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The threat to academic stability in the nation’s ivory towers because of the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has attracted headlines in the dailies. The media has also been awashed by many criticisms, most of which have been directed at the Federal Government in which President Jonathan is the representational […]

The National Interim Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the approval of the establishment of State Harmonisation Committees (SHC), in a bid to avoid creating a vacuum and also to regulate the activities of the party at the state level and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement issued in […]

I do not go to the courts regularly. Usually my routine makes it almost unnecessary to be there though l have always known that the courts are more of a sacred place and why not? There, the law is assumed to hold sway and like the saying goes, the ‘Law is blind’ and it is […]

Editor: There is no doubt that unemployment is on the rise. It is also one of the major social problems affecting the growth and development of this country. Many Nigerians cannot meet the basic needs of life because they have no jobs. Graduates are being churned out yearly in various institutions with dim prospect of […]

First, I congratulate Blessing Okagbare, who won Nigeria’s two medals at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow. They were our first since she was a baby.  Team Nigeria limped home last Tuesday, our collective collapse somewhat ameliorated by her individual brilliance. Kenya, by contrast, had 12 medals, five of them gold; Jamaica nine, six […]

Arik Airline has expressed shock at the discovery that a teenager at the Benin Airport evaded multiple aviation security checks to stow away into the main wheel of its aircraft and travel to Lagos. According to the airline, incessant security lapses at the airports all over the country call for serious worries, and the Federal […]

In furtherance of the study of the import of names, today, we will look at the name “Jesus”.Scriptures declare that There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12). A name gives identity or character to a person. Thus, it’s impossible to separate […]Read More

Human rights lawyer and social critic, Mike Ozekhome, has been kidnapped. According to President of Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL), Abdul Mahmud who confirmed the development, Ozekhome was kidnapped on Friday night along the Benin-Auchi motorway in Edo State. “Last night (Friday), news broke out that Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had been kidnapped by unknown persons […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has demonstrated enough commitment to ending the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by providing N30bn to support university councils in settling the ‘earned allowances of workers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has said. Speaking at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and […]

There are indications that two separate candidates may emerge as candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State from today’s governorship primaries ahead of gubernatorial elections scheduled to hold on 16th November 2013. From the Ejike Oguebego faction loyal to Chris Uba, Senator Andy Uba, representing Anambra South in National Assembly may emerge […]

Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has revealed that the Federal Government has deported more than 22,000 illegal immigrants since the start of its war against acts of terrorism spearheaded by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect.  According to Moro, who was speaking in Kano late Thursday, the bulk of the deported illegal immigrants are citizens […]

Minister of State for Education, Barr Nyesom Wike on Friday accused his political opponents of masterminding the printing and circulation of campaign posters bearing his photograph and purporting his declaration for the 2015 Rivers State governorship election. According to Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Simeon Nwakaudu, the posters are part of an orchestrated […]