Saturday 30 November 2013

THE EASIEST WAY TO RETRIEVE YOUR LOST 2GO PASSWORD(2GO PASSWORD HACKER)

lost my password? have you been wondering how to recover my password or how to reset password for 2go?
It’s quite easy to retrieve forgotten 2go lost password back without MUCH WORK.

here, i will show you password retrieval trick to retrieve password for your 2go account
To retrieve your 2g0 password, you need to have at least 30Naira on your mobile phone and then send a sms with the words ’2go pin’ to 32120. Remember to send the SMS from the number you signed up with.
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INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-FOUNDERS OF AFRICAS HOTTEST MOBILE APP-2GO

 South Africa’s tech scene is bursting with success stories of tech start-ups.  One of the seemingly underplayed successes is 2go, a mobile social network spreading across Africa. Growing rapidly with up to 50,000 sign ups daily, the company has more than 20 million active users in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. Nigeria should really learn from south Africa in entrepreneurial development. Here is the success story of this great gentlemen

Here is the chat extract with the co-founders Alan Wolff and Ashley Peters, on the success of the mobile app, which is said to have over 9 million active users – several million more than Facebook in Nigeria.

VA: Let’s go to the very beginning. What prompted the creation of 2go? MXit had been doing impressively well in the South African market. Why another mobile app?
2go: We were Computer Science students who were hungry to use our software development knowledge to make something, which people would actually use. We thought we could offer something fresh with a few compelling features (text colour changing, profile pictures, a good user interface). It sounded like a fun idea and we thought it had potential, so we began working hard on it.
VA: How much was the initial investment to set up 2go in the beginning?
2go: We spent hardly anything on getting the project off the ground. We worked out of our (parents’) houses and we did all the programming ourselves. We hosted our server on our friend’s Internet line.
VA: And it began with how many staff?
2go: There were four of us in total initially. Two of the other team members decided to focus on academics and left the company in 2008. Ashley and Alan continued working aggressively on it while studying at the same time.
VA: What is the company’s current workforce strength?
2go: The company has less than 10 people in total but we are trying hard to expand our technical team. We are proud of having a small team supporting one of the largest networks in Africa with over 20 million users.
VA: One of the major challenges stifling the emergence of innovative tech start-ups has been undercapitalization, but 2go has grown without sourcing for a penny from venture capital funds. How was this achieved?
2go: In 2008/2009 we spoke to venture capitalists and potential investors but they were unresponsive. We planned on spending the capital we wanted on building a good technical team. Since we couldn’t raise capital we had to learn how to rapidly develop the product, make the company profitable and scale the technical infrastructure ourselves.
VA: It is interesting that 2go, a South African product, really took off in Nigeria. Your team strategically targeted the market, carrying out surveys, research and tailoring the App to feedbacks from Nigeria. Why the Nigerian market?
2go: We had Nigeria as a viable market in our minds since 2009. The telecommunications market in Nigeria was growing massively and it was obvious to us that if we could provide them with a cheap and effective way to communicate and socialise online, we would succeed. Feature phones are also very popular in Nigeria and we had gained expertise at developing a great user experience on such handsets. We therefore decided to try and grow the product in Nigeria.
VA: 2go solicits feedbacks from users and applies some of the resulting suggestions. Which idea or suggestion from the 2go community would you say has helped the platform most?
2go: Users giving feedback on technical issues that they experience have been invaluable. There hasn’t been one single idea which has helped the platform the most. We’ve implemented many ideas and collectively they have contributed to the application’s user experience.
VA: Looking into the future, what is the expansion plan for 2go?
2go: Our user experience can be improved even further and we are starting to look towards offering extra features for smartphones. We will continue to grow the network rapidly and to new heights.
VA: So has any Tech giant stepped forward with an acquisition proposal?
2go: No. We have been approached by investors but getting acquired is not something we think about at the moment. We are experiencing rapid growth so I don’t believe the timing for an acquisition would be right, although we may look at expansion capital in the future.
VA: What advice or success tip do you have for the aspiring young African tech entrepreneurs out there?
2go: Work hard, learn from your mistakes, do not give up and remain positive – let your passion drive you to continue when things get tough!
my people, success is good. this boys has really made it, and you can see its all about interest and persistence. dont forget we have 2go pc download for your pc 2go messenger. to download 2go, goto google and type 2go download and the link
for the download will come out. you can download 2go for pc, 2go for android, 2go for mobile phones etc.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN NIGERIA THROUGH JAMB REGISTRATION

