Students in Public schools, especially those in primary and secondary have always been treated with disdain and contempt believing that they are less privilege children as a result they can not be intelligent because their teachers cannot deliver qualitative education.

THE Niger Delta Nationalities Foru, NDNF, has called on Nigerians not to be in a hurry to pass judgement on President Goodluck Jonathan after 100 days in office.

KANO-A team set up by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, was Wednesday pummelled by political thugs allegedly working for the state in Kano as the workers’ strike entered its 4th day Wednesday.

AHEAD of September 30, 2011 deadline given to the rescued banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to recapitalize or face nationalization among others, the management of Union Bank Plc and organized labour has been been meeting to resolve the lingering dispute over benefits to about 2000 former workers especially those retired between 2006 and 2008.

NATIONAL Pension Commission, PenCom is to would initiate processes to automate retirement benefits approval process to ensure retirees get their retirement benefits as and when due.

IN its determined bid to rejuvenate the culture of theatre in Nigeria by creating opportunities and platforms for performing artists to exhibit their talents and advance their skills, Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF) in partnership with Terra Kulture penultimate Sunday at Terra Kulture hosted theatre lovers with the command performance of Barclays Ayakoruma’s Castles in the Air.

A first timer at the Bogobiri compound is sure to immediately feel African. Subsequently, the individual is thrown into deep meditation on the dept of dexterity of the artists who created the decors which added radiance to the entire environ. That is the New Nimbus Art Gallery now occupying a space at the Bogobiri House Ikoyi Lagos.

Elections and Electoral Violence As you are all aware, election is the mechanism through which citizens choose their representatives. Its centrality to democratic governance can therefore not be overemphasized. In contemporary times, the nexus between free, fair and credible elections and good governance is so strong that any attempt to subvert the process often invokes the wrath of the people.

HAVING lost some time following the six-week recess they embarked upon recently, senators have been saddled with tough hurdles they must surmount in the coming months.

ABAKALIKI-Ebonyi State Government and organised labour in the state are yet to reach a compromise on how and when to implement the new minimum wage for workers as labour on September 7 declared an indefinite strike.