Popular fashion designer simply identified as Akeem who is based in ogun state, and his lover (name unknown) have died after they were involved in a s*x romp at the former’s residence at 12 Igan Road, Ago–Iwoye area of Ogun State while his wife and four children were away.

The sad drama occurred on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Akeem, 52, was said to have invited his long time concubine to his home after his wife and four children travelled to the village to celebrate the ‘Ileya’ Muslim festival with their extended family. And they had a marathon s*x from Tuesday evening till Wednesday morning.

Another tenant, Mr. Idowu Odunsi, who expressed shock at the demise of his neighbour, testified that he had seen Akeem and the lady at Alubari Fashion shop, the shop Akeem managed with his wife up until “Ileya day”. Odunsi said he caught them in a very romantic position and was certain that Akeem would spend the night with the lady. He said he was therefore surprised the next morning, when his randy neighbour was found dead with semen stains in his underwear.

He added that his father, who Akeem had assisted in slaughtering the ‘Ileya’ ram a day before his demise ordered them to break Akeem’s door when they couldn’t find him in his shop and nobody had seen him in the compound that morning.

When the DPO was contacted, he said it was true that Akeem and his guest were found dead in Akeem’s apartment and that he suspected that their death was caused by the generator fumes and not thunderbolt, as widely believed by the people in the area.

He added that the corpse would be taken to the general hospital for autopsy, to determine the actual cause of their death.

Strike: ASUU begins consultation over FG offer

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to convene its National Executive Committee this weekend to discuss the offer made to the union by the Federal Government to develop public universities, it was learnt on Wednesday.

ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Faggae after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan which ended in the early hours of Tuesday had told reporters that the union would take back an undisclosed message to the striking lecturers.

The Federal Government had offered to inject N1.1tn into public universities in the next five years.

The Punch gathered that the union had concluded arrangement to hold the meeting to collate the views of members before a final decision would be taken on whether to accept or reject the offer.

Usually, the decision to embark on or to call off strike is taken at the union’s NEC meeting.

It was gathered that the meeting might hold any day between now and next week Friday.

In the hierarchy of ASUU, the zonal coordinators after a meeting of the national officers are to brief the branch chairmen who would consequently call for congress in their respective universities.

But a source who spoke on condition of anonymity said a meeting with the zonal coordinators usually take place two days after a major meeting with the Federal Government because they have to come from the nine zones of the country.

He said, “There is a national strike coordinating committee comprising the national principal officers and the zonal coordinators which is the highest decision-making body. In the country, we have nine zones. After the meeting, the zonal coordinators will brief the branch chairmen who will now call for a congress to brief all members.”

Asked if the strike would be called off soon, the source replied, “It is not a decision that could be taken in a hurry. All members must be carried along. We have a mandate which is very clear – that is the implementation of the 2009 agreement. Anything other than that, they will have to relate to members. The zonal coordinators will collate the decision of the branches and forward them to the national officers.”

A chairman of a local branch of ASUU in a university in the South-West confided in one of our correspondents that the date for the NEC meeting would be communicated to all the chapters on Thursday (today).

Another source said, “Before we embarked on the strike, there was a referendum. The referendum did not emanate from the principal officers but from the branches. Members must be briefed before any final decision could be taken.”

Meanwhile, strong indications emerged on Wednesday that ASUU may soon call off its four-month old strike as the Nigeria Labour Congress described the meeting between President Jonathan and the leadership of the union as the most meaningful since 2009.

The Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Mr. Chris Uyot, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Wednesday, urged ASUU to explain to its members the offer the Federal Government had made to the striking lecturers in order to arrive at the next line of action.

According to him, since ASUU is an affiliate of the NLC, it is the responsibility of the union to decide on whether to call off the strike or not in accordance with standard labour procedure.

He said, “We simply advise that they carry out meaningful consultation with their members and ensure that whatever was offered was explained in totality to members of ASUU.

“I want to say that since the agreement of 2009 was signed, and of the various negotiations that have taken place, this was the most meaningful of the meetings.

“All discussions were taken aside and the issues in the 2009 agreement were examined, discussed and analyzed in totality.

“Let the ASUU explain in totality the offer that was made to its members. Even the NLC has to explain to the members of the National Executive Council of the Congress before taking decisions in such matters. I can only say that calling off the strike depends on ASUU,” he added.

