Liz Anjorin Converts To Islam, Changes Name To Aisha - Islam for Muslims

PHOTOS: Actress, Liz Anjorin
Converts To Islam, Changes
Name To ‘Aisha’
Yoruba actress, Lizzy Anjorin
has converted to a muslim and
now goes by the name ‘Aisha’.
The actress has obviouslsy paid
her dues in the industry and
she’s making waves one of
which was the success of the
shooting of her forthcoming
thriller entitled “Kofo De First
Lady.”
The Badagry Lagos State-born
mother of one is said to have
travelled to India, Morocco,
Cameroon and other
neighbouring countries to shop
for her newly re-branded fashion
out fit called Pick Me Reloaded,
at Ogba, Lagos.
Lizzy who is said to have
travelled to Mecca this year has
joined the list of Nigerian
celebrities who have visited the
holy land.
Posted by Deoluon October 13,
2013.

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ASUU Rejects N600 Billion Offer

ASUU rejects N600 BILLION
offer
Varsity teachers remained
adamant last night, saying their
strike would go on, despite the
government’s shifting of its
position. The strike has been on
for four months.
More cash has been pledged for
projects on the campuses.
Besides, the earned allowances
due to the teachers have been
increased from the initial N30
billion offer, which the Academic
Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) rejected. The teachers
are insisting on the 2009
agreement, which they say
President Goodluck Jonathan
was part of. Besides, they say,
they do not trust the
government.
According to a circular by the
Vice Chancellor of the Federal
University, Otuoke, Bayelsa
State, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, to the
staff of the school, quoted
yesterday by the news website,
Sahara Reporters, the
government has pledged to
spend N200 billion on the
universities in the 2014 budget
and the same amount annually
for the next three to four years.
This is in addition to the N100
billion already made available
this year, but which ASUU has
rejected.
The government has also
increased to N40 billion, as a
first installment, funds for the
payment of earned allowances
to the striking lecturers – an
improvement from the N30
billion previously released.
On the earned allowances,
Aluko said: “Government will top
it up with further releases once
universities are through with the
disbursement of this new figure
of N40 million. So, Vice-
Chancellors are urged to
expedite this disbursement
within the shortest possible
time using guiding templates
that have been sent by the
CVC,” the circular said.
Aluko said the latest
development followed meetings
on September 19 and Oct 11 of
representatives of the
Association of Vice-Chancellors
of Nigerian Universities, led by
its Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University (ATBU) and ASUU
representatives led by its
President, Dr.Nasir Fagge, with
Vice-President Namadi Sambo
and Minister of Education
Nyesome Wike.
A source in the Ministry of
Education last night also
confirmed that the meeting took
place.
“But the government decided to
leave the announcement of the
decision to the ASUU chiefs,”
the source said.
It was gathered that Sambo
urged ASUU to call off the
strike, as he apologised for the
“take-it-or-leave-it” comments
credited to Minister of Finance
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the
beginning of the strike. The
Minister did not seem to have
been involved in either meeting,
perhaps as the government’s
way of soothing the feelings of
the university teachers.
Other points of agreement at the
meetings include:
•Project Prioritisation:
Universities will now be allowed
to determine their priorities and
not be “rail-roaded” into
implementing a pre-determined
set of projects with respect to
the NEEDS assessment.
Decisions are not to be
centralized;
•TETFund Intervention: The
government assured the
teachers that the operations of
the TETFund will not be
impaired, and that the regular
TETFund intervention
disbursement to universities will
continue, unaffected. So the
NEEDS assessment capital
outlays are in addition to
regular TETFund intervention;
•Project Monitoring: A new
Implementation Monitoring
Committee (IMC) for the NEEDS
Assessment intervention for
universities has been set up to
take over from the Suswam
Committee. The new one is
under the Federal Ministry of
Education and chaired by the
Minister of Education. In
addition, to build confidence
and ensure faithful
implementation and prevent any
relapse as before, the Vice
President will meet quarterly
with the implementors to
monitor progress.
.Blueprint: ASUU was mandated
to submit a blueprint for
revitalising the universities to
the Vice President.
Prof. Aluko stated that a signed
document will soon be issued to
itemise the full issues on which
the consensus was reached.
But ASUU last night was
unimpressed with the new offer.
National Treasurer Dr. Ademola
Aremu said the offer failed to
meet the teachers’ expectations.
He said the offer falls short of
the agreement signed with
ASUU by the government.
Aremu insisted that ASUU would
not end the strike until the 2009
agreement is fully implemented
by injecting N500 billion into
the universities yearly to shore
up the system’s quality.
Aremu, who spoke to our
correspondent on the telephone,
said any offer below what is
contained in the signed
agreement, would amount to
unilateral repudiation of an
agreement the government
willingly signed in 2009.
According to the unionist, ASUU
is not making any new demand,
but a mere implementation of an
agreement. He pointed out that
the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) signed by
both parties in 2009 stated that
the government would commit
N1.5 trillion to the system in
three years.
He said: “ Even if the Federal
Government made that promise,
it would be a unilateral
repudiation of the 2009
agreement. By now, the
government should have
injected N500 billion. That
amounts to N100 billion in 2012
and N400 billion in the current
year.
“As a matter of fact, any new
commitment from the Federal
Government is belated.
Implementation of the
agreement ought to have started
before this year. I don’t think
there is any way we can trust
this government, going by its
past behaviour on this issue.
“The mandate from our principal
as at the last time we met was
that we won’t end the strike
until the agreement is fully
implemented.
“We do not need promises
again. What we need now is
actual implementation. What if
they do not release the funds
again after making the promise?
“It was this same Mr President
that mid-wifed the agreement in
2009 when he was the Vice
President. The MoU was in his
custody. He studied the
agreement well before asking
then President Umaru Yar’Adua
to sign it. We can’t trust this
government.

