ASUU Gives FG Final Condition Before They End The Strike

It is not yet over, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Government conditions to be met before the union would finally call off its over four-month old strike.

“I must tell you that our mandate remains. The only mandate we have is that 2009 agreement must be met. We have not reached any agreement with the Federal Government.

“Since the Federal Government wants to be releasing N220bn every year for five years, then all monetary and regulatory agencies must sign…. The reason we will ensure this is that we don’t want argument tomorrow that the agreement was entered in error or that they don’t know the implication of signing the agreement. If possible, documents that will provide for automatic deduction of the agreed money at a particular/agreed date must be provided.”

A prominent member of the union, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on behalf of the union, told Punch that doing this would give the association the confidence that “the Government knows what it is doing when it signed the agreement.”

He said, “The Central Bank of Nigeria, Ministries of Finance and Labour, National Assembly, Office of the Presidency, National Universities Commission, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Trade Union Congress and our umbrella body, the Nigeria Labour Congress, must sign with consequences stated.”

Recall that the leadership of ASUU had engaged in a 13-hour marathon meeting with government delegation led by President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja between Monday and Tuesday.

Asked when the lecturers would call off the strike, a source who was at the meeting said, “I doubt if the strike is ending soon. The problem is with the Finance Minister. Where is government getting N1trn from? A government that could not implement agreement between 2009 and 2013, what is the guarantee that they would honour this agreement.

“It is all politics. We are still awaiting directives from our branches. We have told them the outcome of the meeting with the President but we are waiting for them to tell us what they think of government’s proposal.

“Imagine the Minister of Education has travelled out of the country. He was appointed Vice President for UNESCO General Assembly. How can he travel out of the country without resolving the crisis in the education sector?’”

The agreement reached by both ASUU and the Federal Government is that government would inject N1.1tn into public universities in the next five years. But ASUU need guarantees that this will happen.

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Jim Iyke Pays Nadia Buari A Surprise Visit [SEE PHOTOS]

According to rumors, that there was a break-up between Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari, it seems that they are still best of friends as he paid her a surprise visit in a studio there in Ghana while finishing work on her movie ‘Diary of Imogen’ which will premiere on the 23rd of this month in Ghana. He also paid a surprise visit to Joselyn Dumas & Miss vimbai (Big brother contestant 2011)More photo below:

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What Is Wrong With This Photo? Is This Fashion

What has fashion turn into this days

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Actress Rukky Sanda” nearly Displays Her front in a Red Gown [SEE PHOTO]

London’s best cook for African dishes, Adenike Mustapha celebrated her birthday yesterday.

And to show their love, Nollywood’s Rukky, Oge Okoye and Ebube Ngwagbo showed up at the birthday dinner to celebrate with Nike.

But the point of attraction here is Rukky’s outfit that almost shows all her cle*vages…

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PHOTOS: Nicki Minaj displays her bombshell hourglass shape in skintight garb

Shrinking violet is certainly not a phrase that would be applied to Nick Minaj.

So it figures that her fashion collection for Kmart would leave little to the imagination.

The 30-year-old flashed her midriff, her legs and went bra-less in a skintight two-piece ensemble as she shot a commercial for her Nicki Minaj Collection on Wednesday.

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Photos: Annie Idibia Off To The States For Her 2nd Baby’s Delivery

Heavily pregnant Mrs Annie Idibia left Nigeria yesterday to go have her second baby abroad.

You recall Annie gave birth to Isabella in California, 2008.

Wishing her a very safe delivery.

Meanwhile, Annie got to share these wonderful pictures of her family on Instagram. I’m in love with the very first picture. Way too adorable.

Turns out Annie ran into new mum Nike Oshinowo at the airport.

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2Million Dollars Fraud At Zenith Bank Ajose Adeogun -Ajose Adeogun street, V.I

Three employees of Zenith Bank Plc national headquarters, Ajose Adeogun street, Victoria Island, Lagos State, have been arrested by the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos for their alleged involvement in a $2m fraud.

Police sources told PUNCH Metro that a senior official of the bank, Ms. Olubukola Oritogun, and two others allegedly defrauded unsuspecting customers of the said sum. A fourth yet-to-be identifed person is said to be on the run.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Oritogun and her accomplices were allegedly in the habit of informing wealthy customers who wanted to buy dollars that there was a dollar account in the bank that they could purchase them from.

The source, who requested anonymity said, “Oritogun would inform some persons that if they wanted to buy dollars, it was available in the bank. She would make the account details available to the customer. Unknown to the victim, the dollar account is owned by another customer of the bank.

