AFTER more than three months of shutting the universities down, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government have decided to call off this round of strike, an annual ritual that befuddles Nigerians about the issues of university education.

THE Mo Ibrahim prize for achievement in African leadership has given a damning verdict on the quality of African leaders with its decision not to award the 2008 leadership prize. Former president of Botswana Ketumile Masire, speaking for the selection committee said, “The prize committee could not select a winner”. The prize, the largest individual […]

IT is a long time since President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua said a word about Nigeria’s low electricity supply, or even his electoral promise to declare an emergency on electricity within months of being in office. Electricity is central to the existence of the modern society. Decades ago, it was one of the strongest factors that […]

DETIMBIR Chia, a 14-year-old secondary school student, in the inner recesses of Benue State, three years ago, was credited with the spirited and courageous efforts that resulted in the fervent rescue operations which saved the lives of some passengers of the military plane that crashed in his village of Mbakunu, in Sangev Ya. There are […]

WITHOUT prejudice to the provisions of Section 294 subsection (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, an election petition and an appeal arising therefrom under this Act shall be given accelerated hearing and shall have precedence over all other cases or matters before the tribunals or court”. – Section 48 Electoral […]