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N255m Car Scandal: Minister Stella Oduah Gets 72hrs To Resign

The heat is on. Nigeria's most
visible anti-corruption watchdog
led by a former legislator, Hon.
Dino Melaye, has given Nigeria's
Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah
72 hours to resign from office.
The ultimatum follows
revelations that she arm-twisted
a cash-strapped agency, the
NCAA, to purchase two armored
BMW 760 Li cars for her at
highly inflated prices.
Obascotec gathered from a
top source in Abuja that even
President Goodluck Jonathan is
shocked at Stella Oduah's
spending of N255m for just two
cars but he can't do anything
due to some reasons.
Anyway, Dino Melaye said his
group will embark on series of
actions to force President
Jonathan to fire the Mrs. Oduah
as a minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as well as
order her to return the $1.6
million to the Nigeria Civil
Aviation Authority, which was
forced to buy the cars.
Dino Melaye said the purchase
of the vehicles was done in
violation of the various rules and
law guiding such high-level
procurement by government
officials, particularly the
monetiazation policy of federal
government.
First, Dino Melaye said he is
heading to court next Tuesday
to force the EFCC to prosecute
the Minister.
On the cost of the vehicles,
Melaye described them as
“unconscionable,” recalling that
the Speaker of House of Reps
also purchased two Armored
Mercedes Benz S-600 B7 grade
armored cars a year ago for less
than $800,000.
He also disclosed that he had
requested for quotations from
Germany that show that the
vehicles actually cost less than
$200,000 each. Even then, he
stressed, the Minister has no
right to purchase the vehicles
for her personal use in the first
place.
Stella Oduah is the co-chair of
President Jonathan’s main
presidential campaign team,
Neighbor-2-Neighbor hence she
may not be sacked since
Jonathan is known to romance
corrupt people openly.

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Popular Muslim Cleric Rapés & Beats His 5yrs Daughter to Death

Wonders, they say, shall never
end. A conservative Muslim
preacher in Saudi Arabia has
been sentenced to eight years in
prison and 800 lashes for raping
his five-year-old daughter.
The preacher, pictured above, is
known as Fayhan al-Ghamdi. He
usually preached on television
as a good man. But he lost he
sense of decency and violated
his daughter of just 5years. Not
only did this Muslim cleric raped
his young daughter, he also beat
her mercilessly, leading to her
death.
Fayhan was convicted of beating
his daughter Lama with canes,
burning her with electrical
cables, crushing her skull and
tearing off her nails. She was
also raped repeatedly and died
later in a Saudi hospital.
Saudi Arabia is know to follow a
strict interpretation of Islam
under which murder, drug
trafficking, rape and armed
robbery are capital crimes, with
execution mostly by firing
squad. But in the case of Muslim
preacher Fayhan, he was
sentenced to just 8years in
prison .
The case of Lama caused a
public outcry and brought to
light sensitive issues
surrounding the ambiguity of
punishment for Saudi fathers
found guilty of murdering their
own children.
Saudi officials say the popular
Muslim preacher was not given a
harsher sentence because the
girl's mother accepted 1 million
riyals, roughly $267,000, from
him (her ex-husband) as "blood
money," which is allowed in
litigation under Saudi law.
The Egyptian mother, who
acquired Saudi nationality
through her ex-husband, said
she is a poor woman with no
income. By accepting the money,
she waived the right to demand
retribution against Fayhan for
the death of their daughter.
Some are however alleging that
the woman was pressured to
accept the money.