have you been sitting there at home wondering how to earn money online? how to earn money from home? how to earn money fast? tips to making money on the internet? tips to earning money online? or how to how to earn more money? here is an opportunity for you. am going to expose one of the surest way to make money here.
JOIN SOME OTHER SMART NIGERIANS TO MAKE MONEY THROUGH THIS MEDIUM.
JAMB UTME is an exam for candidates that wish to study or get admitted into any tertiary institutions in Nigeria and the exam is done by over 1 million candidates every year.
jamb moneyAccording to JAMB, registration centres are only allowed to charge N700 as registration fees. This simply means you can’t charge more than N700 per registration. Let say you are able to register 1000 candidates for the exam successfully, that equates to N700,000. What if you are able to do more?
UTME registration for 2014 has officially begun. There is enough time to make money from this.
To set-up a registration centre you’ll need:
  • At least a computer with internet facility
  • Registered business name
  • JAMB authorised registration centre licence
Once you avail yourself with the minimum requirements listed above. You are good to start registering students and making money.
Another added advantage added to this is: JAMB will list your registration centre and address on their website for candidates closer to you to locate you.
 this is a great opportunity for those who are interested on how to make money here in Nigeria. The secret is that the earlier you start, the more the money you make. your can check jambs official website @ www.jamb.org.ng
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UNN, ESUT RESUMES SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 2ND

Following the ultimatum given by the federal government, ESUT AND UNN has both announced to commence normal academic session on monday 2nd December 2013 

They made the announcement in separate statements issued in Nsukka and Enugu on Saturday.
The Registrar of the UNN, Mr Anthony Okonta, in the statement, stressed that “normal academic activities would resume immediately.’’
The statement directed students who had outstanding examinations for the 2012/2013 session to report to their respective faculties and departments in Nsukka and Enugu campuses.
The ESUT Registrar, Mr Chris Igbokwe, also advised students and academic and non- academic staff to report to the institution on Dec. 2.
According to the statement, students are advised to return to their campuses at Agbani and Enugu campuses as the second semester examination would commence on Monday, Dec. 9.
The Federal Government had on Thursday, directed all federal universities to resume work on or before Dec. 4.
The statement, issued by the Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, directed the striking members of ASUU, to resume work on or before Dec 4 or consider themselves sacked.

CHEAPEST DATA BUNDLES FOR ANDROID, BLACKBERRY AND IOS BBM

Recently, BBM for  iOS and Android was released, after the release, some users have been seeking for cheap data plans they could use on it.

Airtel recently unleash some affordable data plans that users of BBM on Android and iOS devices can use.
With this data plans, you will be able to connect with friends and family on BBM with 300 per month.

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NOTE:This BBM bundle can only be used for basic text and file sharing.
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50 QUOTES THAT CAN HELP YOU TO LET GO AND CARRY ON WITH LIFE

