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How COVID-19 widens barriers to quality non-formal education — Commission

How COVID-19 widens barriers to quality non-formal education — Commission

By Joseph Erunke The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education has said non-formal education declined in 2020 compared to 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The development, according to the commission, created barriers to learning opportunities for children and out-of-school youths, dropouts and non-literate people of all ages in accessing knowledge and […]

The way out for the South [opinion]

The way out for the South [opinion]

By Sunny Ikhioya The world has gone beyond conquest of smaller nations by bigger nations based on size and population; technology and intelligence have taken care of that. And that is the direction the world is moving, with reference to countries like Israel, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Finland, Sweden and some others in Europe. If […]

Question on Buhari’s legacy

Question on Buhari’s legacy

By Ikechukwu Amaechi PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari never ceases to confound. Even his most strident supporters are gradually but inexorably coming to the inevitable reality: he is a study in hypocrisy. His claim to higher standards is a ruse. Too often, he fails to follow his own expressed moral rules and principles. I will come back […]

IBB @80 and the future republic of Nigeria

IBB @80 and the future republic of Nigeria

By Segun Ige PRECISELY 10 days before his 80th birthday, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida spoke expressly regarding the nature and structure of the present pristine conditions of the presidency vis-a-vis what was obtainable during the military era. On the Arise TV interview aired on Friday, August 6, IBB offered his forthright perceptiveness, especially within the […]

Establishing peace in Mali: Ways and prospects

Establishing peace in Mali: Ways and prospects

Ali Djawad  We talked to Grégoire Cyrille Dongobada, a military observer and political studies researcher, based in Central Africa, about the current situation in Mali in wake of constantly declining security situation in the region. The greatest concern with no doubt is the fact that the pace of deterioration of the security situation in Mali, […]

Banditry: Zamfara imposes dusk-to-down curfew, closes schools

Banditry: Zamfara imposes dusk-to-down curfew, closes schools

The  Zamfara Government on Wednesday announced a dusk-to-down curfew on 13 local government areas in the state. Commissioner of Police in the state Ayuba Elkana announced the curfew while addressing newsmen in Gusau. Elkana said that the curfew is with immediate effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a. m. daily in the 13 local government […]