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The Healing Power Of Bitter Kola

Bitter kola is a type of nut
mostly found in several parts of
Nigeria and West-Central Africa
as a whole and the tree grows in
the (tropical) rain forests. Its
biological name is “Garcinia
kola” and it belongs to the family
of “Guittiferal”. Bitter Kola has
been identified as a potent
antibiotic which could be
effective in the treatment of
many diseases confronting
people today.
The fruit, seeds, nuts and bark of
the tropical tree have been used
for centuries in traditional
medicines to treat many forms of
ailments. Below are the benefits
of Bitter Kola:
Chewing bitter kola relieves
coughs, hoarseness, bronchial
and throat troubles. Several
studies discovered bitter kola to
be a remedy for dysentery,
osteoarthritis, antidote against
poisoning and considered an
aphrodisiac.
Improves lung functions
Bitter kola has been used for
centuries to treat chest colds in
traditional medicine, but
research has taken a look and
found out why it is effective. A
study in the 2009 issue of The
Internet Journal of Pulmonary
Medicine, performed on mice,
reports that Garcinia kola
improved respiratory function
after 28 days of use of a
Garcinia extract. Written by
Simon Adekunle of the Ekiti State
University in Nigeria, the study
shows that Garcinia kola works
by dilating the alveolar ducts
and sacs in the lungs by
improving the strength of the
fibers in the lung tissue. Bitter
kola’s beneficial lung properties
are attributed to its high
antioxidant content.
Bitter Kola health benefit for
malaria
Considerable experimental
studies found the chemical
constituents in bitter kola have
anti-malaria properties. That
aside, traditional healers have,
for years, prescribed bitter kola
for the treatment of malaria
infections.
Researchers who reported that
bitter kola had anti-malaria
effect in the 2010 issue of
Journal of Medicinal Plants
Research, from a survey of
plants used by traditional healers
in the Democratic Republic of
Congo, attributed this to its
quinones content.
Further more, kolaviron, the
powerful chemical compound
found in bitter kola, was
reportedly tested on a malaria
parasite and found to inhibit
malarial activity.

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Bail Granted To ALUU 4 Suspects

This morning October 17th
2013 , A high court sitting in
Port Harcourt granted bail to
four out of the twelve persons
facing trail in the murder case of
the four Uniport students. The
four are: Omoikiri Aluu monarch:
Alhaji Welewa, Okoghiroh
Endurance, Ozioma Abajuo and
Chigozie Evans Samuel.
Presiding Judge, Justice Letan
Nyordee granted them bail on
grounds that their offense is not
a capital offense and is bailable.
They were granted bail to the
tune of N2 million with two
sureties and the court asked the
sureties to submit their
passports. The sureties mus also
have landed property in Port
Harcourt and must show means
of livelihood and evidence of
paying tax for two years. The
other eight suspects were
refused bail due to the murder
charges against them.
The court also admitted the
photographs negatives and the
Youtube CD of the incident
tendered as exhibits in the
matter.

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Zuriel Oduwole Becomes Ambassador In Tanzania

Zuriel Oduwole, a Nigeria wonder
girl advocating for education for
the girl child in Africa at the age
of 10 already became the
youngest person ever
interviewed by Forbes. Now
Zuriel is 11 and she has been
appointed Ambassador in
Tanzania. It was the girl’s
second country stop on her East
African leg to launch the
acclaimed Dream Up, Speak Up,
Stand Up program, aimed at
inspiring and motivating Africa’s
girls.
When the girl’s plane landed,
she was welcomed by senior
officials of the Tanzanian State
House, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and Ministry of Education
On the first day Zuriel visited
one of the oldest academic
institutions in Dar Es Salaam, the
Olympio School. In the afternoon
of October 11th, the day
designated by the UN to
celebrating the Girl Child, she
attended the United Nations
UNFPA event in Dar Es Salaam,
which focused on reducing the
incidence of child marriage in
Tanzania.
She later gave exclusive
interview to the national ITV
network. Her stay, rich in events,
was followed by formal invitation
by the First Lady to the State
House. Madam Salma Kikwete
praised Zuriel for attracting
attention to the issues of girls
education to several African
leaders.
It is important to mention that
Zuriel has interviewed at least
nine African leaders, including
the Tanzanian head of state.
First Lady then formally
appointed her an Ambassador
for the largest foundation in
Tanzania focused on gender
issues – Wanawake na
Maendeleo Foundation [WAMA]
of which she is the founding
Patron.
Mrs. Kikwete then presented
Zuriel with several gifts and an
intricate three-foot statue of
unity, the same type presented
to the US President, to
symbolize the effect of Zuriel’s
programs in the lives of Africa’s
young
women.

