Confab holds early 2014 – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, declared that the proposed national conference will hold early next year, saying “by the time we conclude this conference there will be fewer open letters that Nigerians will read.”
PDP chieftain asks security agencies to invite Obasanjo over snipers’ comment
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Hon. Johnson Agbonayinma, has called on security agencies to invite former President Olusegun Obasanjo for questioning over his claim that the Federal Government was training snipers.
Giant strides in Osun
LAST week, the media reported the British Deputy High Commissioner as saying that the State of Osun is a viable destination for any investor who is looking for a safe place to put his money in Nigeria because, according to him, “the State is peaceful”.
INEC lacks power to withdraw certificates of return issued (3)
Continued from last week At pages 1459 – 1460 of the record the court below (Coram: Olotu, J) found as a fact that: The plaintiffs have shown vide affidavit evidence and Exhibits ‘KT 2 A-J and KT 3A – J that they are the candidates whose scores were declared and were returned by the 1st […]
School saves lives at LASUTH with vital signs monitor
AS part of efforts to further improve patient care and treatment outcomes for patients in critical condition, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, has acquired a brand new state-of-the-art vital signs monitor courtesy Management of Taqwa Private Schools, Ifako, Agege, Lagos.
ASUU-FG crisis not over—Agbakoba
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE FORMER President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has called for a holistic solution to the recurring crisis in the tertiary education. Reacting to Tuesday’s resolution of the six-month industrial action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Agbakoba feared that the crisis might recur in […]
Imo commends Airtel’s educational development
The Imo State Government has lauded Airtel Nigeria for providing sustainable platforms to uplift under-privileged children in the society and for its enormous contributions to the development of education in the state.
Amaechi advocates true federalism
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has called for the enthronement of true federalism in the country, saying it would enable all states and local governments to develop at their own pace. The governor spoke at the 2013 Physicians Week organised by the state chapter of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, […]
UBA Essay contest: Winners emerge as ICAN President tasks students on reading culture
Winners have emerged in the third edition of the UBA National Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria .
Auchi Polytechnic breaks jinx at 21st convocation
BY SAM DADA The 21ST Convocation ceremony of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State which held on Saturday, December 7, 2013 will go down as one with a lot of panache. Three major high points of the convocation was, first, breaking the jinx associated with combined convocations, second the Rector’s acknowledged successful stewardship and third, the […]
Court restrains PDP, INEC from declaring defecting members seat vacant
BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday, granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, its chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Senate President and Speaker of House of Representatives from declaring vacant the seats of the defecting federal lawmakers […]
PDP crisis: 37 nPDP Reps decamp to APC
BY Emman Ovuakporie & Levinus Nwabughoigu ABUJA—Members of the House of Representatives in the new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, a faction of the ruling party, yesterday formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The drama of the defection started immediately the plenary started, the House went for a 10 minutes closed door session, the […]
Education in retrospect: Strikes, sacks and deaths
With twelve days to the end of 2013, it has become imperative for us at Vanguard Learning to take stock of issues and events that shaped the nation’s education sector, while projecting the way forward.
Varsities Talk:How governments, NUC and ASUU ruin Nigerian universities (2)
Dele Sobowale Continues from last week The first part of this series ended with the following statement. “If N1 billion was meant for capital and recurrent expenditure [in the nine universities the Federal Government created in 2011], it was clear that neither manpower development nor research would take place in those universities. And, in my […]
Yobe defies INEC on LG polls
Yobe State Government said, yesterday, that it would go ahead with its local government election slated for the end of this month despite the objection raised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Missing $49bn oil money: Stop playing politics with your job, Owie tells Sanusi
BY Emeka Mamah Former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday, lampooned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, for allegedly playing politics with his job. Owie said the recent controversy surrounding his letter on the alleged missing $49 billion oil money was an example of how not to play […]
