort of the university regulatory body on quantity rather than quality.

Dr Ajiboye said, “Okojie should take full responsibility for all his deeds in the NUC.”

ASUU STRIKE: Lecturers dragged to industrial court

THE strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has assumed another dimension as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been dragged before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the lingering strike action.

The suit, with the number NICW/Abj/242/2013 which also has ministers of labour and productivity, education, finance and justice, as well as secretary to the government of the federation as defendants, was instituted by the registered trustees of Golden Women of Integrity and Vision Association and Mrs. Florence Uche Ojieh.

In the suit, the claimants are asking the court to determine whether the strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not illegal and contrary to law and whether members of the union are not bound by the policy of ‘no work no pay’ and therefore not entitled to their salary during the period of the strike.

They also asked the court to determine whether members of ASUU are entitled to continue to retain their employment, having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in the universities; whether or not the union complied with the mandatory provisions of Section 4 and 5 of the Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 LFN 2004 before embarking on the strike; whether the union has complied with the provision of Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act CAP T8 LFN 2004; whether or not the minister of education is not entitled to determine the employment of the union, same having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in their universities and whether or not the doctrine of collective bargain or the purported 2009 agreement can be the basis for the strike action by ASUU same not having been incorporated in their contract of employment between it and the federal government.

The reliefs sought by the claimants include a declaration that the strike action embarked upon by ASUU since July 2, 2013 is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
The claimants also sought a declaration of court that the strike action is unlawful and unwarranted in the face of the payment to the union by federal government of over N50 billion to meet ASUU’s demands from the government.

Other reliefs are an order of mandatory injunction directing the union to go back to work immediately and unconditionally; an order directing the union to return or refund all monies paid to it by the federal government in error or otherwise; an order directing ASUU to return to the negotiation table and a declaration that the strike action is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.

Others are an order directing ASUU to refund all monies paid to its members as salaries, wages and allowances during the strike action; an order enforcing the no work no pay rule on the union; a declaration that the condition precedent to protest and or strike as provided by the Trade Dispute Act Cap T8 LFN 2004 has not been fulfilled; an order declaring the agreement on which the strike action is based as an extra-legal document which have no force of law; an order declaring any step taken or any further step to be taken in relation to the industrial action by ASUU, agents, privies, assignors, sympathizers, successors or any person whatsoever by whatever name so-called as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional and an interim order restraining any other trade union and association from joining, participating and aligning with the ASUU strike.

NANS Begins Facility Tour Of Universities, Urges ASUU To Suspend Strike

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commenced inspection of facilities in some of the universities in the country, just as it called on the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to class.

The visit, which will take the members of the association to both private and public universities in the country, is to enable the students to have basis for comparison and agitate for better welfare for the students.

Speaking after inspection facilities at the Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, the leader of the South-West Facility Tour Team, Gbenga Ayenuro, however, commended the authorities of the university for the facilities put in place in the university.

Ayenuro, who is also the association’s financial secretary, pleaded with the two sides to the industrial action by the university lecturers to shift ground on their demands in the interest of the Nigerian students.

He said the striking lecturers should accept the offers of the Federal Government and allow the students to return to classes in earnest.

He said: “From the need assessment committee, all ASUU demands have been resolved except one, which is the issue of earned allowances put at N87 billion.”

“Currently, from a reliable source and media reports, the Federal Government has approved and disbursed N100 billion for university funding and N30 billion for the earned allowances. At this point, we urge ASUU to shift ground for the sake of Nigerian students and return to classrooms, while deliberations will continue.

“On the earned allowance, we also appeal to the Federal Government to reconsider ASUU’s earned claims on the earned allowances.

“NANS is still dutifully committed to protecting the welfare of Nigerian students without compromise, as spirited efforts have been made by the association under the able leadership of Comrade Yinka Gbadebo to ensure that our teachers return to classrooms, which is the prime interest of the students,” he said.

The list of top 20 Richest Nigerian billionaires

The list of top 20 Richest Nigerian billionaires has been based on:

The value of their shares held in quoted companies, the size and market share of their companies, the number of companies they own and its assumed value, the market value of their company’s brand and the impact of their companies on the Nigerian economy.

Despite the harsh terrain and business challenges involved with starting a business in Nigeria; the successful entrepreneurs listed below held their ground and fought their way to the top.

In a country with a population of over 160 million inhabitants and millions of businesses; these 20 entrepreneurs diligently carved their names in the sands of time.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote – founder of Dangote Group, Richest man in Africa and Richest black man in the world. Mike Adenuga – Conoil, Equatorial Trust Bank, Globacom Femi Otedola – ZENON Oil and Gas Orji Uzor Kalu – Slok Group Cosmos Maduka – Coscharis Group Jimoh Ibrahim – Nicon Insurance, Global Flee Jim Ovia – Zenith Bank, Visafone Pascal Dozie – MTN Nigeria, Diamond Bank Oba Otudeko – Honeywell Group Nigeria Alhaji Sayyu Dantata – MRS Group Umaru Abdul Mutallab – former Chairman First Bank Plc, Mutallab Group Prince Samuel Adedoyin – Doyin Group Dele Fajemirokun – Chairman Aiico Insurance, Xerox Nigeria, Chicken Republic, Kings Guards etc. Chief Cletus Ibeto – Ibeto Group Raymond Dokpesi – Daar Communication, AIT. Tony Ezenna – Orange Group Chief Molade Okoya Thomas – Chairman CFAO Nig and other six french companies. Ifeanyi Ubah – Capital oil and gas Leo Stan Ekeh – Zinox Computer Fola Adeola – GTBank Feel Free To Share!! - See more at: http://tedloaded.tk/forum/showtopic.php?id=267#sthash.h54AuFJT.dpuf

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Why FG wants ASUU strike to continue - Theophilus Ilevbare

Nigerian universities have been buffeted with agonising months of strikes for over a decade and until now, the story is pretty much the same. Government is still unwilling to give the education sector a shot in the arm.

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been on strike since June 30 and has dialogued with FG over 11 times, albeit, inconclusively. This underscores the lukewarm posture of government towards the striking lecturers and from ASUU’s body language and utterances, they have made it abundantly clear to anyone who cares to listen that they are ready to continue the strike even if it takes years, insisting that their decision was adequately taken in a bid to revitalise Nigerian universities.

The bone of contention is lucid in itself. An agreement was reached in 2009 that all federal universities would require a total sum of N1.5 trillion spread over three years (2009-2011) to address the rot and decay in the universities. But, in the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed between the union and the government in 2012, FG decided to extend the gesture to include both federal and state universities. After the 2012 review, it was agreed that instead of N1.5 trillion, FG would infuse a total of N1.3 trillion into the universities over four years. Almost four years down the line, FG has refused to fulfill its end of the bargain. Rather than respond to the issues raised by the union that would ensure quick resolution to the imbroglio, government boycotted ASUU to summon a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of universities, offering them N130billion with a matching order to lecturers to resume work immediately. But the union is insisting that by throwing money at universities in that manner, government has repudiated the 2009 agreement it entered freely with the union and the 2012 MoU. ASUU is not making any fresh demand but has maintained that the 2009 agreement must be honoured.

