SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION !!! It’s official: Federal Govt suspends Ruga Settlements

It’s official. The Presidency has suspended the proposed establishment of Ruga settlements across the country.

The settlements, which were aimed at resolving farmers/herders clashes, had resulted in controversies across the country.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo, Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, said: “We the NEC committee on farmers/ herders crisis under the chairmanship of HE Mr Vice President met today to deliberate on the approved programme of National Economic Council (NEC) and Federal Government, tagged, “the National Livestock Transformation Programme.

“We are aware that today Mr. President has suspended the implementation of Ruga programme, initiated and being implemented by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, because it is not consistent with the NEC and Federal Government approved National Livestock Transformation plan which has programmes of rehabilitation of displaced IDPs, resulting from the crisis and also development of ranches in any willing state of the Federation. The word is ‘willing states’ of the federation.

“The National Livestock Transformation plan, its beauty is that what NEC and Federal Government approved is a voluntary programme to all the 36 states who may like to participate.

“So, it is not compulsory, it is for any state that is willing, will key into the programme.

“Any state that is interested in this programme is required to bring up a development plan that is keyed towards the implementation in line with our own programme here that is unique to his state based on the challenges that he has in respect of the crisis. That’s the decision of this committee.” He stated

Other governors at the meeting included Simon Lalong (Plateau); Atiku Bagudu(Kebbi) and Deputy Governor of Adamawa state, Martins Nasir.

- PM NEWS

Boeing sets aside $100m for victims of 737 Max crashes

Boeing, aircraft manufacturer, has set aside $100 million to support families of those who died in two 737 Max crashes, according to CNN.

Boeing’s 737 Max jets were grounded worldwide after one of its aircraft flown by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff in March.

Pius Adesanmi, renowned writer, and Biodun Bashua, a former UN and African Union (AU) deputy joint special representative in Darfur, Sudan, were the two Nigerians who died on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.

The incident occurred after a 737 Max flown Lion Air, an Indonesian airline, crashed in 2018.

The compensation is coming after families – including Adesanmi’s- sued the aircraft manufacturer over the crash in June.

Nomaan Husain, counsel to the Adesanmi’s, had said: “Our goal with these lawsuits is to obtain answers for our grieving clients and hold the Boeing Company accountable for creating this tragedy.”

Boeing said the money would be given to local nonprofits and community groups that will distribute the funds to the relatives of the 346 people who died in the crashes.

A spokesperson for the aircraft manufacturer was quoted as saying that people who accept funds from the $100 million compensation fund will not be required to give up the right to pursue legal action against the company.

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LAUTECH withdraws ex-student’s certificate over failure to appear before investigate panels

The Senate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso on Wednesday, said that it has approved the withdrawal of certificate issued to one Oluwanisola Femi Akeju, a graduate of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the institution.

Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Akin, in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST, said Akeju’s certificate was withdrawn due to his refusal to appear before several panels raised to investigate his allegations of victimization against a lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Biology of the university.

Fadeyi in the statement said that Akeju had claimed that the lecturer failed him in a particular Biology course for six years but failed to prove his case before the investigate panels set up to investigate the matted by the institution, insisting that this made the institution to withdrew his certificate.

The institution’s spokesman added that other sanctions approved by the university’s senate are that, issuance of academic transcript to him is suspended forthwith; the statement of results issued by the university to Mr. Akeju be immediately invalidated, and that his academic certificate be withheld until further notice.

The statement reads:

“Senate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has approved the withdrawal of certificate issued to one Oluwanisola Femi Akeju, a graduate of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, for refusing to appear before several panels raised to investigate his allegations of victimization against an unnamed lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Biology of the University.

“The alumnus, who graduated in the 2013/2014 academic session, with Matriculation number 083659, had in a publication of March 15, 2018 on an online medium, claimed that a certain lecturer failed him in a particular Biology course for six years.

“All efforts made by different arms of the Institution to enable Mr. Akeju shed more light on the allegations before various investigation panels yielded no fruit as he refused entreaties made to him towards ensuring that he got redress and bring the said lecturer to book.

“Other spurious claims contained in his write-up included that he sat for BIO 101, 102, 104 and 106 and scored grade ‘A’ in all of the courses. Investigation into his academic record however indicated that Oluwanisola Femi Akeju registered for and passed BIO 101 (E), 102 (E), 103 (E) and did not register for BIO 104 in his first year in the University until the second semester of his extra year in 2013/2014 session and passed with ‘E’ grade.

“Bothered by the negative effect of such unfounded allegations on the University’s profile and the fact that he has continued to fail to honour several invitations by the panels set up by the University, the authority has therefore decided that, all rights and privileges extended to Mr. Akeju Oluwanisola Femi as an alumnus of this University stand suspended.

“Other sanctions approved by the University’s Senate are that, issuance of academic transcript to him is suspended forthwith; the statement of results issued by the University to Mr. Oluwanisola Femi Akeju be immediately invalidated, and that his academic certificate be withheld until further notice.”

