Panic as another oil spill hits Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa
Yenagoa—A fresh oil spill has again hit Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State, with natives calling on the Federal Government and environmental protection agencies to come to their aid and prevent a possible outbreak of epidemic in the area due to the pollution of their sources of drinking water.
Pensioners insist on Maina’s prosecution
…Urge FG to disband Pension Task Force
PENSIONERS in the Federal Civil Service have demanded for immediate arrest and prosecution of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension, Abdulrasheed Maina, over alleged unethical practices.
Oil Companies shun conference on oil spill in Niger Delta
AT a period when operational oil spill has become a common feature in the business of oil exploration and production, leaving in its trails massive destruction of aquatic life and livelihood, International Oil Companies operating in Nigeria have stayed away from the 2012 International Oil Spill Conference organized by Kaku Professional Engineers Limited in collaboration with the United States National Spill Control School, Texas, aimed at creating awareness on the danger of oil spill in Nigeria especially, the Niger Delta region.
Ijomah faults Ango Abdulahi on onshore/offshore dichotomy
WARRI—TWO highly notable academics, Prof. B. Ijomah and Prof. Ango Abdulahi, from the Southern and Northern parts of the country, respectively, have disagreed over the recent declaration by the Federal Government that the onshore/offshore dichotomy was a settled issue.
Bakassi land is not war booty
In a few days time, Nigeria will finally lose its claims to the Bakassi Peninsula which the World Court awarded to Cameroun in the Land and Maritime boundary dispute between the Central African country and Nigeria based on the Anglo-German Treaty. Some historians claimed the treaty was not signed in the first place but more importantly, the German territories before the First World War were taken over by the allied forces while Germany was made to renounce all its claims to territories in Africa.
52 years after Independence: Unending crisis in Nigerian education
As the Nigerian Education sector grapples with what many have termed the implausible task of education for all by 2015, with a budget that lags far behind when compared to UNESCO’s stipulation, mass failure in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, combined with limited admission spaces into the nation’s institutions of higher learning, as well as the President’s steps towards Almajirai education, will Nigerian education have cause for celebration come October 1st? Or will she like the proverbial child who has a report sheet full of failure, bow her head in shame? Vanguard Learning’s Laju Arenyeka reports.
