When students, eminent personalities gather to speak on survival of Ijaw nation
Renowned writer, emeritus Prof. J.P. Clark; the first woman Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams; entertainment guru and governorship aspirant, Mr Ben Murray-Bruce; renowned journalist and Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr Sam Amuka; former Niger-Development Commission, NDDC, Executive Director, Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan and frontline Niger-Delta activist, Ms Ann Kio-Briggs were some of the notable faces at the just-concluded fourth biennial convention of the National Association of Ijaw Female Students, NAIFS, held at the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos at the weekend.
Delta varsity ASUU threatens strike over abandoned projects, tax
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Delta State University, Abraka Chapter, yesterday, decried the abandonment of capital projects on the three campuses of the university.
Jonahan’s visual approach to inactivity in Nigeria
After his first solo exhibition nine years ago, one of Nigeria‘s foremost master Pastel artist, Jefferson Jonahan last week came back with his second solo exhibition tagged State of Inertia.
Court adjourns sacked Unilever workers’ suit till Dec 6
An Ikeja High Court, Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till December 6, 2011, hearing in the suit by sacked workers of Unilever Nigeria Plc, who are challenging their sack.
I Remember Joe Frazier
The period spanning mid-September and the end of October 2011 had been a rather boring imposition I’d classify as one that has done me no good. Way back in the late 1950s, my primary school headmaster it was who first taught that idle vacations are dangerous to one’s health.
Police grab gold at Lagos 7’s Rugby festival
Two scintillating tries by Yahaya and tries by Abdulmalik Salihu, Kazzim and Suleiman, who also converted two of the tries including his own, gave the Nigerian Police a well_deserved 29 _5 victory over Zaria in the final of the Cup competition of the EXP Lagos 7s Rugby Festival at Onikan Stadium on Sunday.
Pressure group urges Boko Haram to articulate grievances
An Ijaw pressure group in the Niger Delta, Meinbutu Group, has challenged the Boko Haram sect to be bold, come out in the open and articulate its grievances instead of heating up the polity.
Man arrested for assaulting deaf and dumb teenager
One Mr Peter Uchetu has been arrested for assaulting a deaf and dumb teenager, who he matcheted in the early hours of yesterday, at his residence in Ojo Barracks, Lagos State.
SSS stops anti-subsidy removal protest
The State Security Service, SSS, Wednesday, warned the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, against its plans to stage an anti-fuel subsidy removal rally in Abuja tomorrow insisting that the security situation could not permit such a gathering.
ERA/FoEN marks 16th anniversary of Ogoni-9
As Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, marks the 16th anniversary of the hanging of Ogoni leader and environmental rights activist, Mr. Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni kinsmen in 1995, it flayed the Federal Government for giving in to oil firms’ insatiable appetite for new oil fields.
Rector harps on entrepreneurship education
Rector of Yaba College of Technology, Dr Margaret Ladipo, has reiterated the importance of entrepreneurship education as the institution prepares for its 27th convocation ceremony.
