Osinbajo: I'm Not Leading Negotiations with ASUU Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Forty-eight hours after an announcement that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had taken over the negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the former university don yesterday declared
the information as untrue. The union had on August 14 embarked on indefinite strike, citing the federal government's failure to implement its agreement with it in 2009. On August 29, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, had announced that the strike action embarked upon by
the lecturers would be discussed at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the following day. Indeed, at the end of the meeting on Wednesday, Ngige while briefing State House correspondents said the government was committed to ending the strike embarked upon
by ASUU. Consequently, he said FEC had assigned Osinbajo to take charge of some aspects of the negotiations with the university lecturers, disclosing that relevant government officials would later proceed to the vice-president's office that day for a meeting after which he said government
decision would be communicated to the lecturers. This information looked cheery to the generality of Nigerians who had confidence in the ability of the vice-president to quickly strike a deal with the aggrieved lecturers within a brief period. Those who held this view predicated their optimism on
the vice-president's handling of the state of the nation at two different times when President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on medical treatment of an undisclosed ailment in the United Kindgom. For instance, the vice-president's Continued on page 8
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Army Fails own Deadline for Capture of Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Boko Haram kills 11 IDPs in Banki camp Paul Obi in Abuja The Military yesterday extended the dateline for the capture of
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau following the expiration of the 40 days ultimatum handed down to the troops to capture him dead or alive.
This is coming on the heels of report that the terrorists killed 11 people yesterday in a raid on a camp for civilians displaced by the Islamist group’s violent
insurgency, military and vigilante sources told AFP. According to Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, "the Chief of
Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General TY Buratai commended the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim
Attahiru, his Sector Commanders and all troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for pursuing the Continued on page 8
Kenya’s Supreme Court’s Annulment of Presidential Election Causes Stir in Nigeria We all have to be vigilant and watch carefully, and do what we can so we don’t have a similar situation, says Onyeama Yemi Adebowale and Adedayo Adejobi with agency report For the first time in Africa, a Presidential election has been annulled in Kenya for not complying with the constitution, resulting in palpable shock across political spectrum around the continent. It was a bombshell judgement with far reaching implication that is bound to make African leaders nervous. The country’s Supreme Court yesterday invalidated the result of last month's contentious presidential election and ordered a new vote. It is also the first time in Africa that a court will nullify the vote of a sitting leader. Now, it has suddenly dawn on everyone that if it can happen in Kenya, it can also happen in Nigeria and any other Africa country. Several attempts in the past to get the court to nullify presidential elections in African countries have never succeded. What just happened in Kenya has marked a remarkable turning point that is likely to see more annulments in the future. The supreme court upheld Continued on page 8
BARKA DA SALLAH… L-R: Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar; President Muhammadu Buhari; Magajin Gari of Daura, Alhaji Musa Umar; and SSA to President on Household Affairs, Sarki Abba, at the prayer ground to mark the Eid El Kabir in Daura, Katsina State ...yesterday
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