to let go doesn't mean you don’t care about someone or something anymore; it’s just realizing that the only thing you truly have control over is yourself, right here, right now.  It’s a necessary process of adapting to the ever-changing realities of life – leaving behind the past to make way for the present.
Here are 50 quotes gathered from recent entries in our blog archive that will help you let go and live well.
  1. As we grow older and wiser, we begin to realize what we need and what we need to leave behind.  Sometimes walking away is a step forward.
  2. You will never achieve what you are capable of if you’re too attached to things you’re supposed to let go of.
  3. Sometimes there are things in our lives that aren’t meant to stay.  Sometimes the changes we don’t want are the changes we need to grow.
  4. Growth and change may be painful sometimes, but nothing in life is as painful as staying stuck where you don’t belong.
  5. The hardest part about growing is letting go of what you were used to, and moving on with something you’re not.
  6. Accept what is, let go of what was and have faith in what could be.
  7. Don’t be afraid of change.  Change happens for a reason.  Roll with it.  It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.
  8. It’s usually quite hard to let go and move on, but once you do, you’ll feel free and realize it was the best decision you’ve ever made.
  9. Never let your fear decide your future.
  10. Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in your mind.  It’s difficult to follow your heart, but it’s a tragedy to let the lies of fear stop you.  (Read Daring Greatly.)
  11. You can’t always wait for the perfect moment.  Sometimes you must let go and dare to do it because life is too short to wonder what could have been.
  12. You’re not the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago.  You’re always growing.  Experiences don’t stop.  That’s life.
  13. One of the most rewarding moments in life is when you finally find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.
  14. Never force anything.  Give it your best shot, and then let it be.  If it’s meant to be, it will be.  Don’t hold yourself down with things you can’t control.
  15. When you stop expecting people and situations to be perfect, you can start to appreciate them for who and what they are.
  16. Live simply.  Love generously.  Speak truthfully.  Breathe deeply.  Do your best.  Leave everything else to the powers above you.
  17. Giving up and moving on are two very different things.
  18. Moving on doesn’t mean forgetting, it means you choose happiness over hurt.
  19. Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak; sometimes it simply means you are strong enough and smart enough to let go and grow.
  20. Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are.  It could be so much worse.
  21. Whatever is bringing you down, let it GO!  You don’t need that negativity in your life.  Keep calm and be positive.  Good things will happen.
  22. Some people cannot stand that you’re moving on with your life and so they will try to drag your past to catch up with you.  Do not help them by acknowledging their behavior.  Keep moving forward.
  23. No matter how you live, someone will be disappointed.  So just live your truth and be sure YOU aren’t the one who is disappointed in the end.
  24. Love yourself!  Forgive yourself!  Accept yourself!  You are YOU and that’s the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
  25. You are GOOD enough, SMART enough, FINE enough, and STRONG enough.  You don’t need other people to validate you; you’re already valuable.  (Read 1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently.)
  26. One of the most freeing things we learn in life is that we don’t have to like everyone, everyone doesn’t have to like us, and it’s perfectly OK.
  27. Try not to take things other people say about you too personally.  What they think and say is a reflection of them, not you.
  28. If you care too much about what other people think, in a way, you will always be their prisoner.
  29. Sometimes we expect more from others because we’d be willing to do that much for them.  Keep loving.  You’ll learn who’s worth it in the end.
  30. Not everyone will appreciate what you do for them.  You have to figure out who’s worth your attention and who’s just taking advantage of you.
  31. Saying yes to happiness means learning to say no to the people and things that hurt you.  Be wise enough to walk away from the negativity.
  32. What you allow is what will continue.  It’s better to be lonely than allow negative people and their opinions derail you from your destiny.
  33. If you feel like your ship is sinking, it might be a good time to throw out the stuff that’s been weighing it down.  Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.
  34. Just because someone has been in your life for many years, doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a point at which you finally decide to let go.
  35. One of the most difficult tasks in life is removing someone from your heart.
  36. You have to understand that people come and people go.  That’s life.  Stop holding on to those who have let go of you long ago.
  37. Sometimes we don’t forgive people because they deserve it.  We forgive them because they need it, because we need it, and because we cannot let go and move forward without it.
  38. The first to apologize is the bravest.  The first to forgive is the strongest.  The first to move forward is the happiest.
  39. Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone.  Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived.  Do your best to live in the NOW and make it beautiful.  (ReadThe Power of Now.)
  40. Be wise enough to let go when you should and strong enough to hold on when you must.
  41. Don’t let dumb little things break your happiness.  True wealth is the ability to experience and appreciate each moment for what it’s worth.
  42. Life is too short to spend at war with yourself.  Practice acceptance and forgiveness.  Letting go of yesterday’s troubles is your first step towards happiness today.
  43. Worry gives small things a big shadow.  In the end, you can either focus on what’s tearing you apart, or what’s holding you together.
  44. Old worries are down payments on problems you may never have.  Let them go.  Today is a NEW beginning; take a deep breath and START AGAIN.
  45. Smile, even when it feels like things are falling apart.  Smiling doesn’t always mean you’re happy; sometimes it simply means you’re strong.
  46. There comes a time when you have to stop thinking about your mistakes and move on.  No regrets in life – just lessons that show you the way.
  47. Remember the good times, be strong during tough times, love always, laugh often, live honestly, and be thankful for each new day.
  48. You can’t let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.  Don’t let the silly little dramas of each day get you down.
  49. If you are diligent and patient, everything you truly need in your life will come to you at the right time.
  50. Everything will fall into place eventually.  Until then, learn what you can, laugh often, live for the moments, and know it’s all worthwhile.

