NEWS

FOREIGN MATTERS

NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR EXPELED OVER MURDER CASE

-          Ambassador Kang Choi to leave Malaysia within 48hours

-          Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of Pyongyang’s leader, poisoned with a Nerve Agent

-          South Korea blames North Korea for the Murder

RUSSIA URGED TO BAN ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’ REMAKE

-          The Russian Government is to ban the Walt Disney movie if any form of homosexuality is found in it.

NAIJA GISTS

FERTILIZER COST WOULD SOON DROP BELOW 6,000 NAIRA

-          Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says a bag of fertilizer would soon cost less than 6,000 Naira

-          We have signed an agreement with Morocco (which is currently has the largest deposit of Phosphate) for Phosphate import.

-          The 3 most important nutrients for the soil are Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potassium.

13 FUEL STATIONS SEALED IN AKWA IBOM

-          The Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR, seals 13 fuel stations

-          These stations sold fuel for 180 Naira between February 22 and 27 says Bassey Nkanga

-          He warns them to stop selling fuel at odd hours as this would attract sanction.

MASS WEDDING IN SOKOTO

-          32 Million Naira to be spent on the mass wedding

-          A one-week training on skills acquisition for all the brides

-          All bride prices to be paid by the Government.

COMPENSATION FOR BIRD FLU VICTIMS

-          Federal Government ready to pay victims of the bird flu outbreak 2015/2016

-          Last compensation was donation from the World Bank

-          Outbreak in Kano about 2 Months ago but was contained

-          Human beings are bigger transporters of the disease

LET’S IMPORT GRASS

-          “Roaming of Fulani Herdsmen for Grass is not a sustainable plan”

-          Sultan Mohammed Bello foretold the current crisis with the Herdsmen about 200 years ago

-          Saudi Arabia has the Largest Dairy farm in the World

-          Minister insulted for suggesting importation of Grass

COMISSIONER OF POLICE AND DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICE REDEPLOYED

-          Ekiti State elders raise eyebrows against the redeployments

-          Replacements from Katsina State, President Buhari’s Home State

-          The redeployments are not mere coincidences states Ekiti Unity Agenda

STILL IN SEARCH OF HIV CURE

-          Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole denies new claims of HIV cure

-          Media misinterprets message passed by Professor Ezeibe on HIV cure

-          NIMR and College of Medicine, University of Ibadan to verify these claims

INSIDE UI

ASUU STRIKE THREAT

-          ASUU threatens to go on strike over continual short payment of salaries by the Federal Government

-          Salaries are millions of Naira short.

-          Illegal pension deductions and Tax Regime

-          ASUU calls on UI Vice Chancellor to pay promotion arrears overdue since 2010

MEETING WITH THE DEAN AND SUB-DEAN CLINICS

-          The Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine meets with the DVM 4 and DVM 5 students on the 2^nd of March, 2017 over different matters.

-          Part of the discussions were;

-          The Log book which would soon arrive

-          The Small Animal clinics seemingly overemphasized above others and the long hour stay till 7pm, all of which were addressed.

-          Fixed lecture room for DVM 4 students to take all their courses instead of walking the length and breadth of Vet to take classes, this was being taken care of and the 600 surgery lecture theatre was proposed as the fixed room for lectures except for Clinical Anatomy

-          Students were further encouraged to ensure good conduct and make extra efforts to acquire knowledge and experience.

AVMS SENATE MEETS

-          The legislative council of the Association of Veterinary Medical Students, University of Ibadan meets last Saturday 4th of March 2017.

-          The sitting spanned from 10am in the morning till about 4pm in the evening.

-          Sacrosanct issues discussed include;

-          Dues increment by the executive council demanded to be defended before members of the noble association can proceed to pay.

EKWEREMADU STORMED UI

-          On Friday 3rd of March, 2017, the former Deputy Senate President of the Nigerian Senate; Senator Ike Ekweremadu was in the University of Ibadan to deliver a lecture at Trenchard hall.

AVMS SPORTS TRAINING COMMENCED

-          The Association of Veterinary Medical Students commenced her sports training sessions with football training last Saturday 4th of March, 2017.

-          The training which commenced around some minutes after 4pm did not witness a really considerable amount of participants with regards to the number of those who registered for the sport and players in each class.

-          Sports Secretary; Lawal Harmony and Faculty Coach, Adeyinka Oluwajoba appreciated those that turned out while urging others to participate in subsequent training sessions.

ZIK HALL CONSUMMATE ON ENDORSEMENT

-          As the crusaders for the forthcoming students' union elections advance in their campaign, it was gathered that Nnamdi Azikiwe hall had a meeting of her stakeholders to commence the process of getting some of their hopefuls in the Students' union.

-          Insider gist made it known that the first meeting was held on the night of Friday March 3, 2017 with no particular headway that could give a clue of who had been chosen for the support of the hall.

Compiled by Serenus Proeliator