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Why I restricted my wife’s movement - Gov. Chime

ENUGU State governor, Mr Sullivan Chime, has promised to continue to protect the integrity of his wife, Clara, in spite of campaigns against him.

Speaking with newsmen in Enugu, on Wednesday, Chime said it had become imperative for him to clarify issues about his wife’s health challenges, going by the campaign of calumny against his person.

“Well, my wife has some medical challenges and it would be very unkind for me to talk about her condition on the pages of newspapers.

“I have done everything to protect her integrity and I am not going to expose her to ridicule now, because some people want to exploit her situation to drag me into a needless war of words.

“We’ve been battling this prior to my inauguration in 2011. It was so bad at a time that she had to be taken out of here (Governor’s Lodge) for treatment.

“When she stabilised, I pleaded with her doctors if she could be brought back here to be receiving her treatment at home and they graciously accepted.

“There was a time she was confined indoors and that was strictly on her doctors’ advice. She’s here and she can confirm or deny it. Also, the doctors then advised against allowing her access to telephones and her laptop,” he said.

The governor said his wife was safe in the Government House, adding that her confinement within the premises was at the instance of her doctor, who was also present at the briefing.

“Why would I want my wife locked up? If it had been that I had issues with her, there are many ways to resolve them. But that’s not the case. She is not well and I’m willing to do anything to support and protect her.

“It was always more convenient for me to have taken the easier route, but that would have been very callous and ungodly.

“When I had my own health challenge, I was receiving treatment in London and thinking about her, making sure she received the right treatment. I’m forever grateful to her doctors who have done a great job.

“Both families are billed to meet very soon and after that, I’ll take a decision which will be in the interest of both parties,” the governor said.

On his reaction to a purported petition to the inspector-general of police by renowned lawyer, Chief Femi Falana, the governor said “he’s my professional colleague, but sometimes you leave people to their conscience.”

He said he was not worried about the development, adding that when he was receiving treatment in London, some of the newspapers reported that he had died in India.

Clara, who was present during the briefing, denied sending any petition to the National Human Rights Commission, alleging unlawful detention by her husband.

She also denied contacting or engaging the services of Falana or any other lawyer to seek her freedom from an alleged incarceration at Government House, Enugu.

“My doctor and I don’t have any problem,” she said.

On the current situation, Clara said she had the key to her room and controlled her entry and exit.

She, however, said her grouse was that she had not been allowed to leave the premises except on Sundays to attend mass.

FG Offers ASUU N220bn over Five Years to End Strike

•Union insists on N350bn in 2014, N400bn over four years 

•Govt, NLC optimistic about reopening of varsities

Jaiyeola Andrews and Damilola Oyedele 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun consultations with its members on whether or not to accept the new offer of a yearly payment of N220 billion over the next five years made by the federal government, in furtherance of the implementation of the 2009 Agreement aimed at ending the four-month strike by the university teachers.

THISDAY gathered that the federal government at a marathon meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan that ended Tuesday, had made the offer of the annual payment of N220 billion for five years after the union had insisted on getting paid N350 billion in 2014 and N400 billion annually over the next four years.

But the federal government had pleaded with the union to be reasonable in its demands so that the universities could be reopened. It also appealed to ASUU’s representatives at the meeting to take its offer to its members and gave them one week to thrash it out.

If the federal government’s offer is accepted, the amount will be used for the universities’ infrastructure needs and lecturers’ earned allowances as stipulated under the 2009 Agreement.

Following the N200 billion annual offer made by the federal government, the union, after the 13-hour meeting, said it could not take a decision yet on the proposal until its members had examined the offer and decided whether to accept or reject it.

Although none of the parties to the negotiations, which began on Monday at 2.40 pm and ended at about 3.30 am yesterday, was willing to divulge details to reporters who had kept vigil throughout the meeting, it was gathered that the concrete annual lump sum of N220 billion offered by government, raised hopes of an imminent end to the protracted labour dispute.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) were upbeat yesterday that students who had been kept home by the strike would soon return to schools.

Briefing State House reporters yesterday morning after the marathon meeting, ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, said the union would take the message from Jonathan to its members.

On what the message was all about, he said the union got a message from the president and would take it to the members.

He however declined to say what had transpired at the meeting and whether a truce was reached or not.

