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By Our Reporters Dr. Linda Agua-Onyekwelu, the Chief Executive Officer, Linda Agricultural Products and Services Ltd Lagos has alleged that some university managements in the country are responsible for crisis in Alumni Associations. Agua-Onyekwelu said this in Nsukka on Thursday in a remark during the  University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),  Maiden Alumni Homecoming of Faculty of Biological Science. She said that as a result of the crisis many of that alumni feel reluctant donate to their Alma mater , hence they are not sure if their donations will be judiciously used for the development of the instructions. "Some of the universities in Nigeria, especially premier universities have alumni that are movers and shakers of the economy capable of taking their Alma mater to the next level in terms of infrastructural development . " But because of this crisis rocking many alumni associations in the country, they feel reluctant to donate since they are afraid of management inter...

Aminu Kano Democratic Centre  urges councilors to say no to corruption By Our Reporter The Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies (AKCDS) Monbayya House, Bayareo University Kano has urged councilors in Enugu West Senatorial District to say no to corruption while discharging their duties in order to impact positively on people who elected them. Mallam Abdulllahi Usman, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the centre said this in Enugu on Tuesday during a sensitisation seminar for elected  councilors in the Enugu West district with the theme;  " Promoting Accountability and Anti-corruption Through Behavioural Approaches." Our correspondent reports that, the seminar was organised by  University of Nigeria Nsukka Muslim Community (UNNMC) in collaboration with AKCDS and funded by the John D and Catherine T MacAurthur Foundation. He said if councilors as elected public officers closer to the people would say no to corruption, they would leave good legacies at th...

UNN-SUG President sends SOS message to Gov Ugwuanyi By Our Reporter Mr Micheal Abuchi, President, Student Union Government (SUG) University of Nigeria Nsukka sends Save Our Soul (SOS) to Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State over the dilapidated roads leading to university first gate. Abuchi raised the alarm  in Nsukka  on Thursday  while speaking with  newsmen on the need for Enugu State Government quick intervention on the roads. He begged Ugwuanyi to come the rescue of UNN students and other road users by urgently repairing the dilapidated portions of University Road and University Market Road leading to UNN first gate. "Governor should come to our rescue urgently before the situation gets out of hand, by repairing these portions of roads so as to save us from the impending fatal accident, vehicle breakdown and loss of lives. "If nothing urgent is done the university will be entirely cut-off from Nsukka town because of deplorable condition of the roads. "From...