Atiku is right, subsidy removal needs revisiting – 2
By Dele Sobowale Some called it lunacy; others were more polite in their condemnation of the idea of government reversing itself. Few did the rational thing when confronted with a proposal on a vital public interest. Most of Atiku’s traducers were political opponents; who were afraid that the idea might just be popular and could […]
When brothers fight with long knives
It may further spread; if the Gulf States can be so vicious and brutal to their brother, Qatar, Africans and other peoples can imagine how the Saudi coalition will deal with them if they cross paths
Judges’ recall and Malami’s crocodile tears
What is left to complete the government’s humiliation is a ceremony for the government to convey its profound apologies to the judges for the inconveniences they may have suffered in the last eight months
Republics within a Republic
Everything we are doing is in total contravention of the letter and spirit of ourlaws and the Constitution
Biafra: In peace or in pieces
The right of the Igbo or other ‘minorities’ to secede from a constitutionally governed Nigeria must be located in the complex hyacinth of these jurisprudential argument. And it is a right concurrent with –if not inferior to- the right of the democratic ‘majority’ to deny
Lowering of standards for admission into varsities: The role of JAMB, NUC and the Senate (2)
LAST week I began an examination of the reasons for the drop in the standard for admission into Nigerian Universities with a focus on the role played by the Joint Admissions Regulation Board and how overtime, Universities began to notice a general deficiency in candidates admitted through the examinations conducted by the body. As I will later discuss, several factors, some of which were directly traceable to JAMB itself, were responsible for this development. However it cannot be denied that certain other factors also contributed to the decline in the quality of students admitted into the Universities.