Your turn…

What’s your favorite quote or personal saying that has helped you let go and live well?  Please share it with us by leaving a reply below.

Africa’s First Underwater Hotel Room

Swedish firm Genberg Underwater Hotels has launched Africa’s first underwater hotel room at the Manta Resort on Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago.
The innovative three-storey luxury hotel was designed by Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, who also built the first underwater hotel room – The Utter Inn – in the middle of a Swedish lake.
Although there are underwater rooms in places such as the Maldives, Dubai, Fiji and Stockholm, this is the first one in Africa and it was opened this month.
The Manta Resort underwater hotel is anchored to the sea floor with two cables, just 4 metres beneath the surface (over 13 feet deep in the Indian Ocean) allowing travelers to sleep while surrounded by sea creatures.
The three-tiered suite includes a roof deck which allows guests to sunbath or stargaze in an area with almost non-existent light pollution also has a landing deck at sea level, a lounge and bathroom as well as an underwater bedroom surrounded by windows that afford a nearly 360-degree view of a nearby coral reef and dozens of fish species.
At night, underwater spotlights around the bedroom windows attract and illuminate the night time sea life, including octopus and stingrays.
A stay in the underwater hotel room goes for $900 a night for single and $1,500 for a couple.
The launch of the underwater hotel room comes as boost to tourism in Tanzania, already famed for its Safari parks. According to the United National World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 2012 Barometer publication, the country is the 7th highest tourist destination in Africa.
In 2012, tourist numbers in Tanzania, East Africa’s second largest economy, hit 1.1 million and the country hopes it will increase to about 1.5 million this year.
Recently, the Tanzania’s Tourism Minister, Khamis Kagasheki announced that it aims to increase tourist numbers by 40 percent

Thursday 28 November 2013

MEET JONATHAN LIEBMANN, AN UNDER 30 CEO WHO TURNED RUBBLE INTO RICHES

After returning home from travels abroad, 24-year old Jonathan Liebmann missed the urban lifestyle he had enjoyed in cosmopolitan cities like Rio and Berlin. Determined to recreate this way of life, he set about trying to find a place in the city that would serve his purpose as a live-and-work space. He found a small factory in Milpark, Johannesburg, which he renovated and converted. Realising the development potential and thoroughly enjoying the refurb, Liebmann was motivated to pursue his project on a bigger and better scale. But first he needed a location to realise his vision.
Liebmann was drawn to the dilapidated and crime-ridden eastern side of Johannesburg’s central business district (CBD). Neither locals nor tourists wanted to venture into the area but Liebmann saw opportunity, his mind whirling with ways to turn it into a place where people could live, work and play. In 2008, he bought an old warehouse and collaborated with architect Enrico Daffonchio, of Daffonchio and Associates Architects, to convert the empty industrial space into what became ‘Arts on Main’. The development featured a restaurant, rooftop bar and exhibition and studio space for some of South Africa’s most respected artists, among them William Kentridge, who became the lynch pin of this unified, supportive artistic community.
During the construction of Arts on Main, Liebmann began to imagine something bigger still. He wondered if it would be possible to grow the entire area surrounding Arts on Main into a fully integrated, mixed-use community and mixedincome residential offering. And so the scope of his project widened along with his vision. With the backing of a silent partner and financier, Liebmann began transforming a larger section of the eastern CBD into a neighbourhood he came to call the Maboneng Precinct – Maboneng meaning “place of light” in the local Sotho tongue.
Additional developments were swift in coming, Liebmann’s property holding company, Propertuity, adding Main Street Life, Revolution House, Main Change, Fox Street Studios and the Museum of African Design (MOAD ) to the burgeoning precinct. Where one there was little but rundown buildings, rubble and neglect, visitors to Maboneng now find trendy cafes, independent retail stores and restaurants flanking tree-lined streets, and businesses opening right onto the pavement. Above, modern apartments, lofts and penthouses house hundreds of residents. Art galleries, a hotel, cinema complex, museum and plenty of collaborative work spaces, entertainment venues and creative factory spaces round out the neighbourhood.

