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Federal  Government on Monday disbursed N200 billion to Vice Chancellors of public universities in the spirit of recent agreement between government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to begin the implementation of NEEDS identified within the sector. ASUU had last week alleged that the Federal Government was dragging its feet on the pledge to commit the funds into the university system, citing undue delays in the release of the first quarter tranche of disbursement to the universities. The NEEDs assessment and implementation report in which areas of intervention were identified in the public universities accounted for the protracted strike by ASUU in 2013. Federal Government had in a bid to resolve the impasse with the union promised to inject N200 billion annually to the sector within a four-year timeframe, beginning from 2014. Wike tasked the universities on judicious use of the funds to improve infrastructure in the schools, adding that an accountabilit...

Former Head of State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has condemned the continued violence in Borno State. He described the ideology behind the Boko Haram insurgency as devilish and senseless, adding that it should not be allowed to thrive in any civilized society. Buhari, therefore, called on the security agencies and the authorities to intensify vigilance just as he expressed surprise that the terrorists and criminal elements could still operate with impunity in spite of the heavy militarization of the region. The former head of state’s reaction to the killings was contained in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday night and as at press time, had attracted 862 likes and 967 comments. The three-time presidential candidate and national leader of APC in the statement said:  “We condemn the recent escalation of senseless violence in Borno State. Our prayers and sympathies are with the victims and their families....

…Says law will help government discharge responsibility to citizenry more efficiently Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday signed into law two bills establishing the State Emergency Command and Control Centre and the Regulation of Smoking in Public Places, stating that the two bills would help to strengthen the administration to more efficiently discharge her responsibility to protect life and property. The Governor, who spoke at the Conference Room of the Lagos House, Ikeja, reiterated that the state’s commitment to public safety and public health is stronger than the question of whether the law to regulate smoking in public places will work or not adding that the State owes a moral obligation to first intervene “It is to tell people that it is a moral situation in which first we would intervene to protect people with clear evidence that now abound about the dangers of secondary smoking, increasing diagnosis of cancers and of causal and effectual re...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he should be held responsible for all the travails of Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi before and after the 2007 election. The PDP Chieftain while commissioning some of the projects executed by the Amaechi administration in Eleme Local Government Area said that rather than blame former Governor, Peter Odili, he (Obasanjo) should be held responsible for Amaechi's woes in the 2007 election because according to him, he was fully in charge then. He continued that he would not apologise for the decisions he made, at that time surprisingly denying Governor Amaechi the gubernatorial ticket for PDP in which he had tagged as having k-leg, prior to the build up of the elections, but that at the end the supreme court upheld the elections and declared him winner of the Rivers State 2007 gubernatorial elections.   Meanwhile, the Governor thank President Obasanjo and described him as a good leader and that is why he is pleased to invite him t...

Update as of 5:35 a.m. :  The co-pilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 who was arrested for hijacking the flight and diverting the Rome-bound wide-body jet to Geneva International Airport has sought asylum in Switzerland, reports said, citing Geneva police.    “His act was motivated by the fact that he says he felt threatened in Ethiopia and wanted to ask for asylum in Switzerland,” Eric Grandjean, a spokesman for the Geneva police, said according to Bloomberg. The pilot, who said he acted alone was reportedly unarmed and did not pose a threat to passengers and crew on board the plane that originated in Addis Ababa.  Many of the aircraft's passengers were reportedly unaware of the drama unfolding in the cockpit. Ethiopian Airlines had said earlier that they'd be flown to their original destinations. Geneva airport, which had shut down following the hijacked plane's arrival, reopened at 8:45 a.m. local time (2:45 a.m. EST), Bloomber...