A joint meeting by ward parents and the management of the Ekiti State University has allowed the University to maintain its ‘No Fees, No Lecture’ policy.

The management of the university agreed to re-open the school maintaining their earlier policy that students should not be allowed to write examinations if their tuition fees are unpaid.

The University Vice Chancellor, Oladipo Aina made this known after a stake-holder’s forum organized to find a solution to the student/management crisis.

Students had earlier responded to the ‘No Fees, No Lecture’ policy by staging a violent protest against the school which led a closure of the institution.

The University however argued that financial constrain had been responsible for initiating the policy adding that students were owing the school up to N2 billion.

Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, Aviation Minister

By Citizens Platfrom

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah has said that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would  boost once the 22 federal government-owned airports under the remodelling programme is completed because they would galvanise economic activities and enhance international and domestic travel.

She made this known in her opening speech to welcome President Goodluck Jonathan who laid foundation stone for the construction of international terminal at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport and also commissioned the remodelled domestic terminal.

Oduah who described Enugu as the fastest growing airport in the country said the new international terminal with a total floor area of 25,000 square meters would have capacity to handle 500,000 passengers per annum.

“On completion of the terminal, this airport will finally answer its name in the real sense of the word “Akanu Ibiam International Airport” she said.

Oduah projected that by 2015 total domestic and international passenger movement in Nigeria would rise from the present 12 million to 16 million and with better airport facilities and commercial offerings at these airports, air travellers would be increasing by at least 10 per cent every year.

The Minister said Nigeria’s aviation industry must take its rightful place in our national life.

In her words “the industry must become pivotal to the socio-economic development of our country as it is supposed to be and as we proclaim in our Vision, we will continue to do what it takes to deliver just such an industry to Nigerians.

The Minister assured that the international terminal project in Enugu would be completed in December 2014 and together with perishable terminal.  The total cost of the project she said  is N13.3 billion.
She disclosed that already two international airlines have indicated interest to operate flights into the Enugu airport. She assured that the remodelling of the 22 federally-owned airports would be completed, including the five new international terminals coming on stream in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano.

“These were not the only transformation taking place in the aviation sector”, she noted.  Others are the aerotropolis projects and the perishable cargo terminal projects.

An upcoming act, popularly known as Miss Reo has released a new single she titled “Get away.”

“Get away” is an up tempo R&B song. It talks about letting go of a relationship.

The high energy level provided by its instrumentation makes the song catchy.

The singer, who was born in Plateau state, Nigeria shows off her song-writing skills in this new single.

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Tragedy struck  on Thursday as a policeman with the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Corporal Sunday Fafoluyi, was killed in a gun battle with armed robbers at Ifo, Ogun state.

The cop and other members of his unit, had left Lagos to arrest a suspected armed robber, Morufu Aleba, at his home in Ifo, acting on a tip-off by some members of his gang, who were arrested in the Alagbado area of Lagos.

Sources say Aleba was with two suspected robbers at his home, who joined him in engaging the police in the shootout.

After the death of Fafoluyi and Aleba due to fatal wounds sustained in the shootout, the other robbers scaled the fence of the house to safety.

Fafoluyi was a recipient of the 2011 Lagos State Governor’s Gallantry award and the IGP commendation award for courage.

A fatal accident has been reported around Ministers hill, Berger road Abuja. Eyewitness account says the accident involved a trailer and 7 cars.

The injured have been evacuated to the hospital while men of the Police and Road safety officials were seen evacuating the dead.

Details shortly

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of new chief executive officers for three national parastatal agencies.

According to a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, said that the three appointees were expected to assume duty immediately.

The appointees are Mr Benjamin Dikki, Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises; Mr Gbenga Elegbeye, Director-General, National Sports Commission and Dr Oluwole Oluloye, Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Trust Fund.

Former governor of Kwara state, Senator Bukola Saraki and the state government have been dragged to court by some members of the Serikin-Gambari family in Ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Yahaya Serikin and Mallam Mashood Serikin, over the Kwara Mall Development Company Limited.

Also named as defendants joined in the suit at the High Court of Kwara State in Ilorin are the state’s Attorney-General, Director-General, Bureau of Lands, and KMDCL.

The plaintiffs in the suit number KWS 153/2013, claimed to be the owners of the land acquired by the state government for public purpose

They alleged that part of the land which was meant for the Kwara State Staff Development Centre had been converted for the mall.

The plaintiffs through their counsels, Salman Jawondo and Bayo Alase, prayed an order of the court to set aside or to direct the immediate cancellation of the excision/alienation allegedly by the first and fourth defendants of the parcel of land of 3.024 hectares being part of the claimants’ family land said to have been originally acquired for ‘public purpose.’

They also prayed the court to set aside or direct the immediate cancellation of the Certificate of Occupance No. KW 16737 issued to the KMDCL.

They also prayed the court to order that the portion of the land in dispute be returned to the family.

The labour union alleged that the company management, apart from denying its workers the right to join the union, also prevented them from participating as members of Nigeria Union of Civil, Engineering and Construction Wood Workers, NUCCEWW, an affiliate of NLC.

In a statement by its Chairman, Akporegha Williams, the body warned that such impunity could not be tolerated in a democratic Nigeria and fingered Daewoo’s Project Manager as the major obstacle to industrial peace .

It said: “We view this attitude by the management of Daewoo as an outright defiance of NLC’s position on anti-labour practices.

“We shall resist Daewoo’s stand and for the avoidance of doubt, Congress would  strongly advise the management of Daewoo Nigeria Limited to retrace its steps and refrain from this obnoxious practice to avoid a possible face-off with NLC.”

Nigerian singer and songwriter Sidney Onoriode Esiri popularly known as ‘Dr Sid’ has released yet another hit single titled ‘Talented’ which he specially dedicated to the ladies.

Dr Sid signed on to Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records. He also had three songs from his upcoming album featured on a Mavin Records compilation album titled Solar Plexus.

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The Lagos State government on Friday announced the ban on operations of Tri-cycles aka Keke Napep from the major roads in the state, “to protect the lives and property of the residents of the state.”

It also vowed to impound any disused and abandoned vehicles across the state,  stressing that there were 4,632 vehicles currently abandoned on over 9,100 roads in the state.

This was revealed by Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa at the 2013 Ministerial Press Briefing held in Alausa to mark the sixth anniversary of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.

Opeifa said that the state government had held several meetings with the unions on the development, adding “they have agreed to stay away from these roads.”

Some of the roads affected are: the entire Victoria Island, Government Residential Area, GRA Ikeja and Ikoyi. Also on Awolowo road and Awolowo way, Alausa and entire major roads in Surulere Local Government.

He explained that section 3 of the 2012 Lagos road traffic law also outlawed the operation of the tricycle in the state.

“After that law was gazetted, the state government allowed tricycle to operate on some of these roads because vehicles available in those roads weren’t enough to convey the passengers plying the road,” he said.

Opeifa said the state has enough Bus Rapid Transport, BRT and LAGBUS buses, taxis and others available on these roads and the tricycle were not needed.

Governor Fashola signed the road traffic bill into law last year, aimed at improving safety on the Lagos roads.