FIFTEEN SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS NABBED, IDENTIFIED AS FUTMINNA STUDENTS

Fifteen Students of the Federal University of Technology , Minna has been apprehended by the Minna Police Command.

The suspects, who are undergraduate students in the Federal University of Technology , Minna, were said to have been apprehended after a robbery was reported in the area.

The students were caught with sophisticated weapons, such as guns and live ammunitions.

One of the students who is in 200 level, has confessed to the crime. He has disowned the others, claiming he does not know them and that the others had nothing to do with the robbery.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) command believes him to be the ring leader in what seems to be a cult group. They stand on charges that can land them each over a 10 year jail term if found guilty.

Former SUG president of the institution., Sly, was seen at the station speaking with police officials.

HEALTH OF BOY ATTACKED BY DOGS WORSENS. FATHER CRIES OUT, DOCTORS HAVE ABANDONED MY SON…..

It appears the condition of four year old Omonigho Abraham who was attacked by two dogs in igando area of Lagos state in Nigeria about a month ago has worsened in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja (LASUTH) where he is currently receiving treatment.

His father, Mr. Odia told our reporters that Omonigho’s scalp which was torn off by the German Shepherd dogs during the gruesome attack had not healed and had been giving offensive odour. Odia further said that attempts to get medical report of his condition had also been frustrated by some medical officers in the hospital. “Infact, for up to two weeks no consultant or doctor attended to him and his head started smelling. We have been told he may still have to be admitted for up to six months or a year for the doctors to do a skin grafting surgery on his open skull. They will cut skin from part of his body to cover up the skull…” He added that he had continue to pay the bills despite the fact that a letter was sent to to LASUTH from the Lagos State Government that they will pay all the bills. He also said that the hospital management did not honor the letter from Lagos State Government initially but promised to adhere to it from this week.

Meanwhile, the Delta State Government and a few Nigerians were interested in the medical report which is yet to be issued by LASUTH. 

Ref.: The Guardian

Court Sentenced Provost To Five Years Imprisonment For Collecting Illegal Allowance

Acting Provost of the Federal College of Education, Technical, Gusau, Dr. Bello Ahmed, has been sentence to five years imprisonment for five years in jail for collecting illegal allowance from the institution.

The State High Court In Gusau, Zamfara State sentence Dr. Bello Ahmed to five years imprisonment.

Independent Corrupt Practices ICPC, in a statement by its Resident Consultant (Media and Events), Mr. Folu Olamiti, yesterday, in Abuja, said such abuse was punishable under Section 19 of ICPC Act 2000.

According to the statement, the law stipulates that, “any public officer who uses his office or position to gratify or confer any corrupt or unfair advantage upon himself or associate of the public officer or any public officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for five years without option of fine.”

Dr. Ahmed was accused of collecting DTA, between 13 and 16 November 2006, from the college for an official trip to attend a board meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, while equally collecting an equal amount as DTA from JAMB, including sitting allowances, all totalling N385,000.00.

The accused, who was arraigned by ICPC on an eight-count charge bordering on corruption and abuse of office, pleaded guilty to the offence and asked for leniency.

However, the presiding Judge, Justice Amaize, said he was not swayed by the plea of allocutus, as the accused lacked integrity and sentenced Ahmed to five years imprisonment without an option of fine.

The ICPC warned public servants to desist from collecting double DTA from their agencies and also receiving or demanding same in cash or facilities.

The statement partly read, “Public servants should learn from the conviction of Dr. Shallah Ahmed. He was accused of having collected DTA from the college for an official trip to attend a board meeting of the JAMB while also collecting an equal amount as DTA from JAMB, including sitting allowances; all totalling N385,000.00.”

Reps To Make Changes To DSTV Subscription Fees

The House of Representatives is currently making moves to bring to an end the unreasonable subscription rates charged by Multichoice for its Digital Satellite Television services (DSTV) in the country.

Reports have it that the house have observed that their high pricing has caused a lot of Nigerians to be unable to afford to subscribe for its “premium” bouquet.
They made sure to point out that this monopoly was only possible because the digital satellite company, Multichoice, do not have a lot of competition at the moment.

ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS IN LAGOS CAN NOW HAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF.......SEE GOOD NEWS

Architects, Builders, Engineers and Surveyors in Lagos especially those living around Agege, Abule Egba, New oko Oba, Iju and its environs
can now have a sigh of relief as a new printing shop that can make job easy for them has just been opened.

Convergent Prints Concepts (CPC) as the name implies is a new printing shop loaded with all the latest
state of the art equipments that can run prints and copies within some few minutes.

Speaking to the MD/CEO Mr. David Olaniyi Taiwo popularly known as DOT, he said all is set and running at CPC located at Abule Egba

Bill To Abolish Polytechnic, University Dichotomy Passes Second Reading At Senate

A bill to abolish and prohibit dichotomy and discrimination between university graduates and holders of the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the same profession has passed second reading in the Nigerian Senate.

The sponsor of the bill, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, said the wage disparity and gross discrimination of polytechnic graduates in the public and private sectors threaten to derail the nation’s drive towards a technological and scientific based society.

It is an issue which a solution has so far evaded policy makers.

Nigerian polytechnic graduates have had different experiences of workplace discrimination because of their HND certificate.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) embarked on strike in 2013 which lasted for nearly ten months.

One of the issues in dispute is the persistent discrimination and dichotomy between polytechnic and university graduates.

Although ASUP temporarily suspended the strike, the issue was not resolved.

The consideration of the bill to abolish and prohibit dichotomy and discrimination between university graduates and holders of the HND certificate in the same profession has continued in the Senate, something that many polytechnic graduates will be happy to see scale through.

During the debate, some lawmakers totally supported the bill, others insisted that some changes needed to be made to bring both institutions at par, while a federal lawmaker was totally against the bill.

The bill eventually passed its second reading and was sent to the Senate Committee on Education for further legislative work.

Source: ChannelsTv