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ASUU Strike: FG Agrees On N200b In 2014 Budget On Universities -

Towards ending the ongoing
ASUU strike, the Federal
Government has committed to
spending N200 billion in the
2014 budget on the universities
as well as on each of the next
three-four years until the
universities are brought to
world-class standard. This is in
addition to the N100 billion
dedicated and already made
available for 2013.
The government has also
increased to N40 billion as a
first installment, funds for the
payment of earned allowances
to the striking lecturers, an
improvement from the N30
billion previously released.
This information is contained in
an internal Federal University of
Otuoke statement by Professor
Bolaji Aluko, its Vice-
Chancellor, seen on Wednesday
night by SaharaReporters.
On the earned allowances, he
explained, “Government will top
it up with further releases once
universities are through with
the disbursement of this new
figure of N40 million, so Vice-
Chancellors are urged to
expedite this disbursement
within the shortest possible
time using guiding templates
that have been sent by the
CVC,” the circular said.
Professor Aluko said the
development followed meetings
on September 19 and Oct 11 of
representatives of the
Association of Vice-Chancellors
of Nigerian Universities, led by
CVC Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of
ATBU and ASUU
Representatives led by its
President, Dr. N. Fagge with the
Vice-President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Arc.
Namadi. Sambo, Minister of
Education Barr. N. Wike and
others.
Of great interest to
stakeholders, Vice-President
Sambo, appealing to ASUU to
call off the strike, apologized
for the "take-it-or-leave-it"
comments credited to the
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala at the onset of
the strike. The Minister did not
seem to have been involved in
either meeting, perhaps as the
government’s way of soothing
the feelings of the university
teachers.
Other points of agreement at
the meetings include the
following:
Project Prioritization:
Universities will now be allowed
to determine their priorities and
not be “rail-roaded” into
implementing a pre-determined
set of projects with respect to
the NEEDS assessment.
Decisions are not to be
centralized.
TETFund Intervention:
Government assured that the
operations of the TETFund will
not be impaired, and that the
regular TETFund intervention
disbursement to Universities
will continue, unaffected. So the
NEEDS assessment capital
outlays are in addition to
regular TETFund intervention.
Project Monitoring: A new
Implementation Monitoring
Committee (IMC) for the NEEDS
Assessment intervention for
universities has been set up to
take over from the Suswan
Committee. The new one is
under the Federal Ministry of
Education and chaired by the
Honorable Minister of
Education. In addition, to build
confidence and ensure faithful
implementation and prevent any
relapse as before, the Vice
President will meet quarterly
with the IMC to monitor
progress.
Blueprint: ASUU was mandated
to submit a blue print for
revitalizing the Universities to
the Vice President.
Prof. Aluko further stated that a
signed document will soon be
issued to itemize the full issues
on which the consensus he had
outlined here, as brokered by
AVCNU, was reached.

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NLC Mobilises To Fight S*xual Harassment, Child Labour -

The Women’s Wing of Nigerian
Labour Congress, NLC,
yesterday, said that it was
mobilising to fight s*xual
harassment against women,
child labour and under-age
marriage.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos,
Ms Olubunmi Abikoye, the
Chairperson of Lagos wing of
the NLC, told newsmen: “We
are working on a programme to
move against women’s s*xual
harassment and child labour,
including under-age marriage,
before the year runs out.
“We are mobilising support to
show that we are not in
support of all the s*xual
harassment that is going on at
an alarming rate, both in the
public and private sectors. We
also frown at child marriage
and say no to it.”
According to Abikoye, the union
was partnering with some non-
governmental organisations
and women’s groups in various
organisations, market women
and the grassroots, to carry
women from all cadres along.
She also called on the Federal
and state governments to revert
maternity leave for women to
84 working days, instead of the
current 84 days that included
weekends.
She said: “The 84 days with
weekends are not enough for a
woman, who has carried a
pregnancy for nine months, to
take care of herself and her
baby after birth.
“Government should, therefore,
revert to the 84 working days
maternity leave.”
Abikoye also advised women in
the private sector to watch out
for clauses that peg maternity
leave at one month and reject
them, while signing
employment contracts.
She said that the wing was
working with various women’s
groups to identify other areas
where women’s rights were
being violated and to tackle
them.
She expressed concern about
the violation of women’s rights
in the banking and insurance
sectors, adding that the union
had identified some local and
international firms that
employed children, and would
picket them.

