NIGERIA NEWS

….The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has commenced an indefinite strike, following failure of the federal and state governments to implement agreements on issues affecting polytechnic education in the country.

…. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, said weekend, that it had arrested about 82 candidates of the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in the state for alleged involvment in examination malpractices.

….One Emmanuel Nwegwe, 40, from Umunaga village in Uburu community of Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, weekend, was reported to have murdered his relative, Innocent Onu, 54, over an unresolved misunderstanding. It was gathered that the suspect had been engaged in a feud with the deceased and other relatives on Saturday over the suspects’ decision to offload sand inside the compound where the family members had planned to use for a wedding reception of another family member on Sunday.

…. The Federal Government has ordered the retrenchment of no fewer than 20,000 workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, ahead of takeover by successful bidders of its assets.

….Chief Mike Adenuga of Globacom clocks 60 today.

….Nine workers of two oil servicing companies, the Octopus Clan Nigerian Limited and the Deck Oil Services, were yesterday confirmed kidnapped along the Ilebiri Creek in the southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State

….The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, will today Monday hear the appeal filed by Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, and Lateef Shofolahan.

….Lagos State Police Command has rescued Olufolabi Adeniji, the 16-year-old pupil of American International School, who was kidnapped on April 16, 2013. According to police authorities, the victim was found in a bush in Ilaro area of Ogun State on Friday. It was reported on April 18 that the victim was being driven to school by his parents’ driver, John Adebayo, when he was kidnapped. It was also reported that the parent’s vehicle was later found at the Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, while the driver and the boy’s whereabouts were unknown.

….An official of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River State, Mr. Uwemben Inyang, has said his wife, Affiong, died because of the negligence of her professional  colleagues who ignored her at the point of death. Affiong, who was a Chief Matron at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, died on February 11, 2013, after attempts to bring her blood pressure under control failed. In his farewell during the burial of his late wife, Inyang alleged that Affiong’s professional colleagues slept off and did not give a helping hand to a female doctor who was attending to the deceased.