“The victim would then ask his own contact in the bank to check the account. Once it has been confirmed that the account indeed has a certain amount of dollars, the victim would then transfer the naira equivalent of what he wanted to buy to Oritogun in exchange for the dollars.”

She was said to have defrauded several persons in that manner until a complaint was lodged at SARS.

PUNCH Metro gathered that on the day of Oritogun’s arrest, she had already booked a flight to the United States and was preparing to flee the country.

It was learnt that the police had recovered N166m of the stolen funds.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, said she would call our correspondent back whe she was contacted.

The bank’s spokesperson, Mr. Victor Adoji, when contacted, said, “We actually detected the fraud first. We subsequently made a report to the Special Fraud Unit and they have started investigation. Some of our employees were arrested in connection with the case.

“As of now, we have feedback as regards the current state of investigation.

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‘That Nigerian Boy Will Suffer Untold Hardship’ – Nadia Buari’s Mother Curses Jim Iyke

Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari’s mother, Hajia Buari has cursed Nollywood playboy Jim Iyke for leading her daughter on, making her believe he would settle down with her and then breaking her heart.

Jim and Nadia have been posting romantic photos of them together and the couple appeared to be so in love until recently when Jim took to his twitter handle to announce that he had no plans of getting married soon and Nadia responded by deleting all their lovey-dovey photos on her instagram account.

After the break-up news hit social media, Hajia according to a Ghanaian entertainment site said the couple were great together.

“They were great together. They were like a couple and we thought they were heading for the altar. She was very connected to him.”

“She has talked to me about getting married and having children. She plans on settling down but not right now. She has to focus on her career.

She went further to release curses on Jim Iyke saying he will suffer untold hardship.

Angry Hajia Buari was quoted as saying, “That Nigerian boy will suffer for daring to break my baby’s heart.”

Do you think Jim and Nadia will make up?

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Marvel Creates New Muslim Woman Superhero

Marvel Comics is bringing Ms. Marvel back as a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City named Kamala Khan.

Teenage Ms Marvel will deal with adolescence, religion and superpowers

The character – among the first to be a series protagonist who is both a woman and Muslim – is part of Marvel Entertainment’s efforts to reflect a growing diversity among its readers while keeping ahold of the contemporary relevance that have underlined its foundation since the creation of Spider-Man and the X-Men in the early 1960s.

Writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona, working with editor Sana Amanat, say the series reflects Khan’s vibrant but kinetic world, learning to deal with superpowers, family expectations and adolescence.

Amanat calls the series a “desire to explore the Muslim-American diaspora from an authentic perspective” and what it means to be young and lost amid expectations by others while also telling the story of a teenager coming to grips with having amazing powers.

“I wanted Ms. Marvel to be true-to-life, something real people could relate to, particularly young women.

High school was a very vivid time in my life, so I drew heavily on those experiences – impending adulthood, dealing with school, emotionally charged friendships that are such a huge part of being a teenager,” said Willow, whose previous comics work includes Vertigo’s “Cairo” and the series “Air.”

“It’s for all the geek girls out there and everybody else who’s ever looked at life from the fringe.”

She can grow and shrink her limbs and her body and, Willow said, ultimately, she’ll be able to shape shift into other forms.

The idea came after a discussion with senior editor Stephen Wacker as they compared stories about growing up.

From there it germinated into a “character for all those little girls who are growing up now the way you are growing up,” she recalled.

Wilson was brought on board to write the series and the team quickly got approval from Marvel’s creative committee to move forward.

DC Comics last fall relaunched its “Green Lantern” series with Simon Baz, an Arab American and Muslim.

The character reflects writer Geoff Johns’ Lebanese ancestry and his upbringing in the Detroit area.

There have been a few others: Marvel Comics has Dust, a young Afghan woman whose mutant ability to manipulate sand and dust has been part of the popular X-Men books. DC Comics in late 2010 introduced Nightrunner, a young Muslim hero of Algerian descent reared in Paris.

The creative team said that Khan’s backstory, growing up Muslim, is an element of the story, but not the critical foundation, either.

“Kamala is not unlike Peter Parker,” said Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso of the teenager turned wall crawler.

“She’s a 16-year-old girl from the suburbs who is trying to figure out who she is and trying to forge an identity when she suddenly bestows great power and learns the great responsibility that comes with it.”

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Photos: Chika Ike celebrates birthday with students in Asaba

Nollywood actress Chika Ike turned a year older today and spent her day at a public school in Asaba, where she had her charity ball with children from different public schools. She gave them fancy nancy gift packs which included snacks, drinks and sweets and also gave them school supplies like maths set, pencil, customized school bags and books. She also awarded 5 students with scholarship under the Chika Ike Foundation. More photos after the cut…

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