It is ridiculous that government officials were quoted as saying ASUU’s N1.3 trillion demand is capable of shutting down the country. No. Their insatiable and rapacious greed will. The private jets in the presidential fleet can fly, centenary celebrations is a priority to government, there’s enough money to pay humongous salaries and allowances to federal legislators and other political office holders, enough to forfeit to oil subsidy thieves, enough to pay militants bogus amnesty cheques and phantom contracts while they continue to bunker our crude oil like never before, there’s enough money to beg Boko Haram to accept amnesty but there is no money for law abiding Nigerian students who want to eke out a living using university education as a stepping stone. It is this kind of attitude from the government that provokes the use of brute force by some regional groups to attract government’s attention to their problems.

Government cannot claim it has no money to fulfill this agreement. A country with 109 senators earning about N19.6 billion a year, while N51.8 billion is spent on members of House of Representatives for the same period, totaling N71.4 billion. This sum, N71.4 billion, represents 17.8 per cent of the N400bn yearly intervention fund recommended by the Committee on Needs Assessment of Nigerian Universities. Surely, our lecturers and universities where they were trained deserve more.

When we talk of heath care, government official and the ruling elite go abroad for medical attention; we talk bad roads, they fly private jets; we talk power, they run their homes on 24-7 alternative electricity source; now we’re talking Education, their wards are in some of the best universities abroad. There is no way the myriad of problems bedeviling the country can be tackled if the political elite don’t feel the pangs.

That Mr President has taken out time from his ‘busy’ schedule to constantly parley with the warring factions of his party, PDP, but has never sat down with ASUU members to chart a course for Nigeria’s leaders of tomorrow clearly shows his priorities. Party affairs and chasing perceived enemies of his 2015 ambition around with apparatus of state are far more important things than bending over backwards to pander to the demands of the striking lecturers.

But then, government must take into cognisance the fact that, the longer the students remain at home, chances are that they will be lured into social vices. The aftermath can be disastrous for the state.

There are misplaced calls in the some quarters for ASUU to be ‘reasonable’, accept FG’s offer and return to classrooms. Others lambast them for being self-centered and unpatriotic. It is unfortunate that Nigerians are always looking for quick fix solutions to monumental problems. Less endowed countries like Ghana, Botswana and Angola are making giant strides on all fronts because the citizenry have at one point or the other insisted that the needful be done. Here, anything thrown at us is accepted with glee.

We must get our priorities right as a country. Government must curb its own excesses. Education must be given the attention it deserves. Education of the citizenry should not be subjected to any form of Negotiation. Negotiating the education of our leaders of tomorrow is more or less negotiating the future of the country.

Government deliberately wants the strike to linger, first, to blackmail the opposition. There have been several unsavoury comments from the government’s divide of the negotiation table that ASUU has been infiltrated by moles from the opposition, alleging that the strike has lingered to gain political capital. That is how low this government can stoop. We have seen it before. It is an irresponsible and shameless government, one that lacks integrity and honesty that will blame the opposition for all its woes. It is unbecoming for the government of the day to continue to heap its failure on the doorstep of the opposition and ASUU strike is just another avenue to paint the opposition black before the public.

Second, is to send a strong signal to other unions who might be contemplating similar action to have a rethink. Perhaps, government thinks by acceding to ASUU’s demands, other Labour unions might toe the same path at the slightest excuse.

Third, the ultimate aim of government is to paint a bad image of the association to Nigerians, at least, for as long as the strike persists. The Governor Suswan-led NEEDS Report Implementation Committee mediating on behalf of the government has unfortunately taken a position that is false, dishonest, and calculated to misinform the public and cause disaffection towards the union. Rather than seek cheap popularity, Governor Suswan and the rest of the FG team should tow the part of honour by asking President Goodluck Jonathan to honour the 2009 agreement. There’s no basis for turning the heat on ASUU and the campaign of calumny.

It calls for worry, that same government that has always maintained that ‘our graduates are unemployable’ and our universities churn out ‘half-baked graduates’ find it difficult to commit the much needed funds to revamp the universities.

FG Can Borrow To Resolve ASUU Strike –VC

The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU, speaks on the nation’s university system, especially with regard to the ongoing strike embarked upon by lecturers in public universities

How has the journey been at the Al-Hikmah University?

I am grateful to God that things are working out well in the university. Just last Saturday, we had our third convocation. We graduated 506 students and 14 of them had First Class, while 124 of them obtained Second Class Upper Division. From a population of about 70 students at inception in 2005/2006 academic session, the school has grown to 3,420 students currently.

The first convocation we had was two years ago and it was a combination of three sets where we graduated 454 students.

Last year, we graduated only one set and this third set. I thank God because the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would have affected it.

What’s the effect of the strike on private universities

I have observed that any time any school is on strike, whether it is that of ASUU or any other strike, students normally do not go home. They visit their friends in other institutions.

So, there is no way any VC can feel safe when there is strike going on because those students that will not go home will come to other universities to either influence behaviour or at least, look for shelter. That is why, every time there is strike, vice-chancellors are concerned about happenings in their schools.

Again, I was worried when I read in the newspapers that the National Association of Nigerian Students suggested that private universities should be disturbed so that the Federal Government would be more concerned about the ongoing ASUU strike.

How did you receive NANS threat?

It was not a delight, of course. I can appreciate their concern, but I feel that they should realise that private universities are actually paying already for continuity of non-strike on campuses.

That is why private university owners cannot afford to renege or delay negotiation with their staff because they do not have subvention or contributions from federal or state government.

What is your take on the prolonged strike and the teachers’ demand?

The Federal Government should look for ways to prevent strike at all costs. I realised that we may be saying that we do not have limitless funds to run universities; but we do know the number of universities we have. My prayer is that they will take it as a responsibility to make sure that the main actors on campus, in this case, the lecturers, must be satisfied such that there will be no recurrence of strike for good.

The striking teachers are talking about things needed to give quality education to their students.

As a parent, I want the Federal Government to do everything possible to meet ASUU’s demand because if they are asking for something beyond reasonable, I can understand the Federal Government not providing them.

But if they are asking that provisions be such on the campuses that the very best of education is given to our students, I feel the Federal Government should please meet these demands. The striking teachers are saying they want to meet with the global expectations and I believe that should also be of concern to the Federal Government.

Are you then justifying the strike?

