NON-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has decried the falling standard of education and the appalling state of schools across the country, blaming it on the low budgetary allocation by the government.

IN every constitutional democracy, adherence to the rule of law is the fulcrum on which the principle and tenets of democracy stand. The rule of law demands obedience of the law (including court orders) as it is and not as it ought to be. Anything short of this is a recipe for anarchy. Therefore, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA’s) recent caution to this effect is timely and should not be ignored.

Akwa Ibom State Government has ordered the demolition of shrines, graveyards and other structures which have suddenly sprung up on roads undergoing construction in Ikono Local Government Area of the state.

LAGOS, which the state government considers a work in progress mega-city, is not new to buildings collapse having recorded several tragedies in that regard in the past several years. Indeed Lagos was once again in the news over another tragedy following last week Tuesday collapse of a five-storey building in Lekki Gardens in Lekki area at the state that the over 30 lives.

Worried by the undue pressure being brought on the nation’s currency by the fragility of the economy, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has charged the country to rise up and employ science and technology as the suitable instrument to help to diversify and strengthen the economy.

STAFF and students of Community Secondary School, Opolo in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State were thrilled by the gesture of Dr Olivia Ayozie, a youth corps member, who donated 20 units of three seater desks to their institution as part of her community development efforts.

Some constituencies in Imo State, may remain without representatives in the State and National Assemblies, since the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, failed or neglected to implement the re-run polls ordered by the court within 90 days.

Three teenage armed robbers were yesterday arrested after robbing a man of his Toyota Venza number plate APP 7080 W at Umuopu Agu in Enugu Ezike, Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.

A security expert, Shola Mese has said only a sustained orientation of oil host communities on implications of the criminal activities of vandals in their domain will avert the unending attack and theft on oil and gas facilities as opposed to a military invasion and use of force of arms.

NO fewer than 5,000 indigenes of Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State and its environs benefitted from the free surgical outreach programme organized by the Family Empowerment and Youths Reorientation Programme (FEYReP) in conjunction with the Pro-Health International and the Akwa-Ibom State Association of Nigeria (AKISAN USA incorporated).