Education and National Development: The Jonathan Example
Many years ago, the philosopher, Aristotle, observed that the difference between the educated and the uneducated is like that between the living and the dead. To Aristophanes, it is the dissimilarity between broken and unbroken horses. As President of the US, Lyndon Johnson declared: ”At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems; the answer for all the problems of the world — come to a single word. That word is education.”
Shortage of medical personnel: Tougher times ahead for Nigerians (1)
This chronic health worker shortage that has prevailed in public hospitals over the years in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole has steadily gone from bad to worse.
When Jonathan campaigned in B/Haram hotbed
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend took his campaigns to Borno State, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency.
Lagos PDP flags off gov campaign
FORMER Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George; erstwhile Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and governorship candidate of the PDP, Mr Jimi Agbaje yesterday flagged-off the party’s governorship campaign lambasting the current state government of running a government without human face.
Campaign posters war intensifies in Lagos
Some 18 days to next month’s general elections billed for February 14 and 28, the controversies surrounding the pasting of campaign posters and materials by the two major political parties in Lagos State, the All Progressives Progress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues unabated, given dramatic twists it has assumed.
Wike pledges to develop new Rivers State
Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has formally presented his developmental blueprint, aimed at repositioning Rivers State for the advantage of residents of the state.
