Niger Governor Donates N100m To FUT Minna

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has announced a donation of N100 million to the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna to facilitate the construction of hostels for students.

He announced this when he received the University’s Governing Council on a courtesy call at Government House Minna.

The Governor observed a need for inter-institutional collaboration among tertiary institutions in the State. He called for synergy between the Institutions regarding Research and programme exchange.

Governor Bago said doing so would accelerate development in the education sector, especially as the State government desires to make the State the hub of education.

He also expressed readiness to partner with the FUT Minna in the Green Initiative of the State government, where the vast land of the institution would be utilised to generate power for the University and its environs rather than relying on the national grid.

The Governor applauded the FUT Minna Governing Council for conceiving the idea of introducing medicine-related courses in the institution. He promised the state government’s support in making it a reality.

Earlier, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of FUT Minna governing council, Dr Muhammad Kudu Santuraki, disclosed that the University had become an incredible institution doing remarkably well in the International rating where it has consistently been ranked in the top ten for the past three years among over 290 Universities in Nigeria.

3 farmers killed in Edo attack

News Source: Daily Trust

Three farmers, whose identities are yet to be ascertained, have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herders in Edo State.

City & Crime gathered that seven others were alleged to have escaped with matchet cut from the suspected herders during the attack. 

It was gathered that the deceased farmers were killed in Okpekpe community while the injured ones were attacked in Itsukwi community, all in Etsako East Local Government Area of the state.

Makinde, Saraki Warn PDP Bigwigs Against Division

News Source: Punch Newspapers

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, appealed to chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party to forge a united front by not allowing their individual presidential ambition to divide their rank.

The two party leaders made the plea at the official inauguration of the Board of Governors and the unveiling of the road map for the Peoples Democratic Institute at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.

The move comes in the wake of palpable fears that the individual ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and Makinde may snowball the party crisis and scuttle the ongoing reconciliation by the Olagunsoye Oyinlola-led committee.

We will fix PDP to fix Nigeria-Makinde

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo says the Peoples Democratic Party will do everything within its power to fix the party and Nigeria.

Makinde stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Board of Governors and the unveiling of the Roadmap for Peoples Democratic Institute (PDI).

PDI is the research arm of PDP established in 2000 to promote a new democratic culture in Nigeria and Africa through the provision of value-added education, training, capacity building, research, and documentation programmes.

Makinde said that PDP could fix Nigeria. He said, “we will fix PDP and then PDP will fix Nigeria, which will be the basis of real hope for the people of Nigeria.