These are the demands agreed upon as far back as 2009, according to ASUU. I do not think that it should drag on indefinitely. The Federal Government should look for ways of meeting these demands, even if it means taking a loan. They have taken loans to do some laudable programmes in the past. If they do it for the education sector and our youth, I do not think it is too much a sacrifice. My prayer is that God gives the Federal Government the wisdom and wherewithal to meet these demands so that university education can move on.

If FG meets about 70 per cent of their demands, would you advise ASUU members to resume work while negotiations for the remaining demands continue?

I believe that if the FG meets 70 or 80 per cent of their demands, Nigerians will prevail on ASUU members to go back to work. Right now, the authorities have only met 30 per cent of their demands. This is far from the demands. My prayer is that the leadership of this country and the supervising minister of education will sit down and look for ways of coming up with higher provisions to meet the ASUU demands.

Withholding Our Salary Will Not Deter Us —ASUU

Teachers in the nation’s public universities on Monday vowed to continue with the strike, declaring that the attempt by the Federal Government to withhold their salaries would not stop their action.

They also described a section of the National Association of Nigerian Students distancing themselves from the strike as “politically motivated students.”

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Abuja chapter, Dr. Clement Chup, stated this in an online interview with our correspondent.

The Federal Government, by withholding their salaries, he said, would not make them to abandon their cause.

He said, “Yes, the non-payment of our August salary is another attempt by the government to stampede us into breaking the strike, and as usual, it will not work. The economic war the government is employing has never, and will never yield any dividend.

“Our next line of action is to continue with the strike. We had, on July 2, commenced a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action, and as long as the government does not meet our demand of implementing the FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement, the strike will continue.”

On comments by the leadership of NANS that the students were no longer supporting the strike, Chup said those making the call were “political and mercenary students.”

“The NANS that say they do not support us are the mercenary students. They are the political, non-matriculated students. Our genuine students do understand the issues that warranted the strike, and are fully in our support.”

Chup, an associate professor at UNIABUJA, also alleged that the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led NEEDS Assessment Committee was only interested in awarding contracts in the universities.

According to him, the committee is arbitrarily awarding contracts to the governing councils of the universities without considering the peculiarities of the schools.

He added, “The committee is merely giving letters of award to the governing councils and intends to handle the contracts, not minding the peculiarities of the universities.

“The question to ask the governor is, why insist on going ahead with the implementation of the projects when the committee has yet to agree with the principal party involved’? I think the Suswam committee was only interested in awarding contracts.

Why FG wants ASUU strike to continue - Theophilus Ilevbare

Nigerian universities have been buffeted with agonising months of strikes for over a decade and until now, the story is pretty much the same. Government is still unwilling to give the education sector a shot in the arm.

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been on strike since June 30 and has dialogued with FG over 11 times, albeit, inconclusively. This underscores the lukewarm posture of government towards the striking lecturers and from ASUU’s body language and utterances, they have made it abundantly clear to anyone who cares to listen that they are ready to continue the strike even if it takes years, insisting that their decision was adequately taken in a bid to revitalise Nigerian universities.

The bone of contention is lucid in itself. An agreement was reached in 2009 that all federal universities would require a total sum of N1.5 trillion spread over three years (2009-2011) to address the rot and decay in the universities. But, in the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed between the union and the government in 2012, FG decided to extend the gesture to include both federal and state universities. After the 2012 review, it was agreed that instead of N1.5 trillion, FG would infuse a total of N1.3 trillion into the universities over four years. Almost four years down the line, FG has refused to fulfill its end of the bargain. Rather than respond to the issues raised by the union that would ensure quick resolution to the imbroglio, government boycotted ASUU to summon a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of universities, offering them N130billion with a matching order to lecturers to resume work immediately. But the union is insisting that by throwing money at universities in that manner, government has repudiated the 2009 agreement it entered freely with the union and the 2012 MoU. ASUU is not making any fresh demand but has maintained that the 2009 agreement must be honoured.

It is ridiculous that government officials were quoted as saying ASUU’s N1.3 trillion demand is capable of shutting down the country. No. Their insatiable and rapacious greed will. The private jets in the presidential fleet can fly, centenary celebrations is a priority to government, there’s enough money to pay humongous salaries and allowances to federal legislators and other political office holders, enough to forfeit to oil subsidy thieves, enough to pay militants bogus amnesty cheques and phantom contracts while they continue to bunker our crude oil like never before, there’s enough money to beg Boko Haram to accept amnesty but there is no money for law abiding Nigerian students who want to eke out a living using university education as a stepping stone. It is this kind of attitude from the government that provokes the use of brute force by some regional groups to attract government’s attention to their problems.

Government cannot claim it has no money to fulfill this agreement. A country with 109 senators earning about N19.6 billion a year, while N51.8 billion is spent on members of House of Representatives for the same period, totaling N71.4 billion. This sum, N71.4 billion, represents 17.8 per cent of the N400bn yearly intervention fund recommended by the Committee on Needs Assessment of Nigerian Universities. Surely, our lecturers and universities where they were trained deserve more.

When we talk of heath care, government official and the ruling elite go abroad for medical attention; we talk bad roads, they fly private jets; we talk power, they run their homes on 24-7 alternative electricity source; now we’re talking Education, their wards are in some of the best universities abroad. There is no way the myriad of problems bedeviling the country can be tackled if the political elite don’t feel the pangs.

That Mr President has taken out time from his ‘busy’ schedule to constantly parley with the warring factions of his party, PDP, but has never sat down with ASUU members to chart a course for Nigeria’s leaders of tomorrow clearly shows his priorities. Party affairs and chasing perceived enemies of his 2015 ambition around with apparatus of state are far more important things than bending over backwards to pander to the demands of the striking lecturers.

But then, government must take into cognisance the fact that, the longer the students remain at home, chances are that they will be lured into social vices. The aftermath can be disastrous for the state.

There are misplaced calls in the some quarters for ASUU to be ‘reasonable’, accept FG’s offer and return to classrooms. Others lambast them for being self-centered and unpatriotic. It is unfortunate that Nigerians are always looking for quick fix solutions to monumental problems. Less endowed countries like Ghana, Botswana and Angola are making giant strides on all fronts because the citizenry have at one point or the other insisted that the needful be done. Here, anything thrown at us is accepted with glee.

We must get our priorities right as a country. Government must curb its own excesses. Education must be given the attention it deserves. Education of the citizenry should not be subjected to any form of Negotiation. Negotiating the education of our leaders of tomorrow is more or less negotiating the future of the country.

Government deliberately wants the strike to linger, first, to blackmail the opposition. There have been several unsavoury comments from the government’s divide of the negotiation table that ASUU has been infiltrated by moles from the opposition, alleging that the strike has lingered to gain political capital. That is how low this government can stoop. We have seen it before. It is an irresponsible and shameless government, one that lacks integrity and honesty that will blame the opposition for all its woes. It is unbecoming for the government of the day to continue to heap its failure on the doorstep of the opposition and ASUU strike is just another avenue to paint the opposition black before the public.

Second, is to send a strong signal to other unions who might be contemplating similar action to have a rethink. Perhaps, government thinks by acceding to ASUU’s demands, other Labour unions might toe the same path at the slightest excuse.

Third, the ultimate aim of government is to paint a bad image of the association to Nigerians, at least, for as long as the strike persists. The Governor Suswan-led NEEDS Report Implementation Committee mediating on behalf of the government has unfortunately taken a position that is false, dishonest, and calculated to misinform the public and cause disaffection towards the union. Rather than seek cheap popularity, Governor Suswan and the rest of the FG team should tow the part of honour by asking President Goodluck Jonathan to honour the 2009 agreement. There’s no basis for turning the heat on ASUU and the campaign of calumny.

It calls for worry, that same government that has always maintained that ‘our graduates are unemployable’ and our universities churn out ‘half-baked graduates’ find it difficult to commit the much needed funds to revamp the universities.

ASUU Strike: Bishops Offer to Mediate between FG, Lecturers

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered to mediate in the protracted rift between the federal government and the Academic Staff of Union Universities (ASUU) over the implementation of the 2009 ASUU/FG agreement between the two parties.

Rising from its 2013 second plenary meeting in Otukpo, Benue State, yesterday, the bishops observed that the ongoing rift had crippled the education system in the country, and urged the federal government and the leadership of ASUU to come down from their stern positions and resolve their differences in the interest of the students. In a communiqué, signed by the President of CBCN, Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama, who doubles as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Jos, and the Secretary, Most Reverend Williams Avenga, who is also the bishop of Gboko, and made available to journalists in Jos, Plateau State, the bishops expressed regret that university students have been made to roam about the streets, following the indefinite strike.

The clerics stated that they could no longer afford to remain indifferent, while the future of the youths was being mortgaged. The communiqué said: “We are disturbed by the crippling effect of the strike. As stakeholders in the education of our youths, we cannot stay aloof. We appeal to the federal government and ASUU to take the higher ground of mutual exchange and shifting of grounds for the collective responsibility of saving our university education and getting our youths back to the classrooms. “We, the Catholic Bishops willingly offer ourselves as a conference to mediate in order to bring this deadlock to an end and usher in a harmonious, viable and sustainable environment for university learning.” The bishops also lamented the denial of Catholics to acquire land to establish chaplaincy by some university authorities, adding that the action had contributed to the weakening of sound moral in the lives of the youths, who are the future leaders. The clerics called on the federal government to foster religious freedom by allocating lands and removing all barriers to acquiring
lands for religious worships.

On security, the CBCN congratulated the federal government on the bold measures adopted in combating the menace of the Boko Haram sect, which had reduced the acts of terrorism in the country, especially in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States.

While reiterating the need for good governance, the conference noted that the quality of life in Nigeria does not reflect the level of the country's immense human and natural resources. The clerics also called for higher observance in the right and respect to lives and condemned attempts to introduce unwholesome values to the society by foreign agencies in their campaign for abortion.

ASUU Blasts NUC, Says Strike Continues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said the existence of the National Universities Commission has not brought improvement to the standard of education in the country.

The union also said that it would not call off the strike because of the mere promise made by the Federal Government to provide revitalization fund for the university system.

ASUU also called on the National Assembly to investigate the activities of NUC with a view to determining the continued relevance or otherwise of the university supervisory body.

If found irrelevant, ASUU said it should be scrapped.

Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, who spoke in Ibadan noted that the NUC boss, Prof. Julius Okojie, had concentrated the effort of the university regulatory body on quantity rather than quality while issuing accreditation to universities.

Ajiboye said, “Okojie should take full responsibility for all his deeds in the NUC. Nigerians should be proud of ASUU in its efforts at repositioning public universities in the country.”

The union leader added that the result of the assessment exercise of NUC carried out by the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy should be used to judge the relevance of NUC and its leader rather than the self-assessment of the regulatory agency.

He said some of the accreditation's granted by NUC were enmeshed in controversy, wondering why the National Assembly had not taken action on the controversies surrounding the accreditation's so far recorded.

He said, “One of the efforts of ASUU to reposition education in the country is the NEEDS Assessment document. This was a product of a rigorous academic exercise carried out by dependable and credible members of our union. Unlike the numerous faulty accreditation reports which had given these universities clean bill of health, the NEEDS Assessment Report stands out as a classical document of reference detailing the rot and decay in public universities in Nigeria.

“All well meaning Nigerians can see the contrast between Okojie’s packaged accreditation reports and a credible job done by ASUU. It has become very clear from the assessment document that Okojie and his people have fooled this country for too long. Time is now for government to beam a searchlight on the activities of the NUC. The education committees in both the Senate and House of Representatives have an arduous task to do here. Nigerians are calling for dismantling of an omnibus body that has done the country more harm than good.”

ASUU also reiterated its commitment to the current effort to gain Federal Government consent to its demand, saying that the strike would not be called off based on mere government promise.

Meanwhile, a non-governmental organisation, Do It Right Foundation, has appealed to the Federal Government and ASUU to work hard and resolve the lingering crisis that has shut down the education sector.

In a statement on Sunday, President and National Coordinator of the foundation, Mr. Dixon Jubril, called on the university lecturers to give room for re-opening of the universities in the interest of the students.

“It has become a burden on both the government and ASUU to save the education sector from collapse by finding a common ground for the amicable resolution of the crisis. What both parties to the dispute must have in mind is that while the situation lingers it is the future of the students that is at stake.

“We call on ASUU in particular to shift ground a bit for the common good of the education system. It’s our belief that the time has come for ASUU to devise other means of settling its disputes with government instead of the constant disruption of academic activities with its attendant socio-economic implications.”

My Grouse With ASUU

he Academic Staff Union of Universities demands empathy from the general public including the students to support the ongoing strike.

However, if I may ask, was the opinion of students sought before ASUU embarked on this nationwide strike? True, some students support ASUU’s actions while some are totally against it. But throwing millions of students out of classroom does nobody any good.

While the lecturers have ample time to engage in private practice, other ventures and even research, the majority of their students are doing nothing while the strike lasts. Now, whenever the strike is eventually called off, the students come back blank and the same old story of “half-baked” graduates continues. Obviously, then, the students lose more than they gain for the duration of the strike.

Again, by making all universities go on a nationwide strike, ASUU is practically placing all universities in Nigeria at par without considering their diachronic and synchronic relevance at this point in Nigeria’s development. It is difficult to make, for example, the University of Lagos, Akoka at par with a recently established university all in the name of funding. One of the ripple effects of such an action is that it drags some universities down from the pedestal in which they are placed.