“Well we had a lengthy meeting with Mr. President, rubbing minds on how best to address the problem of university education in this country. And we now have a message from Mr. President which we are going to take to our members. And we are expecting that our members will respond appropriately to the message of Mr. President,” he explained.

When asked for details of the message, Fagge said: “I can’t tell you (reporters). It is not for you. It is for our members.”

He also declined to say if he was satisfied with the president’s offer, adding: “Don’t put words into my mouth. Our members will determine that.”

On whether the union was ready to call off the strike to allow the resumption of academic activities in universities, he stressed: “That is up to our members.”

Wogu, also in his interaction with reporters, expressed optimism that the outcome of the negotiations with ASUU would lead to the suspension of the strike.

He said: “We made progress. The president of ASUU told you (reporters) that they are going back with a message from the federal government to their members. And the message is full of high expectations and hope.”

On whether the message was good enough to make ASUU call off the strike, he said: “That is why the message is full of high expectations and hope. So our prayer is that they come back with a positive outcome.

“They might not even come back to meet us, they might take decisions there that will meet your expectations.

“Nigerians should be patient for ASUU to finish their meetings and come out with a message to Nigerians.”

On whether the government made any fresh offer to the union, Wogu said: “Well, the offers we made are the offers they are talking about in line with the 2009 agreement. The issues that led to the strike are issues contained in the 2009 Agreement and we did not go beyond the agreement.”

The minister, who also spoke to THISDAY on the issue yesterday, reiterated his statement that the marathon meeting focused on the 2009 agreement with the union.

“We believe the presidential intervention has resolved the logjam. The ball is now in the court of the union leaders to meet with their members to convey the outcome of the meeting to their members.

“We are very optimistic that this will bring about a positive outcome. Even the ASUU team was very happy with the deliberations,” he said.

The minister however was not categorical on whether the federal government had accepted to implement the terms of the 2009 Agreement to the letter.

The NLC, which was part of the negotiations, also welcomed the offer made by the federal government to ASUU.

NLC acting General Secretary, Chris Uyot, who declined to give any details on what was discussed, described the proposal as “acceptable”.

But he told THISDAY in a telephone conversation yesterday that while the federal government’s offer was acceptable to the NLC, suspending the strike would depend on whether ASUU finds it acceptable or not.

He added that the acceptability or otherwise of the offer would be determined after a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of ASUU.

“We held a meeting with the president and ASUU. Yes, there was an offer, the offer was okay and acceptable to the NLC but it depends on ASUU on whether they can accept it. When you have an offer in a situation of this nature, you need to put them before your members who gave you the mandate; you have to get back to them before taking a decision,” he said.

Uyot described the process as a regular feature of industrial relations' negotiations.

On details of the proposal put on the table by the federal government, he said: “I cannot reveal the details of the offer. The offer to ASUU are not to the NLC, so until ASUU comes out with a statement, we cannot reveal the details.”

Also, the Chairman of ASUU (UniAbuja chapter), Dr. Clement Chup, said the union's NEC would reach out to members before taking a decision.

“The meeting has been held. There will be a briefing at different levels and we will get back to you all,” he said.

He also declined to reveal details of the meeting or whether the union would accept the new offer.

“I am sorry, I am not permitted to speak on whether the offer is acceptable or not, or discuss the details,” he added.

But it was gathered that given the latest development, ASUU might be more disposed now to return to the classroom.

A labour analyst who asked not to be named said it was in the interest of the union to make some concessions on its demands following the interventions by the president, after several interventions by highly-placed individuals and the National Assembly had failed.

Negotiating teams headed by Vice-President Namadi Sambo as well as Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, who chairs the Needs Assessment Implementation Committee had both failed to yield fruit.

“ASUU has to realise that it has no support among Nigerians, even NANS has condemned the strike. Nigerians are also unhappy with ASUU whose demands have been described as outrageous since the details were revealed,” the analyst said.

ASUU Strike: We Are Optimistic, Says Wogu

The Minister of Labour and Productivity has said that the federal government is very optimistic that the outcome of the negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which lasted till the wee hours of Tuesday morning, were very fruitful.

Speaking to THISDAY on the issue Tuesday, he said the over 12-hour long meeting which started Monday at 2.40 pm focused on the 2009 Agreement with the union.