When he first started the project, Liebmann had no idea how big Maboneng would become or how quickly it would grow. “I think you only understand certain things once they’ve actually happened and this is one of those things,” he says, going on to describe it as a “relatively unbelievable state of affairs”. The Propertuity portfolio currently holds 35 buildings, seven of which have already been developed, with plans in place to develop the rest over the next five years. The area currently spans one square kilometre, though Liebmann says the company is always interested in acquiring more spaces. The goal, he says, is to have 100 buildings within the next five years.
On the residential side, which Liebmann says has seen a good demand thus far, some 300 apartments are already complete and have either been sold or tenanted. The plan is to roll-out another 700 units over the next two years. According to Liebmann, the target market for buyers is broad, spanning a range of between R350,000 ($35,000) and R3 million ($300,000). “Our ambition is to create a fully integrated mixedincome community, so having that range is important to us,” he says. “I feel that having various income groups in the same space can create opportunities that wouldn’t exist in single-income brackets.”
In terms of commerce, the Maboneng Precinct has brought about phenomenal change. Liebmann says that before, the area was “a blank canvas with very little commerce” but that since the launch of the development, at least 100 new businesses have started operations here. He estimates that some 80 percent of businesses in the district are new and only 20 percent pre-existing. While it is difficult to pinpoint exact numbers, he further approximates that there are around 1,000 people employed in the district. The social impact, too, has been significant, and Liebmann believes the precinct provides an important platform for people to engage with Johannesburg’s urban core. “It has changed the way people live, work and play, as well as given people a sense of hope that rundown neighbourhoods or rundown city centres in South Africa still have massive potential to make comebacks – something that many people have forgotten about,” he says.
While Maboneng may currently be enjoying great success and interest, this was not always the case. “In the beginning there was a lot of negativity,” Liebmann recalls. “People thought the idea was impossible, that it was crazy and wouldn’t work. But an entrepreneur with a new idea always comes up against sceptics. I just kept my head down and tried to execute on all of the plans. People have now started to see, to stand up and take notice of what’s happening here. So it’s looking good.”
Funding proved something of a challenge, too, though Liebmann was luckier than most entrepreneurs in that he had the support of a private equity backer, who was his primary investor from the get-go. More recently he has managed to secure financial support from local banks, to the tune of some R300 million ($30 million). Liebmann says securing such funding was not easy but that the banks have finally seen the opportunity the precinct presents.
Perhaps his biggest collaborators, however, are those who bought into the idea at ground level – the tenants, the individual investors and residents, the businesses, his own professional team. Without their belief in Liebmann’s vision, Maboneng would not be what it is. Nowadays, Liebmann’s team has a list of anxious retail tenants waiting to occupy the newly developed spaces in the Precinct. “I guess the tables have turned,” he says, amused.
When asked what he considers his greatest success Liebmann pauses to consider. “I think a lot of people have ideas and dreams about doing big things but I think my personal success lies in following through and executing the vision,” he says. A passionate young businessman, I ask what drives him. “My personal need to have a great city to live in,” he answers. “I have a lot of energy and I channel that. I’m obsessed with transforming the environment and I’m obsessed with business. I’ve taken those passions and combined them into one. My previous business taught me to only operate in an industry you are passionate about. I learnt that the hard way and what I’m doing now reaffirms this belief.”
A talent as bright and promising as Liebmann’s has not gone unnoticed, and he has received plenty of requests from other cities, other countries even, to do for them what he has done for Johannesburg’s CBD. But Liebmann only has eyes for Maboneng and wants nothing more than to see the neighbourhood succeed. “Property changes people’s lifestyles and I’m very much a lifestyle enthusiast,” he says. “It is a high-impact industry and I like the impact that it has on society, on the public space, on people’s lives. I love being involved in something that is significant.”

ALTERNATIVE WAY TO RECEIVE YOUR GOOGLE ADSENSE PIN

Google Adsense has been one of the easiest and fastest way to make it big online from your online contents.


During registration, publishers would be required to enter their home address to receive their payment via check when it’s time.

Each publisher must verify their home address before Google can send them their earnings. Verification is done via PIN. This PIN will be sent by Google via mail.

