BREAKING NEWS: ASUU Calls Off Strike!!!!

Report reaching DailyPost from Minna, Niger State capital, indicates that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called off its five months strike.

The Union arrived at the latest decision to suspends its strike after a marathon meeting held at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State on Monday.

After a protracted debate, the Federal Government and ASUU reached a compromise during a negotiation brokered by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar few days ago.

Details shortly.

SOURCE: http://www.osundefender.org/?p=137994


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Radar Online blasts Mariah Carey for performing in Nigeria, calls Nigeria 'the world's center of bank fraud & human trafficking'

Unbelievable!!! Can't believe some of the things these people write. US gossip site Radar Online yesterday scolded Mariah Carey in an article posted on their site, saying she shouldn't have accepted to do a gig in a country known for 'terror, death and fraud'. What nonsense, they can talk when the US is the number one crime capital of the world. Read the Radar Online article below...
Mariah Carey proudly posted a pic of herself in a slinky yellow dress and wrote, "Backstage in Nigeria" on Saturday. But maybe the songbird should have done some homework before agreeing to the gig?
Her show was at Access Bank's Christmas Party which was also a farewell bash for the bank's managing director. And while Access Bank is a reputable financial institution, should Carey have known a few basics about the African nation before taking the paycheck?
Ironically — given that she was performing for bankers — it seems Carey wasn't aware Nigeria is well-known as the center of the world's email financial crimes! Nigeria is even part of the name — as in "Nigerian 411 Scams."
Nigeria is also, according to the United Nations, the hub of human trafficking as "a source, destination and transit country.

AND, just for good measure, there are mass killings going on in two Nigerian states right now, and according to Human Rights Watch, the violence is being ignored by federal authorities.

"Systemic corruption in the Nigeria Police Force" is the problem, a HRW spokesperson told CNN.

Carey isn't the first performer who has taken a paycheck for appearing in countries known for terror, death and fraud.
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PHOTOS: Check Out Mariah Carey's Stunning Outfit During Her Performance In Lagos

Mariah Carey dazzled last night as she performed at an Evening with Access Bank retired MD Aigboje Aig-Imoukhede.
The 43-year-old gave a very amazing performance and she showed off her awesome curves in a midriff-baring lemon-colored outfit.
She superstar vocalist posted a shot on Instagram of herself wearing a belly-baring bright canary gown with a long, hip-hugging bottom and bandeau top connected with a sheer, sparkly swath of fabric.
The caption read 'Backstage in Nigeria.' Carey was in Lagos, the largest city in the African country to  perform at Access Bank's Christmas Party and Send-off ceremony for the bank's Managing Director Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede.
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Beyonce’s Album Sales, 80,000 copies in 3 hours + Ranks Number 1 in 57 countries

An unnamed source tells Billboard that Beyonce has sold 80,000 copies in three hours, which is just insane. Billboard has projected that Queen Bey's album will surpass Garth Brooks' Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influenceswhich is currently the number one album with sales around the 160,000 mark. The Queen is already at half.
On iTunes, the album has swiftly move to the Number 1 spot in 57 countries.
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Police nab Perm Sec, 7 others while performing rituals

ADO-EKITI — The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight persons, including a serving Permanent Secretary in Ondo State over the raid of a commercial bank in Ikere Ekiti last Thursday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Babayemi, who gave the hint in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Saturday, said the Permanent Secretary and others were arrested in a bush at Ijare, a border town between Ekiti and Ondo states.
The Branch Manager of the bank, Ikere was also reportedly arrested following the incident.
According to the police, the Permanent Secretary and three others were arrested while performing rituals at night in the bush through which the robbery bandits escaped.
The armed gang had stormed a first generation bank at about 5.30 p.m killing two persons and injuring two others during a gun battle with the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The PPRO said the Permanent Secretary and the three others were arrested at about 3 a.m by the police.
Babayemi said the men were arrested with a live goat and other fetish materials, adding that they would have been mistaken for robbers.
"During the operation, we saw the Permanent Secretary and seven others in white apparel performing rituals, so we had to arrest them to explain their mission at the place at that unholy hour".
The PPRO said those arrested are being interrogated with vital information being obtained.

