The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, weekend, called on the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission, NUC, to wade into the crisis rocking Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State.

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, will this week embark on a nationwide rally to protest government’s lukewarm attitude to polytechnic education in the country.
National President of ASUP, Mr. Chibuzor Asomugha, who disclosed this yesterday, said there would be a meeting of the Council of National Officers within the week in Abuja to decide when the rally would kick off.

When in the late 70s, General Murtala Muhammed came on the Nigerian political scene, he created an unusual sensation. His words were laden with ‘immediate effect.’ He had a vision of what he thought Nigeria should be that it was not. As a military general, who participated in keeping Nigeria one, he was consumed with the passion of a united Nigeria. A Nigeria that is free from the encumbrance of North-South dichotomy. He wanted to see a Nigeria where there was justice and fair play to all, no matter where they came from.

The Middle Belt Reconnaissance, MBR, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan would beat the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the North to emerge a clear winner in the 2015 presidential polls.
Speaking in an interview at the weekend, coordinator of the group, Mr. Kuanum Terrence, said his group was already mobilising the minorities of the North to vote massively for the President.

Senator Magnus Abe, who was allegedly shot twice in the chest with a rubber bullet by the Police at a rally, Sunday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has been flown to London.

ELDERS, Leaders and Stakeholders Forum, Adamawa State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chapter has moved to save its own, the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, pleading with President Goodluck Jonathan not to sack him.

DUTSE — A 30-year-old retired police constable, Ibrahim Safiyanu, of Gida Dubu in Dutse metropolis, Jigawa State, has been apprehended by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Jigawa State command for escaping from a magistrate court custody.
The ex-police man was arrested, weekend, in his hideout.

The Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, is the umbrella body of Itsekiri youths in Nigeria and is presently led by Hon David Tonwe. While it has been one of the frontline organizations safeguarding Itsekiri interests in the public sphere, many Itsekiris are of the opinion that, as the time for a change of baton in the leadership of the body draws near, the Itsekiri nation would do well to shop for qualified and competent hands to steer the council into the future. It is within this context that Hon Michael Ejueyitsi Tidi is being considered by major stakeholders as a prime candidate for the presidency of the body.

So many people hardly known him as Seun Morihanfen. But lovers of his music call him Sean Tizzle. Ever since the release of his hit song ‘Sho le’ , the stylish entertainer has been winning laurels, playing major gigs, and proving his mettle in the Nigerian showbiz terrain. The graduate of theatre Arts, University of Ibadan reveals in this interview how he got his big break and why he thinks he deserved winning the highly rated awards at ‘The Headies’ which held last year.

Thirteen persons, including children, were on Sunday afternoon burnt beyond recognition in a bus accident which occurred in Effurun, Delta.