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The headlines of mainstream Nigerian newspapers
for Thursday, August 31, are focused on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and the court trial of Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (Evans).
The Nation reports that the kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (aka Evans) yesterday, August 29, pleaded guilty to a two-count charge.
He was arraigned
by the police before a vacation judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi
of an Ikeja High Court, for alleged kidnapping of Dunu Donatus, a Lagos businessman.
Evans was arraigned alongside five other suspected members
of his gang, including a woman, Ogechi Uchechukwu, the third defendant; Uche
Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Chukwunonso Aduba, second, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants.
The Nation Newspaper
The Guardian reports that after four hours of a closed-door meeting on Wednesday at the Enugu Government House,
the governors of the south-east zone could not convince
the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to
drop his agitation for Biafra Republic.
It was also learnt that the meeting failed to stop
Kanu’s threat over the planned November 18 governorship
election in Anambra State.
The governors were said to have invited Kanu to discuss issues bordering on the said violation of
his bail conditions for which the Federal Government has asked an Abuja High court
to issue an order to re-arrest him.
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The Guardian Newspaper
The Punch reports that there seems to be no end in sight to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as the
Federal Government says it is still studying the fresh demands made by the
union.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed
this on Wednesday while responding to an enquiry by
one of our correspondents.
The correspondent had, in an SMS, asked if a date had been fixed for a meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU.
The Punch Newspaper
This Day reports that abysmally low student enrolment into
private universities in the country has been identified as the major
reason the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently lowered
the minimum cut-off mark for Nigerian universities in the 2017/2018 academic session to 120.
According to data released by the spokesperson of JAMB, Dr.nigeriaworld.com
Fabian Benjamin, most private universities already had their minimum cut-off marks set at 120, even before the decision by the
board and other stakeholders involved in tertiary education (including private and public polytechnics and colleges of education) nationwide.
