Research institutes’ workers across the country, who have been on industrial strike for about three months, have vowed not to resume work until their demands were fully met.

WARRI—POLICE have arrested a community leader, who allegedly armed youths from Orugbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State with weapons, including guns and cutlasses, to attack villagers in Asenkiri, a neighbouring community, and forcefully seized their motor-saws and other equipment, penultimate week.

UYO — In an effort to ensure that every child, whatever his or her background gets an opportunity to go to school, President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the establishment of migrant schools for children of farmers in the South South zone.

Abakaliki — Ebonyi State government, Thursday, suspended 15 lecturers of the state’s own College of Education, Ikwo, indefinitely.

Personal Assistant to the state governor on Higher Education, Prof. Mike Itumo, told newsmen in Abakaliki that the affected lecturers were alleged to possess forged Masters and Doctorate degree certificates.

Itumo said the suspension had been approved by the institution’s disciplinary body and communicated to Governor Martin Elechi, adding that further sanctions would be given to the affected lecturers at the end of a full-scale investigation.

He said: “There is an ongoing investigation into the allegation and, as soon as it is concluded, further sanctions will be announced. Forgery is a criminal offence and our system frowns at it, and so we shall not hesitate to institute criminal proceedings against those found liable.

“We are determined to clean up the augean stable and we will stop at nothing to achieve this.”

He restated government’s determination to make the college a model for teacher education and maintained that plans to upgrade the institution to a degree-awarding college had reached final stage.

The aide warned that government would, henceforth, clamp down on illegal and unapproved satellite campuses and study centres of unrecognised institutions of higher learning operating in the state.

As Nigerians,yesterday,joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s World Kidney Day, an expert has said that 36.8 million Nigerians (23 per cent) are suffering from various stages of kidney disease in Nigeria.

…We’ve nothing to do with PDP — African Peoples Congress
LEADERS of political parties driving the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not willing to leave their acronym for anybody. They are boasting that neither the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP nor the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could stop them from using the acronym ‘APC’.

After days of soccer battle, seven schools have qualified for the quarterfinal of the on-going Delta State Governor’s Cup Soccer championship. The zonal elimination began in Asaba, Agbor, Kwale, Oghara, Sapele, Okpara, Ughelli and Warri last Monday and ended on Wednesday.

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will be seeking to emulate reigning African champions, the Super Eagles, when the African Youth Championship kicks off tomorrow in Algeria.

ABUJA—The battle for ascendancy among the political opposition got messier, Thursday, after the brains behind the controversial African Peoples Congress, APC, emerged to unfold their logo, constitution and emblem.

BAUCHI—Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Alhaji Bappa Dafida has condemned the tactics adopted by the Bauchi State Government in handling its face-off with members of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, saying the matter has exposed the government as tactless.

UGHELLI—Niger Delta former militants of the first phase of the amnesty programme, have berated the Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, over alleged non-payment of their travelling allowances and special salaries.

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has agreed to extend its support for law enforcement agencies involved in the fight against financial crimes to increase and improve their powers to investigate, prosecute and convict in relation to Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, ML/TF, offences.

A LESSER man may have collapsed under similar pressure. But not Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State whose base of support at home continues to stand despite the strong pressures from political rivals at home and abroad.

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film was observed all-over the world last Monday, March 11, 2013. This day was created in 2010 by Javed Mohammed of San Francisco who proclaimed the day as a special observance to share and discuss Muslim culture.

Today, everyone quotes Shakespeare. It gives a certain credence, an authority to your writing. When you say ‘Shakespeare said’ no one cares whether you are writing entertainment, sports or politics, it is serious journalism. It’s only natural that we follow suit. Quite a pity that I’m not too sure who said “All is fair in love and war,” but I’m sincerely hoping that it was Shakespeare. If it was someone else, all is not lost, because some intellectuals have read this far. Lol!