Now, these older universities have to struggle to regain their lofty positions after the strike while it distorts the efforts of the new universities to take off on a full scale. The establishment of private universities all the more makes ASUU’s position and insistence on strike redundant. Gone are the days when ASUU could shake the entire nation.

Those that could not afford to send their children abroad now endeavour to send them to private universities because they guarantee stability and time management and it is only a matter of time before they overtake public universities if these incessant strikes continue. This only leaves majority of the masses at the mercy of ASUU. It is not fair on the people who desire university education.

To me, ASUU’s demands seem contradictory. It makes a general claim that the 2009 agreement has not been faithfully implemented. Now, it wants a full implementation before calling off its strike. If payment of lecturers’ allowances is not a top priority, I think government is magnanimous enough to have come out with a position that N100bn will start as a stimulating package for all universities’ infrastructure development (though they’ve not told us when more funds are expected) and N30bn for their allowances. Taking account of TETfund and monthly subventions to universities, it behoves ASUU to ensure prudent and resourceful management of funds allocated to universities. Rather than being at loggerheads with government all the time, ASUU should take on the management of their various universities as regards how internally generated funds are spent.

If ASUU is serious about revitalizing the nation’s universities, as a major stakeholder, it should take the management of universities to task on building world-class universities through judicious use of TETfund interventions and other grants. Everything does not have to come from the government. What is the essence of improved funding when they are mismanaged and wasted?

Another thing that I find disturbing is the issue of university autonomy being championed by ASUU. When universities’ Governing Councils were dissolved a few years back, ASUU raised a dust over the issue clamouring for reinstatement of councils and autonomy for federal and state universities. By granting autonomy to universities, ASUU wants the Federal Government to hands off its interference with its administration. To a layman, this argument seems illogical and meaningless. While ASUU embarks on a strike forcing government to fund universities, it still embarks on a strike forcing government to hands off its investment. A complete autonomy for universities is like telling government to remove its hands 100 per cent from universities’ administration while still holding on to the money government has for its universities.

This is contradictory on the part of ASUU. If it demands total autonomy, then each university should be allowed to develop at its own pace and reach for international standards without being dragged into unnecessary strike actions.

Asking for university autonomy while still clinging onto the hegemony of ASUU to ground universities nationwide is not in the best interest of Nigerian universities.

PASTOR IMPREGNATES 3 CHOIR MEMBERS, USES FETISH POWERS

A self-acclaimed man of God who runs a church in Ugbolu community, near Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly put three female members of his choir in the family way.




The man, identified as Moses (surname withheld), was alsoaccused of using fetish practices to conduct prayer sessions during worship periods in the community where he is said to also perform miracles.

Reports said Moses, who is now helping the police in its investigations, was alleged to have hood-winked the victims into having closed doors prayer sessions where he was said to have performed various acts on them.

The police spokesperson in the state, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, said that the suspect, upon interrogation, confessed to have lured his victims with “charms,” claiming that this paved the way for him to have sexual intercourse with them.

Sources said since revelations relating to the Moses’ bizarre acts two weeks ago, there have been palpable tension in the community where worshippers in his church have been seen standing and whispering.

It was gathered that Moses moved into the community from Onitsha where he was allegedly manhandled by a mob after raping a 16-year-old bread hawker.

Moses was arrested after relations of his victims were said to have reported the matter to the Police, following the confessions of the young girls that he had made love to them.

FOOTBALLER RONALDINHO PAYS $58,000 TO GET HIS TEETH FIXED

After years of refusing to fix his crooked teeth, saying his fans loved his trademark grin, 2-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner (2004/ 2005) Ronaldinho has changed his mind and finally gotten it fixed. The Brazilian football superstar paid $58,000 to have his teeth realigned, and gums altered.


Happy For you Ronaldodinho, Now you can Kiss with the Girls Mind at Rest

MANCHESTER CITY BEATS MANCHESTER UNITED ON A 4 - 1 GROUND [READ MORE]

This is a Total Disgrace as Manchester City Thrashes Manchester UTD on a 4 - 1 Win in Favour of the City.
With Sergio Aguero and Others on the Pitch, Manchester UTD Fans will surely value the Presence of Van Persie as he Missed out the Manchester Derby today.

Whats your Say on this??

#Up Manchester!!!

CHELSEA 2 : 0 FULHAM [EPL WEEK 5 HIGHLIGHTS]

UPDATE ON BBM FOR ANDROID

I will be posting directly to you what Blackberry™ has to say on the matter:''Prior to launching BBM for Android, an unreleased version of the BBM for Android app was posted online. The interest and enthusiasm we have seen already - more than 1.1 million active users in the first 8 hours without even launching the official Android app - is incredible. Consequently, this unreleased version caused issues, which we have attempted to address throughout the day.

Our teams continue to work around the clock to bring BBM to Android and iPhone, but only when it's ready and we know it will live up to your expectations of BBM. We are pausing the global roll-out of BBM for Android and iPhone. Customers who have already downloaded BBM for iPhone will be able to continue to use BBM. The unreleased Android app will be disabled, and customers who downloaded it should visit www.BBM.com to register for updates on official BBM for Android availability.

As soon as we are able, we will begin a staggered country roll-out of BBM for Android and continue the roll-out of BBM for iPhone. Please follow @BBM on Twitter for the latest updates and go to www.BBM.com to sign-up for updates about BBM for Android and iPhone. These issues have not impacted BBM service for BlackBerry.''

HOW TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE LOST SECURITY CODE WITHOUT FLASHING IT

How to unlock your phone lost security code without flashing it

it is now easy to unlock any phone security code without missing your files,apps or datas.
If u have forgotten your phone security code.
For for the code http://www.irshadwap.com/wap/utilities/unlock/get_mastercode.php

after opening the link,type ur phone serial number in the provided box.


If u don't know it,open the back cover of your phone and remove the battery,you will see the serial number e.g (387994031016496)


N0TE: it must be fifften(15) in number.
If it's a new phone..

u will see the serial number in the battery

OR

u can also press *#06# for easy access.


Tested and trusted in every phone.

It can also work on blackberry..

FG AND ASUU STRUCK A NEW DEAL LAST NIGHT

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) struck a new deal last night.


This happened at a three-hour close-door meeting at the State House in Abuja between Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo and the leadership of the union.

Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, ASUU President Nasir Isa Fagge said the union had got a message from the government and would meet its members and get back to the government. Fagge, however, refused to dis-close the details of the new message.

On whether there is a possibility of calling off the strike soon, he said as a good messenger, he would only report back to the larger ASUU.Also speaking, Supervising Minister of Education Nyesom Wike, who was at the meeting, assured that the strike would soon end as the government was ready to resolve all the issues that led to the industrial action.