Google believes this will enable publishers to confirm the accuracy of their payment address and payee name.

Whenever a new publisher account reaches $12, a PIN will be generated automatically and sent to the publisher by standard post. The PIN is expected to reach the publisher between 2 to 4 weeks.

a friend contacted me that his blog no longer display Google ads due to his lateness to verify his address.

Google has already sent a Personal Identification Number to his mailing address but he didn’t receive any thing. He requested again until he reached the limit (3) for PIN Verification request.  Moreover, the address he supplied in his Google Adsense account is correct.

My friend is a Nigerian; he didn’t get the PIN because of the poor postal service here. He however required for any other alternative from me.

I told him to go back to his Adsense account settings to complete the required form and attach a digital image of a government issued ID card, bank statement, or telephone bill displaying his payee name and mailing address as it appears in his account.

He followed my advice and got his account verified within 3 day without any ado.

Google promised once you complete the form placed here and attached the required documents, they’ll respond within 2-3 days regarding your PIN verification status.

From my experience, this only works when you have reached the limit (3) for PIN verification request.

If you have exhausted the 3 chances, use this method to verify your address.
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Spain arrests three Nigerians for forcing mothers into prostitution

MADRID (AFP) – Spanish police said Thursday they have arrested three Nigerians who forced African women into prostitution in Europe, including by holding two women’s children captive for at least four months.
Five women in different Spanish cities were freed from the clutches of the gang after a long operation that began at the beginning of the year, on the basis of information from a young African prostitute, a police statement said.
In August, police rescued two little children, one of them aged three, from an address in Valmojado, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Madrid. They were found in poor health and malnourished.
“They were kept locked in separate rooms… at times gagged and tied to the bed” by captors who fed them tranquilisers to keep them docile, the statement said.
“The children were to guarantee that the women paid off their ‘debts’ by going into prostitution and to stop them running away.”
The mothers were eventually found in France, where they were forced to work as prostitutes.
The criminal gang holding them used that and other strategies to bring Nigerian women to Spain and force them to work as prostitutes, the police said.
The women were “enticed with fraudulent promises, with false job offers or by abusing their precarious situation”. They were smuggled to Spain by boat from Morocco.
Once in Spain, they were sold to pimps in EU countries, the statement said.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/spain-arrests-three-nigerians-forcing-mothers-prostitution/#sthash.R5LVvm3s.dpuf

NIGERIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES ASUU 1 WEEK ULTIMATUM TO CALL OFF ITS PROTRACTED STRIKE

this is the latest on ASUU strike.The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been given one week ultimatum to call off the ongoing strike.
The directive was given today, in Abuja by the acting Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike while speaking with journalists.
The union has been on strike since July 1 over the non Implementation of a 2009 agreement with the federal government.lets watch and see if ASUU will honour the ultimatum