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Doctors Begin Strike in Public Hospitals On Wednesday.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Sunday said its members would embark on strike in public health institutions with effect from Wednesday.
The association said this in a communique it issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Minna, the Niger State Capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the meeting was held alongside an Emergency Delegates Meeting and the First Senator Dalyop Dantong Memorial Lecture from December 8 to 15. The communiqué, which was signed by the NMA President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, said the intended industrial action would be for five days, after which it would recommence after the yuletide season.
It said the action, which NMA said it was "constrained in taking," was as a result of the failure of government authorities to respond to its demands. "This will be in recognition of the extremely poor progress in the resolution of the demands of the NMA, and following the expiration of our last ultimatum issued to the federal government, which expired on Saturday, December 14, 2013," the communique said. It stated that doctors in public health institutions would consequently withdraw their services with effect from 8a.m. on December.
The NMA then urged members of the public and the media to "bear with the association during this period of withdrawal of services."
On September 2, the association had issued a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to address the issues it tabled before it.
The issues had bordered on what the association said was some health sector challenges, workplace conditions and the condition of service of doctors.
However, the NMA had decided to extend her ultimatum by four weeks after her emergency NEC meeting held in Abuja on September 22.
Following the expiration of the four-week extension, the association had twice extended the ultimatum on account of government's constitution of a Presidential Committee.
Government had also promised to resolve the issues contained in the requests of the NMA. "Sadly, since the report of the Presidential Committee was submitted to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), only the re-constitution and inauguration of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) had been realised.
"Our demand for government's attention to other issues bordering on workplace conditions and injustice meted out to doctors in their conditions of service and funding, infrastructure and equipment upgrade of the health sector have not received any significant attention," the association said in the communique.
In the communique, the NMA had also decried the abysmal low percentage health coverage of Nigerians. It called on government to urgently invest more in the health of Nigerians through a Universal Health Fund.
The NMA had also restated the urgent need for a government-sponsored Hospital Development and Intervention Fund in the health. "This will help to drive the development of modern and world-class health infrastructure in Nigeria and end medical tourism," the association had said.
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We steal because Nigerians don’t stone us- Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, revealed at the weekend that political office holders steal state funds because Nigerians do not stone them.
Amaechi, disclosed this in Lagos during an event organised to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, challenged Nigerians to hold their leaders accountable.
He said, "If you see a thief and you allow him to be stealing, what have you done? You have stoned nobody; that is why we are stealing. Who have you stoned? They came out and started dancing oil subsidy, oil subsidy. They told you that they stole N2.3trn, what did you do?
"Instead you are protesting 'bring more oil subsidy'; the oil subsidy that is not reaching the poor. A few individuals are going away with the money and you have done nothing. You are mourning Madiba, who lived up to 95, and he was very angry with Nigeria when he died.
"You've heard that $50bn is missing and you have done nothing about it. In some countries people will go on the street until they return that money. It is N8trn, it can change Nigeria.
"Me I want to steal only $1bn, let them bring it. You read Obasanjo's letter and you are asking why is he writing the letter, is he a South-South man? In fact, when he was there what did he do? You, what have you done? If you don't take your destiny in your hands, we will go and other leaders will come and continue stealing."
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Meet The Woman That Donated Her Kidney To Save Singer OJB Jezreel

Nigerian musician/producer Babatunde Okungbowa popularly called OJB Jezreel is back in the country after over 3 months in India.

The singer is so thankful to God, Nigerians and his wife, Mama G who donated one of her kidneys to save him.

OJB said his wife stood by him during the low period of his heart condition which also affected his kidney. Now back in Nigeria and recovering after he left for treatment in India in August accompanied by his wife, who donated one of her kidneys to save her husband.

OJB has described her as a courageous woman and his life saver. But Mama G says they owe it all to God.

 She was not discouraged even in the eye of the storm, not even when the doctors analysed to her that the process would include the removal of one of her ribs and that she would be dissected all the way to her back.

In a recent interview, OJB said most of the cheques people gave him through SAVE OJB campaign bounced back.
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