Today Newspaper Review May 6 2015

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•  Kenyan universities launch anti-terror studies as attacks rise

Universities in Kenya have launched anti-terrorism courses for students joining them from September in efforts to curb terror attacks targeting the learning institutions. The courses, according to officials in-charge of academic affairs, will be compulsory and examined alongside other common units. The
launch of the anti-terror courses comes barely a month after Garissa University College was attacked by Al-Shabaab terrorists killing 142 students and six security officers. Punch

• INEC officials arrested for alleged card reader theft

The Zone 9 Police Command, Umuahia, has commenced investigations into an alleged attempt by two Information Communication Technology workers of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abia State to steal sensitive electoral materials, including card readers, from INEC’s  Punch

• 40 migrants feared dead in latest Mediterranean accident

A rubber boat crowded with migrants deflated and foundered in the Mediterranean, and as many as 40 people apparently drowned before an approaching merchant ship could get to them, witnesses told Read More From Punch

• Assembly seeks sanction for non-use of pedestrian bridges

Residents of Lagos State who refuse to use pedestrian bridges in the state will soon be sanctioned.
The Lagos State House of Assembly, at its plenary, made the resolution, a statement said on Read More From Punch

• Why I want to buy Arsenal — Aliko Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on his dream of getting involved with the  Vanguard

•  Oil workers are operating under great risk —Shell

Despite efforts by the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta code-named, Operation Pulo Shield, to stem crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the delta, oil companies operating in the blighted region are still operating under grave danger. The oil industry is not only troubled by the activities of thieves and vandals, but also have to contend with activities of armed criminal gangs, who are always Vanguard

• FG Approves New Draft Policy on National Parks Reform

The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved a new draft policy for the reform of the National Parks in the country. Consequently, the council has directed the Minister of Environment to immediately present all the necessary legal and regulatory documents for the enactment of a National Parks Bill to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approval. Thisday

• NNPC to Supply Gas from $662m East-West Pipeline by 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it expects to start regular supply of gas to end users within the eastern part of Nigeria through its East-West gas pipeline in early 2017.
NNPC made this known on Tuesday at the ongoing 2015 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, adding that it was making significant progress with the execution of the $662 million Thisday

• Reps Consider PIB Next Week

The House of Representatives will on Tuesday next week commence consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Deputy speaker, Hon Emeka Ihedioha who disclosed this during yesterday’s plenary, announced that clean copies of the PIB report has been circulated to lawmakers. Leadership

• Move To Impeach Me Futile, Says Enugu Governor

Enugu State governor, Barr Sullivan Chime, has described the attempt by a faction of the state House of Assembly led by the speaker, Eugene Odoh, and 14 others to commence impeachment moves against him as an exercise in futility. Chime, who spoke on Monday night, described as false the insinuations in some quarters that he had been served the purported impeachment notice. Leadership