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http://ift.tt/2qmm5z1 Ozumba, who assumed office in 2014 as the vice chancellor of the university, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Saturday. Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), says the institution is on the threshold of being among the best 10 universities in the world. Ozumba, who assumed office in 2014 as the vice chancellor of the university, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Saturday. The vice chancellor said he was happy that the institution was working according to the dream and vision of its founding father, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. “His dream was for UNN to have the best professors, best library and best academic environment for teaching and learning so as to restore the dignity of man. “I am happy that the institution is realising the dream and vision of its founding father through academic excellence an...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist insurgents broke down on Saturday in a row over the rebels’ ordering their fighters to step up attacks. The two sides had just opened formal talks in the Netherlands when chief government negotiator Jesus Dureza objected to the communists’ telling guerillas to intensify attacks in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in parts of the country. “The government panel is now left without any other recourse but to announce… that it will not proceed to participate in the fifth round of peace negotiations,” he said. He added that talks would not resume until there were indications of an “environment conducive to achieving just and sustainable peace”. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law over the southern third of the country on Tuesday in order to quell fighting with pro-Islamic State militants in a southern city. Communists insurgents, who are active ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerianarmy calls it “New Banki City”, an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is an overcrowded camp for 32,000 desperate people made homeless by Boko Haram. In this ravaged corner of northeast Nigeria, the Islamists frequently launch attacks on military convoys, unleash suicide bombers and litter the surrounding roads and arid bush with mines. Even the most mundane tasks are treacherous. Desperate for firewood to cook food, 25-year-old Bulama Zarami didn’t make it far out of the camp before he triggered a mine. Shifting from side to side in pain, Zarami says he still feels shrapnel from the explosive in his wounded left leg, which is swollen at the knee and wrapped with blood-stained gauze. “With Boko Haram we face danger,” Zarami told AFP. The Nigerian military recaptured Banki in September 2015 after fierce battles with the Islamist militants, whose insurgency has killed at least 20,000 in Nigeria alone since 2009. Alo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The FRSC has confirmed that two persons died while eight others sustained injuries in an accident along the Ilo-Awela Road at Sango-Ota in Ogun on Thursday. The Unit Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo, made the confirmation while speaking on the development in Sango-Ota. He said the accident, which he blamed on break failure, occurred at about 8.20 a.m. Oguntoyinbo said the incident involved two buses, one of which was a commercial bus. He said that the brake of the commercial bus failed and ramped into a bus at the tollgate, resulting to the death of two persons and injuring eight others. The unit commander said that the bodies of the dead had been deposited at the morgue of the Ota General Hospital in Sango-Ota, while the injured persons were also receiving treatment at the same hospital. Oguntoyinbo advised motorists to ensure that their vehicles were in good condition before putting it on highways. The post Two killed, 8 injured in S...

http://ift.tt/2pj7cLG (FILES) This file photo taken on October 20, 2015 shows Kuwaiti FIFA executive member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah gesturing outside the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, an influential member of both the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced on April 30, 2017 that he resigns from the FIFA Council to defend himself in a corruption case. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah announced his resignation Sunday from the FIFA council, saying did not want to be a distraction while fighting corruption allegations. Aside from serving on FIFA’s top body, the Kuwaiti is also president of the Olympic Council of Asia and holds other senior roles in sport administration, including with the Asian Football Confederation (FIFA). Sheikh Ahmad has been named as a co-conspirator of disgraced Guam football chief Richard Lai, who pleaded guilty in New Y...