By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA- DESPITE last week’s vacation of an interlocutory injunction by an Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha which the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) relied on to bring back the Uchenna Emodi-led state executive of the Party, the acclaimed godfather of Anambra politics, Chief Chris Uba, at […]

By Emma Amaize WARRI -  VICE-CHAIRMAN of the Oporoza Federated Communities in Delta State, Apostle Clement Tonfawei says the Federal Government should face the naked reality on ground in the Niger-Delta by massively developing the region instead of lobbying militants with amnesty to consent to its rule without trouble. What the President is doing today […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – THE President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ambassador Ralph Uwachue, has blamed Igbo woes on “the individualistic and blindly opportunistic attitude of some Igbo politicians in total disregard of Igbo collective interest within the Nigerian family”. Uwachue stated this while delivering the sixth Senator Emeka Echeruo Memorial Lecture titled “the political […]

By Emma Amaize WARR I -  MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says it does not require the blessings of every militant leader in the region to constitute a negotiating team to present its demands to the Federal Government. Spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo in an exclusive electronic mail response to Vanguard […]

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First, the solution to the crisis in Nigerian public education is not in
the creating of more second rate degree mills that have neither reason nor rhyme. It is in the proper funding, planning, and elevation of existing public universities. Second, it must be emphasized that not everybody currently in the university is made for university education.

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Again, some people may question how successful these imported ideas have been. If they didn’t work out well, it would have been the Nigerian factor that was at play, not that those ideas were bad. In most national issues, the average Nigerian has a way of putting himself first, thinking of how he can benefit from it personally than to how much good it would do the country and its citizens.

The Jews believe that they were chosen specially by their tribal God, Yaweh, for a divine purpose, from the races of humankind, whereas Muslims have an unusually high opinion about Arabs and the Arabic language.

They were still shaking their heads after we returned at about 7.00 p.m that evening. From what I saw and heard, it is clear that the JTF might win the present and other battles, but it might not win the war. As David Neustadt, had pointed out in his engaging book, Power and Presidents, “the only battle that counts is the last one.” The JTF, like the Americans in Vietnam, might win a lot of battles but the last one is not yet in sight and it is doubtful that victory will be theirs.