Also at the meeting were the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Com-mission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, as well as Vice Chancellor of the Bayero University Kano, Professor Abdulrasheed Abubakar, and his counterparts Isaac Adewole of the University of Ibadan and Hamisu Muhammed of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

Former ASUU presidents Dr Dipo Fasina and Dr Abdullahi Sule-Kano were also in attendance.

VIDEO: I’ve Not Had S*X With Any Lady In The Last Six Months – Iyanya

When asked why its hard to trust artistes like him, the pop singer’s reply was “If I told you in the last one month I have not been close to any girl, would you believe me?”.
Iyanya is one artist that does not fail to wow his fans especially the female ones with his pulling off his shirt stunts and whining on stage moves.
The 27-year-old singer says contrary to what people think about him that he is bad, a male prostitute, his job is to make good music.
Watch video below

Good News: Exchange An Old Phone for Nokia Lumia 520!

First of its kind I'm officially seeing in Nigeria. Airtel and Nokia are bringing you an offer where you could exchange your old phone for a Nokia lumia 520 device. So whats the catch? You will pay an exchange fee of ₦23,990 to get the new device. That is, your old phone + ₦23,990 = New Nokia lumia 520.

As at of now, the Nokia lumia goes for ₦27,000 in the Nigerian market.

To further sweeten the deal, Airtel will give you ₦6000 worth of on-net minutes for 6 months. If you will like to participate in this deal, visit any airtel shop nearest to you with your old phone and 23,990.

I know some peeps will want to exchange with Nokia tourchlight :D

STAGES OF HIV-INFECTION

Stage1: Window period
When a person becomes infected the person
may first notice an infection similar to
glandular fever, but they still remain healthy
otherwise. During this period the body starts to
produce antibodies. This period is called
the window period and it takes the body about
2 – 12 weeks (3months) to produce enough of
these antibodies, so that they can be detected in
an HIV-antibody test.


Stage 2: Healthy – without any major
symptoms
A person is healthy during this time, but may
show some of the early symptoms or if they get
ill it takes a little longer than usual for them to
recover. Stage 2 is also known as the A-
symptomatic phase (no major symptoms) and
can last on average between 2 – 10 years.
Living healthily – eating well, exercising,
reducing stress, resting enough, avoiding
alcohol and cigarettes, can help prevent
opportunistic infections and therefore the
person can stay in this stage for longer.


Stage 3: Become ill
HIV gradually destroys the immune system of
people infected with HIV. Opportunistic
infections then develop and take advantage of
an HIV-positive person’s weak immune system,
making them ill. During stage 3 – which is also
known as the Symptomatic phase – the person
will experience more serious problems such as
profound weight loss, chronic diarrhoea, fever,
oral thrush, vaginal thrush, pneumonia and
TB. A person is advised to take medication to
treat the opportunistic infections so that they
can get better again.
Stage 4: AIDS
This phase is diagnosed when the person has a
CD4 count of lower than 250 as well as an
opportunistic infection (is sick). Very serious
diseases will occur during stage 4, such as:
- chest infections causing pneumonia and
shortness of breath
- TB (tuberculosis)
- brain infections causing mental confusion,
severe headaches and fits, meningitis
- diarrhoea lasting many weeks
- profound weight loss – more than 20% of
body weight in a week
- cancers, particularly a skin cancer called
Karposi Sarcoma

HOW TO MAKE FREE CALLS WHILE CHATTING ON BLACKBERRY MESSENGER

Am sure some must have tried this out while some are not even aware of this, in today's post i will be showing you how you can make free calls while chatting on BBM.
In my own case i use my Android phone to
power my blackberry to ping and browse free of charge without even subscribing for any BIS.

All i did was to
configure my android to tether and broadcast network that powers my blackberry.


So lets go to straight the main purpose of this post, some people have wireless network in their offices, houses etc and yet they are not exploring this unique feature of Blackberry Messenger whereby you can call your friends that are also connected to a wireless network all for free to talk as long as you desire,
see the screenshot below to see how you can talk to your friends for free while pinging on blackberry


The area i circled is the BBM voice chat icon, once you are connected to a wireless network it will automatically be activated, go through your BBM friend list anyone that has same icon with a green colour means that the person is also connected, just click on the icon to start calling the person for free

OBASANJO��S ��INSULT�� MADE ME A SUPERSTAR �CEEDRIS

Controversies and scandals aside, Afro Hip Hop artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem, is happy that he chose the path of music, writes
JAYNE AUGOYE
Anytime his name is mentioned in a gathering, many incidents readily come to mind. For some people it is his scuffle with American rapper, 50 Cents, during his visit to Nigeria, in 2004. Others m­ay choose to remember his numerous swipes at colleagues in his songs.
However, beyond the many controversies that have dogged his career over the years, Eedris Abdulkareem, was once a professional table tennis player and journalist.
Recalling some of his exploits with a wide grin, the rapper says, ��Back then, my passion was journalism, sports and music. As a hustler, you do everything but the most important thing is to get some form of education. I had a stint in journalism in Kano State with theDaily Timesat the time, but I left because I wasn��t really passionate about it. More so, I was young and I thought it would not fetch me money.
At age 15, I represented Kano State as a table tennis player. I was also part of the Nigerian Table Tennis contingent to the All Africa Games in 1985, which took place in Kenya, with the likes of Funke Oshinaike, Atunda Musa and the late Yomi Bankole.��
The Bayero University, Mass Communication graduate says, ��God told me emphatically that my calling was music because he wants me to use it to speak for the voiceless.
He said, ��Eedris, leave Kano, you are going to go to Lagos to do music, you would go through a lot but you will make it nonetheless. As soon as you have the opportunity to speak on the microphone, use it to talk about the ills in the society like s*xual harassment, politics, embezzlement and illiteracy. Also, I was interested in music because my mother raised 10 children and lost seven of them. It made me a very conscious boy at a tender age because of that.��
Looking back, the artiste, who has been in the game for two decades, says he is glad that he yielded to the call.
��I would have made more money from music if I sing praises. But if you are a public officer who is accountable, I will definitely praise you. With music, I have met all my needs and gained international recognition. I have the authority to walk up to any governor��s door and get instant recognition. They will say, ��Ah, Eedris Abdulkareem, Obasanjo��s friend, Jaga jaga��. It has opened many doors for me and I don��t have to sell my soul to the devil or become a member of illuminati to be successful,�� he says amid laughter.
When asked to comment on the high point of his career, his face lights up in a smile
��The best to ever happen to me was former President Olusegun Obasanjo talking back at me, calling me a mere street boy whose father is not known. The president took me to the next level, I became a super star, and now people know me, because Obasanjo put me in his level.��
As if these achievements are not enough, the rapper, who has been running an independent label, La Kreem Records, since 2004, is happy because he has succeeded in keeping the home front intact in spite of controversies.
��I love my family and wife so much that I don��t joke with them. I have been married for 13 years, though they thought it would last three months. I proved to them that it is possible to be a family man and artiste at the same time. I am an inspiration to other married celebrities,�� he boasts.
Things can only get better, as far as Eedris is concerned. With a sixth album due in November, the Osun State native, who says he has a few friends in the industry, tries to clear a few issues off his chest.
��I don��t need endorsements, but I am cool with the shows that Mike Adenuga has been giving me. Shows are enough for me. I will endorse my own product which I am putting together. I need more shows because they pay my bills. If I tell you I want endorsements you may think that most of the things I sing about are for endorsement. I don��t want it, but I do it for other Nigerian artistes so they can live big. But if you must endorse, choose people that will add value to your life.
Endorsement is the best thing that has ever happened to Nigeria. My only grouse is that abroad, endorsed artistes add value to other people��s lives. Here in Nigeria, it is the opposite,�� he says.

