2015: Umar moves to consolidate power with campaign team .A
Ahead of the 2015 gubernatorial election, the acting governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, has begun moves to consolidate himself on the reins of power and give him an edge over potential contestants in the governorship race of the state.
Decadence in Nigerian education sector is systemic — Akinsola
Member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adebimpe Akinsola, has described the decadence in the education sector in Nigeria as a systemic problem which crept into the country in a gradual process
ERC welcomes reversal of LASU fee hike with suspicions
The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has welcomed, albeit with suspicion, the reversal of the hiked fees of the Lagos State University, LASU, by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Governor of Lagos State. The Governor made this known at the 19th convocation ceremony of the University held on last Thursday
Man docked for robbing policeman of AK47 rifle, ammunition
A 20-year-old man, Adebola Oladipo, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for robbing a policeman, Bethuel Thomas, of his AK47 rifle and 30 rounds of live ammunition.
Nobody died in Ejigbo/Ajao link road shooting —Police
The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, said nobody died in Tuesday’s shooting around Ejigbo/Ajao estate link road by a resident who was attacked by commercial motorcyclists.
Varsities Talk: Vacancies everywhere in Nigerian universities (2)
Courses in Business Administration, especially Marketing, provide another example. The NUC had made it mandatory for every university to introduce a course in Entrepreneurship – in order to encourage graduates of Nigerian universities to embrace self-employment. To begin with, the assumption that everybody can be an entrepreneur is not supported by any research. And, the fault in the assumption can be demonstrated by asking: if everybody sets up his business, who will be the employee? Clearly, not everyone is gifted to be an entrepreneur
