The Nissan Motor Company recently annexed the driveway at the posh Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach to create a memorable family reunion photo.
This impressive and improbable array of historical vehicles dates to the 1930s, and includes such confections as the lovely Fairlady Roadster of 1961 and the R390 GT1 Le Mans racer, who penned the Jaguar XJR-9 and Ferrari 333 SP racers.
The Nissan 360 event gives a global array of journalists the rare opportunity to sample some 130 different Nissan and Infiniti models, new and old.
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, rejected the N130 billion the Federal Government disbursed into the university system, as part of efforts to persuade striking lecturers to call off the strike action they embarked on July 2.
In a letter written to Head of National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, NEEDs Assessment, and Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan, by President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge.
The union insisted that based on the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement and the January 2012 Memoranda of Understanding, MoU, signed by both parties, what was due for 2012 and 2013 was N500 billion, not N100 billion.
The letter read: “We observe that the Committee is so far mentioning only N100 billion. If the implementation is to be related to the funding requirements in the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement and the Jan 2012 MoU, what is due for 2012 and 2013 is N500 billion not N100 billion. Only the provision of this sum will meet the immediate needs of the universities.
“Our Union is very apprehensive of the manner in which the sources of the initial N100 billion to be used for the stimulation of the process are shrouded in secrecy. We believe that monies that already belong to the university system should not be blocked and recycled. This will not only be counter-productive but will brew even deeper crises in the system. ASUU will not accept this.
“We are also concerned that a clear procedure or process for assessing the funds by the universities is yet to be defined. This concern is even more germane given the statement of the Chairman of the Committee (during the last meeting on Monday, August 19, 2013) that the committee is taking some documents to the Due Process Office.
The Egyptian Criminal Court has ordered for the release of the former egypt president Hosni Mubarak pending investigation of corruption charges levied against him.
The ruling however does'nt mean the former president will be released immediately but will have to wait out in prison 48 hours pending a possible appeal by prosecutors, judicial sources said.
It also does not mean Mubarak has been acquitted on charges of taking about $11m worth of gifts from Al-Ahram, the state-run newspaper. But it removes the final legal hurdle blocking his release.
An education consultant, Prof. David Iornem, has said the National Universities Commission and other government agencies lack the capacity to develop the country’s tertiary education.
Iornem, a former senator, noted that the NUC, vested with the responsibility of seeking budget expansion to enable the universities to develop, instead engaged in antics that frustrated the institutions from getting the money.
Some of Nigeria's richest people have together to help flood victims in the country.
A committee which includes billionaires Alhaji Aliko Dangote as the chairman, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija as co-chairman, Tony Elumelu and other philanthropist has been formed and they have so far raised over N7billion for victims of the flood.
Jonathan Orders Action To End ASUU Strike
The two Federal Government committees that have been negotiating the requests by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were on Tuesday urged by President Goodluck Jonathan to take immediate measures at ending the on-going strike.