BUSINESSMAN BURIES HIS �310,000 BENTLEY SO HE CAN USE IT IN THE AFTERLIFE (PICS)

62years old wealthy entrepreneur 'Count Scarpa' will be burying his greatest treasure - his new �310,000 Bentley convertible today so as to avoid any chance of not balling in his afterlife.

In a bizarre announcement on his Facebook page Scarpa declared that he plans to do as the Pharaohs of Egypt did and take his riches with him when he dies by burying them.
So today, he will entomb his brand new Bentley Continental worth over �310,000 to make sure he has a comfortable journey into the �other side�.
The funeral ceremony, he promises, will be at 11am in Sao Paulo.

The self-made businessman, who has a degree in economics and is a black belt instructor and owner of the Institute Maruyama Aikido, a Japanese martial arts academy, explains that his decision to start storing up his treasures for the life beyond came after watching a programme on Ancient Egypt on Sunday.

'I was watching a documentary about the pharaohs of Egypt, very interesting. They buried their entire fortune to have a comfortable life "the other side"!'
So, he wants to copy them.

Scarpa has been married twice - his first wife died, then he married a second wife whom he divorced.
Scarpa has no children.

ASUU STRIKE MAY BE CALLED OFF NEXT WEEK

The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU may
call off the lingering strike action across public
universities in the country, as the Vice-President,

Namadi Sambo met with the leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, in Abuja on
Thursday. The meeting which was held behind closed doors
had in attendance the supervising Minister of
Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive
Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof.
Julius Okojie.

The union was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir Faggae, and two former Presidents of ASUU;
Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano.
Others at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of
Bayero University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed
Abubakar; Prof. Isaac Adewole of the University of
Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

It was however uncertain if yesterday?s discussion
was fruitful as the two parties did not disclose the
outcome of the meeting which lasted for two hours
to journalists.

Fagge, however, told State House Correspondents that the union would make its position known after
the National Executive Council meeting.
Wike assured Nigerians that students would soon
return to school as government was ready to make
sure all the contending issues were resolved as
soon as possible. According to sources this was because the Federal

Government had agreed to inject fund to revitalize
the university system.
?The meeting went well, the vice-president made
some new offers that were different from what was
on ground before. For instance, the Federal Government had agreed to start the injection of
revitalisation fund into the university system
starting with N100bn this year and N150bn in
2014 and this will continue until the university system is solid enough to stand.

In what seems to be a ray of Hope of appeared over the on going strike embarked by the public
universities? lecturers as the Vice-President, Namadi
Sambo met with the leadership of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Abuja on Thursday.

The meeting which was held behind closed doors had in attendance the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive
Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof.
Julius Okojie.

The union was led by its National President, Dr.
Nasir Faggae, and two former Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano.
Others at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of
Bayero University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed
Abubakar; Prof. Isaac Adewole of the University of
Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of the

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. It was however uncertain if yesterday?s discussion
was fruitful as the two parties did not disclose the
outcome of the meeting which lasted for two hours
to journalists.

Fagge, however, told State House Correspondents
that the union would make its position known after the National Executive Council meeting.
Wike assured Nigerians that students would soon
return to school as government was ready to make
sure all the contending issues were resolved as
soon as possible.

According to sources this was because the Federal Government had agreed to inject fund to revitalize
the university system.

The meeting went well, the vice-president made
some new offers that were different from what was'on ground before. For instance, the Federal
Government had agreed to start the injection of revitalisation fund into the university system
starting with N100bn this year and N150bn in
2014 and this will continue until the university
system is solid enough to stand.

DOWNLOAD BBM FOR ANDROID DEMO VERSION & PING

This is just a simple Blackberry
Messenger leakage to all my
Android users, I can't wait to
see you ping me with your
official BBM friends.

The official BBM is said to be
lunched on 21st of September
but there is a leakage so far
and you can download it to
your device, rock with it until
it's officially launched.

Once you succeeded in
downloading this BBM on your
Android device, you will only
need to update it from Google
Play on 21st of September
2013.


Requirements
=>You must be running
Android 4.0 and above

=>Internet connection

Where Can I Download BBM For My Android Phone?
http://www.4shared.com/android/5KJK6VUe/combbm.html

=>Register and fill in your
correct details


=>Confirm and verify your
account by visiting your
mail box, follow the link they
will send to you to verify your account.

=> Visit the bbm apps and
login with your email and
password and then watch the
wonders of bbm on Android.

Note: It might take up to 24hrs
or more to generate
your Blackberry PIN. So just
relax and keep pinging. It
rocks real good!

BANKS CAUTION CUTOMERS ON SCAM MAILS - DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY

Some banks in Lagos on Tuesday warned customers not to respond to requests for their personal bank details over the Internet, telephone or in person.




Mr Francis Barde, Head, Corporate Affair Department, Union Bank, said that more people were now getting scam e-mails than before.

Barde said that “scammers” were taking advantage of changes in electronic banking transactions to dupe unsuspecting customers of their money.

“More people are embracing the e-payment system which is popularly known as cashless policy.

“As a bank, steps have been taken to protect customers and secure their transactions.

“It has become part of our policy to often inform our customers not to share their personal bank details with a third party.

“Also, customers should be wary of any email or Website that requires them to fill forms that require their personal identification numbers, passwords or security codes, “ he said.

Mr Ramon Nasir, Head, Media Relations Unit, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Marina, said that many of the e-mail scams looked real for an ignorant and unsuspecting customer.

According to Nasir, there are many types of scams with the sole aim of stealing customers’ account, information number and money.

“UBA Plc has taken steps to secure and protect its customers against cyber crimes and other forms of e-banking threats.

“The drive towards a cashless economy has necessitated that we put in place systems and processes that would protect our customers.

“Customers get periodic e-mails warning them to ignore email and messages that request to share their personal banking details, “ he said.

