0 Exclusive interview with friends of the 4 slained uniport students.

Some of the friends gave an exclusive interview with a radio staion in ph plus some comments from the aluu community residents.
Close friends and room mates of the four murdered students of University of Port Harcourt spoke about the character of the boys and denied the allegations of theft and cultism leveled against them. 

The boys were actually best of friends who did almost everything together. In this radio interview, they recounted their friendship with the boys and also spoke about other forms of manhandling and terror they face from members of the communities where they reside.

0 Uproar as Fashola orders scrapping of LASPOTECH’s satellite campuses

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has ordered the closure of all satellite campuses of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu across the state.

This, Fashola said, was in consonance with the directive of the National Board for Technical Education, the supervisory agency for all polytechnics and monotechnics in the country.

Fashola said this during the inauguration of the first phase of LASPOTECH College of Technology Complex on Thursday.

The governor was represented by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mrs. Oluranti Adebule at the occasion.

He added that the decision was also aimed at enhancing quality and sound delivery of technical and vocational education in the state.

0 Nations Cup: Nigeria may draw Cote d’Ivoire

Nigeria could face team of the moment Cote d’Ivoire or Ghana in the first round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The challenge came to fore after the Confederation of African Football revealed the seeding for the draw of the event which holds in South Africa next year. CAF on Monday seeded host nation South Africa, defending champions Zambia as well as Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.

The South Africans were seeded as hosts; the Zambians are defending champions while the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and Black Stars of Ghana were seeded based on their results in the past three tournaments in 2008, 2010 and 2012. As a result of Nigeria not being seeded, Super Eagles could be pitted against any of the seeded teams when the draw is staged in Durban on October 24. The Eagles failed to qualify for the 2012 edition which the Ivorians finished up as runners-up to Zambia.

0 Debtor set up lynched UNIPORT students – IG

THE Police on Monday in Abuja confirmed that the four University of Port Harcourt students killed by a mob at Aluu, Rivers State, were not robbers.

A debtor who set them up masterminded their killings, the police rather said.

Four students, Ugunna Obuzor, (18), Lloyd Toku, (19), Tekena Elkanah, (20) and Chiadaka Odinga, (20) were lynched on October 5, 2012 by a mob.

The police named Coxson Lucky, alias Bright, as the mastermind behind the killings.

The Force also said it had arrested 21 other persons, among them Segun Lawal, Felemo Solomon; Cynthia Chinwo; Ozioma Abajuo and Chigozie Samuel Evans said to have played key roles in the killings.

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, who said Lucky raised the alarm that resulted in the lynching of the students, however, assured that all those found culpable in the killings would be prosecuted.

The victims, Abubakar, who spoke through the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said had gone to the community that morning to demand money allegedly owed them by Lucky, who raised the alarm that they were armed robbers.