MURTALA: This Legacy Must Be Protected
Oyebode• Father Was Passionate About Nigeria • He Loved Books, Native Food THIS afternoon, Aisha Mohammed-Oyebode, the eldest daughter of the late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed is sitting on a...
View ArticleOru Stranded Refugees — We Have Been Abandoned
Front view of the campEIGHT years after the Oru Refugee camp, Ogun State, was officially closed down, hundreds of the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean stranded refugees have alleged abandonment by the...
View ArticleFinding His Feet In A New Abode
Fr. Mbaka being acknowledged as he moved to the new church buildingORDINARILY, transfers of Catholic priests, which are routine exercise, have always come without much ado. This is because anyone...
View ArticleSacking of VCs: Ranks Of Protesters Swell
For years, the staff of universities, especially the academic staff, fought for autonomy in the management of their internal affairs. This was done not just verbally, as it resulted in the closure of...
View ArticleDrones: Taking Productivity To Next Level
Why Govt Should Begin Regulation Measures People prefer efficient options in the execution of tasks or services. And over the years, technology has continued to define how people enjoy more efficient...
View ArticleItua-gan: Lagos Public School Where There Are No Govt Teachers
Pupils sitting haphazardly in class due to inadequate chairs and desks Seven years after Lagos State Government took over the management of a community-funded primary school in Itua-gan, one of the...
View ArticleGoing To School: Tackling Children’s Safety With Commercial Transporters
Courtesy: www.naija.com They have become the convenient means of transporting school children living in Lagos and other cosmopolitan cities in Nigeria, whose parents are unable to take them to and from...
View ArticleIMEKO/AFON So Close…Yet Far From Development
One of the communities Despite its nearness to Abeokuta, the seat of power, communities in Imeko-Afon Local Government, Ogun State, appear to have been forgotten, as the people languish in relative...
View ArticleN5000 Stipend: Playing With Words, Technicalities
The N5, 000 stipend promised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2015 general elections campaigns, once again, became controversial last week. This was on account of what President Buhari...
View ArticleDepleting Forest Reserves: Eating Today At Expense Of Tomorrow
In the last 20 years, Nigeria’s forest reserves has continued to deplete, mainly due to human activities, with the country’s forest cover reducing to about six per cent, as against the 25 per cent...
View Article2016 Budget: What is in it for women
Buhari Since President Buhari presented the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly, there have been reactions from women organisations regarding the amount allocated to the ministry of Women...
View ArticleRose Aziza, The Academic Matriarch, @ 60
Aziza Nigeria remains a nation sorely betrayed by its people. For too long now, we have ascribed the blame of “the trouble with Nigeria” to bad leadership, while we continue to exculpate all Nigerians...
View ArticleFovwe: astute female woodworker
Fovwe at work Before deciding to go into the furniture business in 2013, Adjuwheru Afore Fovwe had tried her hands on a few other ventures. First, she worked with the Delta State Service as an...
View ArticleEnugu judiciary in awkward dance
UMEZULIKE •Politics Fuel Allegations Of Forgery, Misconduct The last time Enugu judiciary boiled was about 11 years ago. It followed an order by one of her judges, Justice Stanley Nnaji, on the...
View ArticleFresh dawn greets justice administration in Oyo
Undergoing renovation… State High Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan A new dawn might be breaking in the administration of justice in Oyo State: court cases are being handled more quickly, even as premises are...
View ArticleOgun workers strike: government wins two weeks reprieve
The two weeks strike by Ogun State workers to protest the conversion of their pension and other deductions to state revenue, is a forewarning to Governor Ibikunle Amosun that they can never be taken...
View ArticleNigerian society and the gender equality debate
The recent action by the Senate, which led to the discarding of the bill seeking to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, has been generating criticisms across different quarters of the...
View ArticleREVIEWED BMAS: Experts Weigh-in On Impact Of Medical Training
PHOTO: www.nigeriatraininghub.com Though, it is not every medical school that has begun to implement the new policy initiated by National Universities Commission (NUC), experts have said it would...
View ArticleNow that the budget is passed
Construction work at the second Niger Bridge WITHER SECOND NIGER BRIDGE Though, the five states that make up the Southeast geo-political zone have their individual challenges, but the Second Niger...
View ArticleAdegoroye: tenure is instrument of political appointment
Goke Adegoroye • Age, Years Of Service Instruments Of Career Appointment Recently, the Federal Government in an unprecedented move renewed the appointment of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...
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