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ASUU Strike Might End Today -

Introduction: Following two
meetings (on Thursday
19th Sept 2013 and Friday
11th Oct 2013) of
representatives
of the AVCNU (Association
of Vice-Chancellors of
Nigerian
Universities, led by CVC
Chairman, Prof. Hamisu of
ATBU)
and ASUU Representatives
(led by its President, Dr.
Fagge)
with the Vice-President of
the Federal Republic of
Nigeria,
Arc. N. Sambo, Minister of
Education Barr. N. Wike and
others, all Vice-Chancellors
have been urged to inform
and
enlighten academic and
other staff on the following
developments so that we
can ensure a return to
normalcy in
our universities within the
shortest possible time.
Earned Allowances: The
N30 billion already released
will
now be increased to N40
billion, and should be
regarded only as first
installment, and not a once-
and-for-all payment.
Government will top it up
with further releases once
universities are through
with the disbursement of
this new
figure of N40 million, so
Vice-Chancellors are urged
to
expedite this disbursement
within the shortest possible
time using guiding
templates that have been
sent by the CVC.
2. NEEDS Assessment
Capital Money: Government
was
cognizant and mindful of
the ability of Universities to
effectively/efficiently utilize
the N100 billion fund
immediately, hence that
figure. However, in addition
to
this N100 billion dedicated
and already to be made
available for 2013, N200
billion (increased from N150
billion previously agreed)
will now be earmarked in
the 2014 Budget as well as
each of the following three-
four years until the
Universities are brought to
world-class standard.
3. Project Prioritization:
Universities will now be
allowed
to determine their priorities
and not be “rail-roaded”
into
implementing a pre-
determined set of projects
with respect to the NEEDS
assessment. Decisions are
not to be centralized.
4. TETFund Intervention:
Government assured that
the
operations of the TETFund
will not be impaired, and
that the regular TETFund
intervention disbursement
to Universities will continue,
unaffected. So the NEEDS
assessment capital outlays
are in addition to regular
TETFund intervention.
5. IMC: A new
Implementation Monitoring
Committee
(IMC) for the NEEDs
ASSESSMENT intervention
for
universities has been set up
to take over from the
Suswan
Committee. The new one is
under the Federal Ministry
of
Education and chaired by
the Honorable Minister of
Education. In addition, to
build confidence and ensure
faithful implementation and
prevent any relapse as
before, the Vice President
will meet quarterly with the
IMC to monitor progress.
6. Blueprint: ASUU was
mandated to submit a blue
print
for revitalizing the
Universities to the Vice
President.
7. Official Agreement
Document: A signed
document
would be issued very soon
to itemize the full issues on
which this present
consensus outlined here,
brokered by AVCNU, has
been reached.
8. An Appeal to Call Off
Strike: The Vice-President
Sambo appealed to ASUU
to call off the strike and
apologized for the "take-it-
or-leave-it" comments
credited to the Hon Minister
of Finance. All other parties
present at the meetings
also prevailed on the ASUU
leadership to consult
objectively with its
members to get them to
agree with what is now on
the table and to call off the
strike as soon as possible
after the Sallah break of
Tuesday/Wednesday
October 15/16 2013.
9. ASUU President
Responds: At both
meetings, the President of
ASUU thanked the VP for
taking over
negotiations and promised
to consult with his ASUU
Constituency.
We keep our fingers firmly
crossed, as we await both
the
official consensus
agreement document and
full ASUU
reaction. Statesmanship
from all sides is called for at
this point in time.
Signed:
Prof. Mobolaji E. Aluko
Vice-Chancellor
Federal University Otuoke.
This sounds encouraging,
and we don't think ASUU
will reject this new
negotiation. Let's see what
happens next

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