THE National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, quashed the plan by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu to elevate the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami to the bench of the Supreme Court.

WE have maintained, perhaps with monotonous regularity, that in time of increased problems, it is simply natural for people to look in every direction for possible solutions. Yes, of a truth, there is hardly anyone who would not be perturbed by the very sad events of the bomb blasts that greeted our celebrations of the 50th anniversary of our nation’s independence in Abuja on October 1, 2010.

WHILE our stay as undergraduates at the university lasted, we were constantly reminded of two things by this regimented communications professor. One: Don’t be a Robert Mugabe, a Saddam Hussein, a Gnassingbe Eyadema, an Idi Amin, or an IBB when we go into politics. Two: Be a Nelson Mandela, an Abraham Lincoln, or a Bill Clinton when we do.

The playwright, Greg Mbajiorgu, Senior lecturer in Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka wrote Wake up as a guest dramatist to African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS), Nairobi. He was commissioned to produce this climate change adaptation advocacy drama for the International Conference on Africa’s Response to Global Challenge through Science Technology and Innovation

NIGERIA Industrial Relations Association, NIRA, some days ago played to experts, professionals, practitioners , students , workers, government and others in the industrial relations practice across the globe . It was the 6th African Regional Congress of the International Labour Relations, ILERA which took place at the University of Lagos. With the theme “Emerging Trends in Employment Relations in Africa: National and International Perspectives”, delegates from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, participants during the four days congress, examined over 50 employment related issues within and local and international arenas