REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3) “Sovereignty belongs to the people. It does not and cannot belong to their elected representatives. Indeed the Section 14(2) of the Constitution provides that sovereignty belongs to the people from whom the government through the Constitution derives its authority and power… the National Assembly cannot without...Read More
By Phil McNulty Chief football writer From the section Football SOURCE: bbc.com Cristiano Ronaldo wept tears of despair then tears of joy as the Euro 2016 final took him on an emotional journey from his lowest low to the high of lifting Portugal’s first major trophy. The 31-year-old Real Madrid superstar carried his country’s hopes...Read More
New post on EntrepreNEWS APPLY: CORAF/WECARD Youth Empowerment for Agripreneurship in West Africa 2016 The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD) in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank are inviting young agricultural entrepreneurs to submit applications for the empowering Youths for Agripreneurship in West Africa Project. WORTH Mentees will benefit...Read More
A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has affirmed that Nigeria and and African countries might be sitting on a gunpowder. He said the hazards of the lingering and increasing youth unemployment is alarming. Olusegun Obasanjo made this remark while receiving the newly appointed President of ECOWAS Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza at his Abeokuta residence. He...Read More
Nigeria’s sovereignty is not negotiable From OLUSEYE OJO, Ibadan FORMER Minister of Petroleum, Prof Tam David-West, has taken a swipe at the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, for saying the sovereignty of Nigeria is negotiable. He described the submission as absolute rubbish and nonsense. He insists that the sovereignty of Nigeria is non-negotiable. David-West also...Read More
Sir/Madam, This is to inform that the following Director post has been published for external recruitment through Circular Letter and on UNESCO’s website. – Director, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences & Secretary of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) (SC 398, D-1), (ref. CL/4164). – Director of Multisectoral Regional Office in Abuja and...Read More
MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE “Most importantly, the introduction of Post-UTME examination has rendered the jumbo marks hitherto obtained by unscrupulous students from JAMB useless and irrelevant. Its revocation will pave way for the return of the abominable practice that damage the image of JAMB ”. On the 2nd June, 2016 the...Read More
ILLEGAL UNIVERSITIES ON THE INCREASE “Amend NUC Law to empower closure and forfeiture of illegal institutions and impose life jail for their proprietors”. I have over the past weeks focused on the reasons for the advent of Private Universities and why despite the challenges being faced by them, the portrayal of these schools, in the...Read More
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES: THE HOPE OF NIGERIA’S TERTIARY EDUCATION (5) “Congratulations sir, for being a beacon of hope for generation of Nigerian parents who desperately desire a great future for their children without sending them to study abroad”. In this edition, I will examine the criticism levied by Mr. Laolu Harolds against NUC and Private Universities on...Read More
JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE-LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME (5) “The poor remuneration paid to junior lawyers by senior lawyers have contributed to the problems encountered in the administration of justice”. A few days ago, President Buhari while on a visit to Kenya, again identified the judiciary as a major source of headache for him...Read More
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