NEWS: IN NIGERIA

EKITI STATE ACN CHAIRMAN, FOUR OTHERS ARRESTED OVER JEJE'S DEATH.


Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Ekiti State Chapter, Chief Jide Awe, and four others were, yesterday, arraigned before a Chief Magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti in connection with the killing of one Ayo Jeje, a former ACN member, at Erinjiyan Ekiti.
Others arraigned with Awe include Faboro John, Aniramu Basiru, Busuyi Falayi and Shefiu Owonifari.
They are facing a four-count charge of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy and disruption of public peace, which according to police prosecutor are punishable under the law.
Jeje, who hailed from the same Erinjiyan Ekiti with Awe, was killed by agents suspected to be political thugs on March 30, while planning to decamp to PDP.


RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY WANTS POLICE COMMISSIONER REDEPLOYMENT


Rivers State House of Assembly, has called for the immediate redeployment of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu, saying he was an interested party   in the political crisis rocking the state.
Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr.  Otelemaba Amaechree, in a statement, said the House had to postpone its sitting, yesterday, because the state Police Commissioner suddenly cancelled an approval requesting police protection for the sitting.
 He  said  they had uncovered an alleged plot by five members of the House to cause panic and tension if the House had gone ahead with the  sitting, adding that  the game plan was for security operatives to start shooting sporadically and firing teargas to create  a picture of a breakdown of law and order in the Assembly.
EFCC ARRAIGNED PROVOST, BURSAR OVER FRAUD.


THE Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government area of Ebonyi state, Dr. Paul Ajah Onu was, yesterday, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged financial misappropriation.
Also arraigned was the suspended bursar of the institution, Samuel Atoi.
The duo were arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit illegal act to wit: money laundering and disguising the origin of stolen funds amounting to over N4 million. They pleaded not guilty to the charges.
They were accused of illegally transferring N1.5 million, N1.89 million and N1.816 million from three different FirstBank accounts belonging to the college to the accounts of Juliana Ogbaka and Kalejaiye Bunmi at various times.

KWARA STATE  MAY RENAME VARSITY AFTER OLUSOLA SARAKI


THE Governing Council and members of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, have requested for a change of the name of the institution to either Sola Saraki University (SOSU) or Abubakar Sola Saraki University (ASSU) in honour of the state's political icon, Dr. Abubakar Sola Saraki, who died last year.
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Sen. Muhammed Sha'aba Lafiagi, while making the presentation Friday in Ilorin to the Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, said the request was an acknowledgment of late Saraki's contributions to educational development in the country.
According to him, the university community acknowledged Saraki's "immense contribution to education through the award of scholarship to indigent students and sponsorship of several youths to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, aside from frequent monetary intervention to parents and guardians to offset the school fees of their wards".
Lafiagi, who is also a former Governor of Kwara State, said the presentation of the request for name change was made to Governor Ahmed so that the State House of Assembly could amend the relevant law, which established the Kwara State University, to reflect the proposed name change.
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, commended the university community for the request, adding that the change of the name of the institution would serve as a platform for Nigerians to remember Saraki's contributions and motivate future generations on the cause of humanity.