HUSBAND CATCHES WIFE IN ADULTERY USING FAKE FACEBOOK NAME - A MUST READ

This is a controversial issue because it is not easy for many to resist temptation. The wife was tempted and she could not resist it. But the husband is saying he can't marry her again, calling her prostitute and all sorts of names and has decided to divorce her. The wife is begging for forgiveness. Below is their story:



A married couple work in different cities; the husband works in Abuja while the wife work in Lagos. He goes home every weekend to spend time with her. They both have facebook accounts.

One day while bored at work the husband playfully creates a facebook account with a fake pix, he sends his wife a request and she was attracted by the handsome young man, hence she accepts his request.

They chat regularly over one month, she finds him exciting and was always looking forward to chatting with him. She began to hate weekends because he online lover was never available to chat with her, not knowing that the "online lover" is her husband who is by her side at weekends.

They chatted about everything, recently their chats became very sexually explicit, and she got turned on by the things he asked her to do. Then, one day he asks her to send him a photo of her private part.

Surprisingly, the married woman excitedly send the private photos without hesitation. Her angry husband then asks her to take photo of her body parts and she did.

As soon as he got all the photos in his inbox, the husband reveals his true identity.

The wife is ashamed of herself and begging for forgiveness. The husband said he believes that is how his wife go about sharing her body with men on facebook. He said he can't marry such a cheap woman again.

- What is the way out here? Should the husband forgive her or not?

FG Not Transparent, Sincere In Addressing Rot In Education Sector – ASUU

The Bauchi State Chapter of the Academic Union of Universities has said that the union will not shift grounds on their demand for the hundred percent implementation of the 2009 agreement, saying that the federal government is not transparent and sincere in addressing the rot in the education sector.

The State Chairman of the union, Dr. Lawan Abubakar who stated this Thursday in an interview at the ASUU secretariat in Bauchi lamented that the federal government and the National Assembly have been gambling and playing politics with the future of students in the varsities by refusing to implement an agreement it consciously entered into with the union four years ago.

According to him, “I can recall vividly in 2011 December, ASUU went on strike over this same non-implementation of the 2009 agreement. In January 2012,we sat down again with the government and drafted a memorandum of understanding,(MOU) on how the 2009 agreement will be implemented”.

“In the MOU,all the nine demands of ASUU were given deadlines for their implementation.If the government had sincerely followed the MOU,implementation would have been done with in June,2012, but the government kept dragging the issue,without any positive headway”.

The ASUU Chairman said the chairman of the implementation committee on needs assessment of universities,Governor Gabriel Suswan did not disclose to the union the source of the 100 billion naira disbursement infrastructural intervention fund to the fifty-one benefiting universities.

He said beside the fact that tertiary institutions in the country have not been given their 2013 allocations, Governor Gabriel Suswan has also not disclosed the funding agencies of the 100 billion naira as well as when the government will release the 2013, 400 billion naira intervention fund to tertiary institutions that is due.

Dr.Lawan said the federal government disbursement of 30 billion naira for earned allowances of federal government universities was unacceptable to the union because by the analysis that was made in 2012,the cost implication of the arrears that the federal government should bear is eighty-seven billion naira and not 30 billion.

BBM FINALLY TO ANDRIOD ON SATURDAY AND IOS ON SUNDAY

The long-awaited cross-platform versions of BlackBerry’s BBM will be available this weekend, according to the company.
Android users will get first crack at it on Saturday, September 21st, while iOS users will be able to download it the following day.

The company is just hitting its target of a summer launch, literally launching the apps with one day to spare.

BBM for iOS and Android will let users communicate with BlackBerry owners, and will offer features such as delivery, read,
and typing notifications. It also
lets users share files, images, and voice notes, and supports group chats with up to 30 people.

BlackBerry says that its BBM Channels feature will be made
available on iOS and Android in the near future.


NOTE: The app will be available for Android 4.0 and up and iOS 6 and iOS 7

2013 NECO June/July Result Is Out

NECO UPDATE : 2013 NECO June/July Result Is Out

This is to inform the general public and especially candidates that participated in the National Examinations Council (NECO) 2013 June/July internal examination that their results have been released.


2013 NECO result has been fully uploaded online, and it can be access from the council's result checking portal.


Steps to Check 2013 June/July NECO Result


1.Go to NECO result checking portal at www.mynecoexams.com/results/


2.Select year Examination Type

3.Select year of examination

4.Enter your card PIN number

5.Enter your Examination Number

6.Click on Check My Result button to finally see your result.

After checking your result, don't forget to share it with others via the comment section below.

Find iOS 7 Release Time For Your Location Here

Today by 10am Cupertino time, iOS 7 will
be officially released globally either for good or bad; which ever way, a lot of downloads are expected.

If you are interested in knowing the exact
time 10am Cupertino time falls on your watch knowing that there would be time
difference worldwide, all you need do is
follow these easy steps.

1. Click on Clock on your iPhone

2. Click on World Clock in the menu below.


3. Current Cupertino time will be listed, click
on the + sign at the top-right corner as seem in the image above.

4. Look for your city and country and select it


5. Immediately, the corresponding time in
your country is displayed

6. Do the time difference maths.That would
give you time difference. In my case am 8hrs ahead, so 10am means 6pm on my watch.



7. Set your alarm and wait for the official
release.

For those without an iDevice, the image below should give you what you looking
for if your country is listed.


If your location is not listed, PDT to GMT is
about 6hrs difference then you can calculate using GMT which is standard globally
,

Don't Update To iOS 7 Blindly: Consider This Before You Do

Don't Update To iOS 7 Blindly: Consider This Before You Do

In matter of hours (10am Cupertino time),
Apple will publicly release iOS 7 into the wild for the whole Apple fans in the world to download.

Of course there are some folks that really
want to get their hands on this new firmware and try out to see for themselves
while some already know what it looks like
and don't want to be a part of Ive's colour
book.

What is most important is that, just like any
other new Apple firmware, updating your
device to it may leave behind unpleasant
situations.

Therefore, Its important you consider the
following before you update to iOS 7

1. Updating to iOS 7 will erase your device if you didn't back up you contacts and all other stuffs

2. Updating your device to iOS 7 will change your device's baseband. Consequently, if you rely on Gevey unlock especially iPhone 4 folks, you won't be able to unlock your phone's network. Therefore make sure you device is factory unlocked before you jailbreak or you have authorised SIM card.

3. For those with jailbroken devices and want to maintain that jailbreak state,
updating your device to iOS 7 will wipe your device along with the jailbreak. You will lose your jailbreak.

4. Finally, there is no jailbreak for iOS 7 and
we don't know how possible is it to
downgrade once Apple releases iOS 7
today.

So, before you do your upgrade, make sure you have a factory unlocked iPhone that do not require Gevey to unlock and make sure that you do not depend on some apps gotten via Cydia.