The Federal Government, yesterday, reviewed the seven-day ultimatum given to striking university lecturers to resume today or be sacked as it now gave them till Monday, December 9. This came as most members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities remained adamant and vowed to continue with the strike until their demands were met.

As the deadline given by Federal Government to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off the six month-old strike or be sacked expires tomorrow, several universities have opened registers to be signed by the lecturers even as the leadership of ASUU insisted that the strike will continue.

FORTY eight hours to the deadline given by the Federal Government to striking university lecturers to resume classes or be sacked, the union has remained adamant, advising parents not to risk the lives of their children by sending them to the campuses.

Fresh facts emerged at the weekend on the role a letter reportedly sent from Aso Rock Presidential Villa mid last month fueled the unmitigated angst of the seven aggrieved state governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, otherwise known as G-7, Sunday Vanguard can reveal

The five-month-old face-off between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over non-implementation of the 2009 agreement assumed a dramatic dimension yesterday, as the government vowed to sack any lecturer who fails to return to class within seven days.

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday, expressed shock at the defection of five governors on the platform of the party to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring that the governors went too far by dumping the ruling party.

The lingering crisis of confidence between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leadership and seven of its estranged governors reached a climax, yesterday, with the aggrieved governors formally defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans expel the suspended former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, NGSF, Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State came under fire, yesterday, over his allegation that the Presidency had bribed prominent northerners for support ahead of the 2015 presidential elections.

The last appears not to have been heard on the claim that part of the money in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) is missing as Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River State, yesterday, faulted the Minister of Finance, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the matter.