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http://ift.tt/2rpdquz Armed police officers patrol the streets from Borough Market towards The Shard in London on June 4, 2017, following a terror attack. Forty-eight people have been taken to hospital after a terror attack in central London in which six people died, the London Ambulance Service said Sunday. Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP Britain’s main Conservative and Labour parties suspended national campaigning Sunday for the upcoming general election after six people died in a suspected terror attack in London. “The Conservative party will not be campaigning nationally today. We will review as the day goes on and as more details of the attack emerge,” a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May’s centre-right party told AFP. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour party, added in a statement: “The Labour party will be suspending national campaigning until this evening, after consultations with other parties, as a mark of respect for those who have died and suffered injur...

http://ift.tt/2rpdquz Armed police officers patrol the streets from Borough Market towards The Shard in London on June 4, 2017, following a terror attack. Forty-eight people have been taken to hospital after a terror attack in central London in which six people died, the London Ambulance Service said Sunday. Chris J Ratcliffe / AFP Britain’s main Conservative and Labour parties suspended national campaigning Sunday for the upcoming general election after six people died in a suspected terror attack in London. “The Conservative party will not be campaigning nationally today. We will review as the day goes on and as more details of the attack emerge,” a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May’s centre-right party told AFP. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour party, added in a statement: “The Labour party will be suspending national campaigning until this evening, after consultations with other parties, as a mark of respect for those who have died and suffered injur...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J THE University system in Nigeria has been praised by the Vice Chancellor of Sokoto State University, Prof. Nuhu Yaqub, during his lecture entitled “The Administration and Management of a University in a Recessed Economy: The Case of Nigeria” during the fifth Annual Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe’s Memorial lecture, organised by the University of Lagos Alumni, Lagos State Branch at the University campus, Akoka. The university teacher pointed out that Nigerian varsities are well structured to promote human development and scholarship, though some varsity systems are buffeted by unnecessary crises emanating from the ones generated internally – such as in the cases of staff and students’ restiveness, all manner of academic frauds perpetrated by both academic and non-academic staff as well as the students, among others. According to the vice chancellor, this avalanche of vices are the causes of the crisis and poor performance of some varsities in Nigeria. Speaking on Nig...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chioma Onuegbu & Emmanuel Ayungbe Uyo—Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN and other stakeholders in Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, expressed apprehension over the killings and destruction of property in some communities in the South-South region as a result of activities of herdsmen, urging the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to do everything possible to stop the menace. The stakeholders, who spoke during an interactive session with the Deputy Inspector General Emmanuel Inyang, who was in the state on a working visit, also urged the Police and other security agencies in the country to bring lasting solution to the lingering boundary dispute between Oku Iboku clan in Akwa Ibom State and its neighbouring Ikot Offiong community in Cross Rivers State. Chairman of CAN, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Rev. Nduesso Ekwere, condemned the recent herdsmen attack on communities in Delta State that led to loss of lives and properties, noting that something should be done to chec...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ola Ajayi Ibadan—THINGS have fallen apart within the hierarchy of Olubadan-in-Council, the highest traditional council in Ibadanland over the removal of Iyaloja, Chief Labake Lawal and installation of a new one, Chief Iswat Ameringun as most senior chiefs, High Chiefs Lekan Balogun, Owolabi Olakulehin and others distanced themselves from the controversial decision. High Chief Balogun is the next to Olubadan on the Olubadan chieftaincy line. Contrary to the claims from the palace of Olubadan that the decision to remove and install new Iyaloja was a collective decision of the council, the two prominent high chiefs it was rather a unilateral decision of the monarch who, they alleged, did not listen to a wise counsel that he should not venture into the trade issue. The two high chiefs who spoke on behalf of others also said they were not kept abreast of the recent installation of Chief Olayiwola Lakojo, a former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, as the May...