The Gates Cambridge Scholarship: Application Deadline 7th December, 2016 The Gates Cambridge Scholarship Program is looking for interested applicants for 2016 and 2017. The program offers graduate studies (3-year PhD, 2-year MSc, MLitt, or 1-year postgraduate course MPhil, MBA) where financial costs are fully covered. The program awards around 90 new scholarships every year and has over 1,500 active alumni. The Scholarship has only awarded 5% of its scholarships to...Read More
JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE – ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES “There is a real link between a strong and independent judiciary and economic growth and prosperity. No investor will for example invest in a country in which it will take years to resolve the simplest of business disputes”. Last week, I compared the pay of Nigerian Judges with their counterparts in South Africa, United Kingdom...Read More
BREAKING: Senate approves Buhari’s request to amend 2016 budget Published on November 29, 2016 by pmnews · 1 Comment Nigerian-Senate The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend the 2016 budget by re-assigning N180.8 billion to critical recurrent and capital items. The Senate’s approval followed the presentation of the report of the Committee on Appropriations led by Danjuma Goje on Tuesday PREMIUM TIMES reports.Read More
A.J. Perez , USA TODAY Sports 10:40 a.m. EST November 29, 2016 A plane carrying 81 people crashed outside Medellin, Colombia on Monday night. There were initial reports of six survivors, but one of them died. USA TODAY (Photo: Luis Benavides, AP) A chartered plane carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense crashed in northwestern Colombia on Monday night, killing 76 of the 81 people on board. The team had been scheduled to play in the...Read More