Saturday 23 November 2013

ASUU STRIKE UPDATE- MORE VERSITIES PULL OUT FROM ASUU

More schools are set to dump the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the union for almost five months now, reports News Express.
This is as the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union meets today to decide on the sustained industrial action which many Nigerians have come to condemn.
The leadership of ASUU had postponed the scheduled NEC meeting at the Bayero University, Kano, following the demise of Festus Iyayi, a former president of the union, who died Tuesday last week in a motor accident along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
The postponement of the NEC meeting to January 15, 2014, had caused widespread outcry as not a few Nigerians – students, parents and other stakeholders – condemned the decision of the union, saying it was evident of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerian students who are worst hit.
Following the development, several universities were said to have begun to hold talks on how to dump the national body and call off the ongoing strike in their respective institutions.
Regardless of the ongoing strike, some universities scheduled dates for their post-Universities Matriculation Examination, UME, exercises.
For instance, Lagos State University, LASU; the University of Lagos, UNILAG; and the University of Jos, UNIJOS, all scheduled to conduct the post UME examinations, although the national body frowned at their decision and stalled the examinations in most schools.
The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, in Ondo State has already pulled out of the strike.
In a statement issued and signed by its registrar, R.B Olotu, the school had ordered its students to resume for the second semester on November 25, thereby boycotting the nationwide strike.
“All students of AAUA are hereby informed that academic activities of the second semester of 2012/2013 session truncated as a result of the ASUU national strike are to resume on Monday, November 25, 2013 with the continuation of registration on the university portal, while lectures are to start on Monday, December 2, 2013,” the statement read.
At the Niger State-owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), some academic staff have already commenced teaching.
This has caused some rancour among ASUU as some lecturers and students have returned to the classrooms since Monday following the re-opening of the institution by the management. But the branch ASUU Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Badeggi, insisted that the strike was still in force in the institution.
Investigations by showed that lectures have resumed only in three departments – English and Linguistics, Mathematics and Physics, while Mass Communication, Business Administration and other Sciences were yet to resume lectures.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Kolo, had last Friday directed students to resume lectures on Monday, after an emergency Senate meeting approved the re-opening of the institution.
Investigations reveal that several other institutions, especially those who voted for the suspension of the strike, are set to dump the union if it decides to continue with the ongoing strike after today’s meeting.
It was therefore no surprise when news filtered in that UNILAG and LASU were set to conduct degree and matriculation examinations outside their campuses.
Also, sources say the Enugu State University of Technology, ESUT, is set to call off the strike if at the end of today’s meeting ASUU still decides to go on with the strike.
The Adamawa State University was also reported to have pulled out of the strike.
Worried by this development, president of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge has warned vice chancellors to desist from conducting off-campus examinations or other academic activities, as such moves could jeopardise the stand of the union.
“We appeal to our VCs to cease from further eroding the credibility of the academic profession which the iconic status of their offices represents. They should remember that they are destroying themselves and their professional calling by desecrating the sacred ethos of university degree and selection examination,” Fagge said.
It would be recalled that the 61 chapters of the association met on Monday last week to vote in their various institutions for or against the suspension of the strike.
Not a few Nigerians had expected that the personal intervention of the president would pacify the striking lecturers and persuade them to suspend the strike action; but instead, the industrial action had continued.
ASUU had however directed that all its 61 chapters hold their congresses on Monday, November 11.
While some chapters were ready to suspend the strike in the light of the president’s intervention, others insisted that they would continue the strike due to what they described as their distrust for the government.
Whereas the University of Lagos resolved to suspend the strike, chapters like the University of Ibadan, UI; University of Benin, UNIBEN; University of Calabar, UNICAL; University of Jos, UNIJOS, and the Lagos State University, LASU, vowed to continue as they insisted that the government cannot be trusted to fulfil its promise to inject over N1.1 trillion to universities in the next five years.

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon 'Blows Grammar' On The latest ASUU Strike

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon never fails to amaze us with his grammatically inclined words.
Read what he said on the current ASUU strike issue battling higher institutions in the country;
“This ASUU strike is a miasma of a deprecable apothesis of an hemorrhaging plutocracy, cascadinly oozing into a maladorous excresence of mobocracy.
With all tarmangant ossifying proclivities of a kakistocracy, our knowledgia centura is enveloped in a paraphlegic crinkum crankum. Therefore, ASUU, cest in dejavu, dejavu peret ologomabia

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 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its five-month strike. The unions national executive council (NEC) has been on two days of marathon secret meeting whih started yesterday at an undisclosed venue in Kano.

Eye witnesses who visited  Bayero University Kano (BUK) old campus, observed that vehicles belonging to Usman Danfodio University, Kaduna State University, Ambrose Ali University and the University of Ibadan, among others were parked at the premises.

However, it was learnt shortly after that all the officials who are assembled at the venue boarded a bus, which conveyed them to an undisclosed venue for the crucial meeting.

As at the time of filing this report, the meeting was still in progress, while efforts to contact some of the officials for an update failed as they all switched off their handsets.

It was however learnt that the latest news on asuu strike 2013 is that there are strong indications that the strike may be called off today (Saturday).

According to our investigation, asuu latest news is that some of the NEC officials claimed ignorance of such an alleged meeting, just as it also learnt that it may be an adhoc meeting for the preparation of grounds for the proper NEC meeting.

However, it would be recalled that ASUU embarked on the strike five months ago, due to the failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement it reached with the union.

The crisis between the Federal Government and ASUU has been lingering for quite some time as both parties failed to reach a compromise. This is the latest on asuu strike update/ asuu strike news. Keep visiting the blog for latest news on asuu strike.