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WASSCE performance: Students  decline in English, Gen Maths

WASSCE performance: Students decline in English, Gen Maths

A RECENT report of the last West African Se-nior School Certificate, WASSCE, showed a decline in students’ performance in English Language and General Mathematics but an improvement in the performance of candidates in Arabic, Igbo, Islamic Studies, and CRK.

Why UTME performance keeps dropping…

Why UTME performance keeps dropping…

IN 2011, 2,892 candidates scored above 300 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME. In a sad turn of events, the performance has nosedived drastically since then; only three candidates scored 300 and above in 2012 with the number increasing slightly to 10 in 2013.

Upheaval in TUC as 13 affiliates tackle Kaigama

Upheaval in TUC as 13 affiliates tackle Kaigama

A MAJOR crisis is brewing in the Trade Unions Congress, TUC as no fewer than 13 affiliates have petitioned the leadership of the labour centre questioning the leadership of style of its President.

Young Nigerian makes chair, stool from waste paper

Young Nigerian makes chair, stool from waste paper

A young Nigerian, Mr. Zege Aondofa, a 2012 Mass Communication graduate from Benue State University, says he is in love with the word ‘recycling’ and has, therefore, taken paper recycling a notch higher. Currently awaiting his call-up letter for the compulsory one year national service to his fatherland, Zege has made chairs and dressing tables from paper. In this chat with Vanguard Learning in Yola, Zege speaks on his passion for recycling and what he has been able to achieve so far

Female SANs task govt on security challenges

Female SANs task govt on security challenges

Amid growing uncertainty over the faith of the remaining abducted school girls in the custody of armed men in Borno state, Female Senior Advocates of Nigeria have called on the government to combat the security challenges in the country and ensure adequate protection for citizens.

Yaba Tech’s Erg holds 3rd biennial conference on environmental issues

Yaba Tech’s Erg holds 3rd biennial conference on environmental issues

LEARNING never stops. Amidst ongoing strike in polytechnics and colleges of higher learning, the Environment Research Group (ERG), of Yaba College of Technology; comprising members from environment, engineering, science and technology departments of the school, has held her 3rd International Biennial Conference on Environmental Issues.

Oscar Pistorius trial (3)

Oscar Pistorius trial (3)

Before we advert to the decisions of the Supreme Court on those crucial issues in the 1979 Constitution which have since continued to reverberate by virtue of similar provisions of the 1999 Constitution, a reflection on the facts of John Agbo v. The State, (2007) 2 NCC 158 and the decision of the Supreme Court thereon, will guide the discerning in appreciating the likely turn of events in Oscar Pistorious’ trial to the deceased and asked him why he blocked the road with his car.