NIGERIA Labour Congress,NLC, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance the impression that ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was a political action against his government as nothing could be farther from the truth. It then advised the President to tackle the crises in the education sector and prevent a shut-down of the sector.

THE family of the late former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, yesterday, insisted that the choice and hiring of the ill-fated plane from Associated Airline was not that of the family.

Niger State governor,Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has described the seven governors on the platform of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, opposed to the national leadership of the party led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as reformers and not rebels.

Even before the Nigerian civil war, my father had always advised that if anyone offended us, we should resist the temptation to invite a soldier to fight for us, maintaining that if we invited a soldier to fight for us, he would beat up all those we wanted beaten up but when there were no more people to beat, he would pounce on us.

The Human Capital Providers Association ( HuCaPan), an affiliate of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association ( NECA), held its annual general meeting in Lagos. Labour Vanguard took up the president of the Association, Mr. Neye Enemigin, on some current labour issues.

The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, John Clark Dabwan, has resigned his position, prompting the House to adopt the member representing Bokkos Constituency, Titus Alams as the new Speaker.

Education stakeholders are divided on the decision taken by the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, to commence a solidarity strike in support of striking university lecturers.

A hearty breakfast that includes protein and fat may actually help people with type 2 diabetes better control both their hunger and their blood sugar levels.

The Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Dr. M.K. Ladipo has called on professionals and academics to find a solution to the dearth of infrastructure in the country. She said this at the 4th inaugural lecture of the college recently.

Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has announced plans to sell off its 97-kilometer, 150,000 barrels of oil per day Nembe Creek Trunk Line in the Niger Delta region.

The company, along with its joint venture partner, is also planning to sell off four more oil blocks — Oil licenses 18, 24, 25 and 29.