“We believe the presidential intervention has resolved the logjam. The ball is now in the court of the union leaders to meet with their members to convey the outcome of the meeting to their members.

“We are very optimistic that this will bring about a positive outcome. Even the ASUU team was very happy with the deliberations,” he said.
The minister, however, was not categorical on if the federal government had accepted to implement the terms of the 2009 Agreement to the letter.

Nigeria Golden Eaglets takes on Sweden today by 5pm

Nigeria Golden Eaglets enter today’s semi-final clash with Sweden as the favourites to hit the final. Apart from Argentina, the three-time champions are the other team to get to this stage of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates without conceding any defeat.

Today, the stakes are higher. Eaglets know that they certainly cannot shove the Swedes aside without broking a sweat. The Scandinavians almost torpedoed Nigeria’s march to the fourth title with a 3-3 group stage match-up.

Now, Eaglets’ Head Coach, Manu Garba, who is hoping to emulate the likes of Sebastien Broadricks-Imasuen (1985), Fanny Amun (1993) and Yemi Tella (2007) as gaffers who conquered the cadet football world for Nigeria, knows he must up his game plan if his dream is to become reality.

“It will be the cup or nothing for my team at this Under-17 World Cup here in the UAE,” Manu yesterday assured Nigerians ahead of the clash with Sweden.

It is a fact that the Golden Eaglets dominated Group F before knocking out both Iran and Uruguay. Although their draw with Sweden could be seen as a slight stumble, their impressive displays of football prowess must be sustained today if the Swedes will not have the last laugh at the end of 90 minutes this evening.

“As an interim coach in 2007 when we were about leaving Nigeria for the World Cup in Korea, I told Nigerians that it’s the cup or nothing and I still maintain the same thing now because this team has come a long way and we cannot afford to fail,” Manu insisted yesterday

He is not bothered by the earlier scare his wards got from Sweden during the group stage.

“All my life, I have never entertained any fear and I don’t even know what fear means,” he said.

“Of course, I know that whatever happens is ordained by God, so I have no fear about Sweden,” he noted with philosophical calmness.

What may be giving Manu the boldness of having his eyes fixed on the trophy could be Eaglets’ offensive flair that has endeared them to even the Brazilians.

The goal-hungry duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Musa Yahaya alongside Taiwo Awoniyi, who proved himself an excellent replacement for the injured Success Isaac, are any coach’s dream players in a team. Only Akinjide Idowu who is suspended through a second yellow card is the missing link today. Between the trio Iheanacho, Yahaya and Awoniyi lies the strength of Eaglets and they certainly cannot afford to fail Manu as Nigerians back home stay glued to televisions to catch the actions.

One player Eaglets’ back four need to watch out for is Valmir Berisha. The lofty Swedish striker has been instrumental in his side’s progress at UAE 2013, his most recent contribution a breathtaking back-heel into the Honduras net. The semi-final gives the young forward a chance to reassert his attacking credentials, which were clearly in evidence during Sweden’s last encounter with Nigeria. “Nigeria assumed they were going to breeze past the Swedish minnows and claim an easy victory. We showed them how well we can play,” Berisha had said after the 3-3 draw with Eaglets.

Of course, Swedish coach, Roland Larsson, is likely to retain the front pairing of inspirational Elias Andersson and Gustav Engvall, combining with Berisha up near the goal.

While Nigeria eventually topped the section with seven points, Sweden sneaked into the next round of the competition as one of the best first round losers after finishing third with four points behind Mexico who had six.

Meanwhile, Brazilian referee Heber Roberto Lopes, who was in charge of Golden Eaglets’ 4-1 thrashing of Iran, in a Round of 16 match, will again handle the Eaglets clash with Sweden at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai today.

As FG, ASUU Meeting Ends….. Fagge: We'll Take President’s Message to Members

After a marathon meeting with the Federal Government, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr.  Nasir Fagge Tuesday morning told reporters that his union will take the message  from President Goodluck Jonathan to members.

The meeting  between the  Federal Government team  and ASUU leaders which was aimed at ending the four months old  industrial action in the universities  began  at 2.240pm and ended  some minutes past 3 am Tuesday.

ASUU simply told journalists  at the end of the meeting that the union got a message  from the President  and would take it to the members,  but  did not say what transpired at the meeting, whether a truce was reached or not.

Source: ThisDayLive