President Buhari Lays Foundation Stone For University Of Transportation In Daura.

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has laid the foundation stone for the construction of University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina state.

 

At the event, President Buhari said the institution will enhance employment opportunities and supplement the transport sector’s dire need of new skills and investment.

 

The school, called the Bird-view, to be built by the CCECC, will be the first transport university in West Africa.

 

The location has led to debates among Nigerians, being the home town of President Buhari.

 

But the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi who was also at the groundbreaking ceremony in Daura defended the choice of the president’s state.

 

A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of two houses belonging to former senate president, Bukola Saraki, in Ilorin, Kwara state.

 

This was revealed in a statement signed by the Spokesperson, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren.

 

According to him, the Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC had earlier approached the court presided over by Justice Ridwan Aikawa for an order of interim forfeiture of about N1 billion worth property belonging to Saraki.

 

The property located at plots 10 and 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA, Ilorin is being requested by the anti-graft commission for forfeiture on the grounds that it was acquired through the proceeds of unlawful activity.

 

The development comes five days after the former number three citizen raised the alarm that the anti-graft agency was “targetting his properties”, ignoring a court order restricting it from doing so.

 

 

The crisis rocking the state House of Assembly has taken a new twist as the Speaker of the House, Peter Diah has resigned his position.

 

Mr. Diah who is representing Mbamga constituency for the fifth time is the longest-serving legislator in the house.

 

Confirming his resignation to journalists in Jalingo on Sunday, Peter Diah says he resigned for personal reasons.

 

He was elected the 8th speaker Taraba State House of Assembly following the inauguration of the Eighth Assembly in June 2015 and was re-elected speaker in April 2016 after the declaration for a rerun election in his constituency by the court of Appeal sitting in Yola.

 

 The crisis rocking the state House of Assembly has taken a new twist as the Speaker of the House, Peter Diah has resigned his position.

 

Mr. Diah who is representing Mbamga constituency for the fifth time is the longest-serving legislator in the house.

 

Confirming his resignation to journalists in Jalingo on Sunday, Peter Diah says he resigned for personal reasons.

 

He was elected the 8th speaker Taraba State House of Assembly following the inauguration of the Eighth Assembly in June 2015 and was re-elected speaker in April 2016 after the declaration for a rerun election in his constituency by the court of Appeal sitting in Yola.

 

 

 

The Education Rights Campaign has viewed the controversy generated around the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System in the public Universities as unnecessary and diversionary.

 

It says this is considering the enormous challenges of underfunding, skyrocketing tuition fees and clampdown on democratic rights of students.

 

National Coordinator of the group, Hassan Soweto said despite corruption in many public tertiary institutions in Nigeria, they do not believe that IPPIS is capable of ensuring sanity, transparency and accountability in the system.

 

Hassan Soweto also renewed call for increased funding to the education sector.