- DAILY POST

Ex-Man United striker finally joins another England club

Former Manchester United striker, Nicholas Olushola Ajose has finally joined England club, Exeter City.
Ajose, who spent 12 years at Man United before he left Old Trafford in 2011 without making a single appearance for the first team, joined the League Two side on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old has also played for Peterborough United, Scunthorpe United, Chesterfield, Crawley Town, Bury, Swindon Town, Leeds United, Crewe Alexandra, Charlton and Mansfield Town.
”I am hungry to score goals. It is why I play football. I am someone who likes to score, create and obviously, I want to win, but I like getting in behind defenders and causing problems,” Ajose told Exeter City’s official website.
“Yes, for sure we are looking for promotion. It was strange last year because it was quite tight all the way and you could go from seventh to third in a week’s time.

”Hopefully, this year with the experience the boys have had and the manager, they will be able to get up automatically.”

- DAILY POST

China GM sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery

Former general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, Sun Bo, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday for taking bribes and abusing power, Xinhua news reported.

Sun was also said to have been fined 800,000 Yuan (116,448 U.S. dollars) and his illegal gains would be turned into the national treasury, according to a statement by the Shanghai First Intermediate People’s Court.

Between 2006 and 2015, Sun took advantage of his positions at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. (DSIC) to help others cooperate with DSIC to set up and run companies, according to the statement.

Sun accepted money and gifts worth over 8.64 million Yuan himself or via his wife between October 2000 and early 2016, the statement said.

Sun abused his power in exchange for better individual performance between 2009 and 2016, when he worked for DSIC, which caused `extremely heavy losses, in state interests’, according to the statement.

- PM NEWS

PL : Chelsea confirm Frank Lampard as head coach

Former Chelsea midfielder, Frank Lampard has been appointed as the new head coach at Chelsea on a three-year contract, confirming all speculations about the return of the legend for the job.

In a statement via Chelsea Twitter account, the club wrote: Frank Lampard is the new Chelsea head coach!

The club on their website celebrated the arrival of Lampard:

“One of the greatest players in our history during his long and illustrious career, Lampard returns to Stamford Bridge having signed a three-year contract.

“The 41-year-old said: ‘I am immensely proud to be returning to Chelsea as head coach. Everyone knows my love for this club and the history we have shared, however, my sole focus is on the job in hand and preparing for the season ahead. I am here to work hard, bring further success to the club and I cannot wait to get started.’

“Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia (pictured above right) added: ‘It gives us great pleasure to welcome Frank back to Chelsea as head coach. Frank possesses fantastic knowledge and understanding of the club and last season, he demonstrated he is one of the most talented young coaches in the game.

‘After 13 years with us as a player, where he became a club legend and our record goalscorer, we believe this is the perfect time for him to return and are delighted he has done so. We will do everything we can to ensure he has all the support required to be a huge success.’

Lampard’s last job was as coach to Derby County. He narrowly failed to qualify them for the premiership.

Lampard succeeded Maurizio Sarri, who has moved on to take the job as coach of Juventus

- PM NEWS

Another COZA ex-member accuses Pastor Fatoyinbo of rape ( VIDEO )

As the number of ladies coming out to narrate their rape experiences keeps increasing, another lady has come forward with molestation accusations against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA).

The ex-COZA church member gave a detailed recount of her experience with the man of God to media personality Chude Jideonwo of YNaija in an exclusive interview.

Social media space was set on fire days ago following rape allegations by Busola Dakolo, wife of popular musician, Timi Dakolo, against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo.

Since the news broke, several female members of the church have come forward with individual claims of their harrowing experiences and this can be linked to the fact that Busola’s courage to go public served as a strong motivation for other women who have suffered abuse to speak up.

However, in the latest interview with Chude Jideonwo, the woman pleaded anonymity while narrating how she had made a usual call to the man of God’s house to discuss activities relating to the church and what needed to be done.

She said at some point while she was seated on the couch, Fatoyinbo, whom she had always seen as a role model, joined her on the sofa and started to touch her inappropriately.

Explaining further, she said she kept telling him to stop what he was about to do, but he remained adamant and told her to relax. This he kept saying until he took off her clothes and forcefully had his way with her.

The lady said she did not cry or raise any alarm after the act had been carried out, but Fatoyinbo became remorseful and started apologizing for his actions, stressing that he never meant to hurt her.

- PM NEWS

Senator Abbo Apologizes for Assaulting Woman

Senator Elisha Abbo (Adamawa North District) has tendered his apology at a press conference after a video of him physically assaulting a woman in a sex toy shop in Abuja went viral.

The youngest Senator in the 9th National Assembly was seen in 10-minute video footage repeatedly slapping a woman after she pleaded with him not to physically assault the shop owner.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker while addressing the press conference said he regretted his actions and apologized to his victim and her family as well as all Nigerians.

”I personally apologize to Barbra and her family for my actions. No matter what you did to me, you did not deserve such treatment,” he said.

- PM NEWS