ABUJA—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday accused the Federal Government of being responsible for the backwardness of education in the country which had affected its global rating.

Ibadan—FORMER Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila, also known as “Auxilliary” and four other accused persons have been convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court for conspiracy in the death of some individuals, including a medical student, on March 2, 2014.

THE lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Remi Tinubu, has petitioned the acting Inspector-General of Police, requesting for police protection over alleged threats to her life by Senator Dino Melaye.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, yesterday, said it had uncovered an alleged plot to arrest some of its leaders in the state ahead of the July 30 rescheduled re-run elections.

Nigerian inflation accelerated to the highest rate in almost 11 years in June, complicating the task of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in an economy which is at risk of contracting this year.

THE World Bank has approved the disbursement of N1.55 billion to Bauchi FADAMA III Project for execution of two agriculture programmes during the 2016 cropping season.
Dr Ali Garba, Projects Coordinator, Bauchi State Fadama III Project, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi.

LAGOS—THE spiritual consultant to a gang of suspected armed robbers, who operate along the Lagos and Ogun state border, has allegedly reported their activities to police.

LAGOS—Former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has denied taking away 24 police vehicles as being alleged by his successor, Ibrahim Idris.

A friendly street football match between youths in Okota, Lagos, turned tragic, weekend, after one of the players stabbed an opponent to death during a misunderstanding.

Lagos—THE Lagos State Government, yesterday directed security agencies in the state to arrest the upsurge in cases of kidnapping and armed robberies in parts of the state.

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has expressed shock over alleged plot to reverse the gains made by the state in the promotion of security of lives and property through the reposting of alleged compromised police officers back to the state.

Enforcement of the reversal on electricity tariff as ordered by a Lagos High Court may lead to over 10,000 job loss, Mr Oladele Amoda, Chief Executive Officer, Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDP) said. Amoda who stated this at the company’s function in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID in Lagos said that electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, have warned that if the court order, which directed them to revert to old tariff is obeyed, it will affect the power sector negatively.

The war of words between the Presidency and leadership of the Senate is yet another eruption in the frosty relationship between the executive and the legislative branches of government since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Traffic along the ever busy Orlu-Owerri federal highway was yesterday morning, held for several hours, as a detachment of officers and men of Imo State Police Command, battled to contain the protesting students of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, AIFCE, Owerri.

The funeral rites for the late first governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru, has been announced by his family.