Buhari Playing Politics With Education – ASUU

 

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to use education to solve poverty problem in the country. ASUU described the statement credited to the President, citing education as a way to end poverty, as a political statement.

  The Chairman, ASUU, University of Ibadan, Prof Deji Omole, on Sunday, in Ibadan, said Nigerians did not need the President to tell them what had been proven by serious countries as a way to edge out poverty.

Mary Njoku Covers Guardian Life

  The CEO of Rok Studios is the cover girl for the latest Guardian Life magazine.

“Anything That Smacks Of Mutual Suspicion Should Be Avoided In The Interest Of National Unity,”- CAN

 

   The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ban the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), an umbrella association of herdsmen in the country. According to the PUNCH, the association also called on the president to “completely scrap” the suspended ‘Ruga’grazing scheme.

    CAN made the request at the Church leaders stakeholders’ summit, themed, ‘RUGA: The church’s response in the 21st century,’ which was held in Lagos on Saturday. Samson Ayokunle, CAN president, was quoted as saying the association came up with the recommendations after setting up a committee to look into the Ruga grazing scheme and related issues.

P&ID Subbed FG’s Improved Offer Of $600m

A fact-sheet now in circulation has debunked accusations by Messrs Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) that Nigerian officials were indifferent to their offers to settle, before a UK commercial court gave it a humongous and world record $9.6billion award on a failed gas supply deal.

According to the fact-sheet, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo separately approved negotiation with Messrs Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) after the Arbitration Tribunal awarded $6.597billion to the company. The two leaders at various times offered $250million and an improved offer of $600million to the Irish company.

The Vice President gave the approval on April 18, 2017, following the recommendations of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), which included a negotiation with P&ID.

Lagos-Ibadan Two-Month Road Closure Begins

   Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Sunday released an advisory as closure of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway takes effect Monday. The road will be shut from Monday, 2nd Sept, 2019 to Thursday, 31st Oct, 2019.

    LASTMA said the affected routes include Kara Bridge inward Berger and from Berger INW Kara Bridge. On the alternative routes, the agency said motorists traveling in/out of Lagos can make use of: