Gorau under siege: Bandits kill four, shoot seven, abduct four
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into fresh mourning on Wednesday after armed bandits invaded the community, killing four residents, shooting seven others and abducting four people. The attack came only days after a devastating boat accident at the Gorau crossing point reportedly […]
Lawyers urged to embrace professional tools for efficiency
Majority of Nigerian Lawyers are of the opinion that the Administration of Justice in Nigeria is very slow and inefficient. Furthermore, they opined that the inefficiency of the system is mostly as a result of the delays caused by legal practitioners. This was the result of a recent survey carried out recently and revealed at the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Legal Practice Conference in Makurdi, Benue State.
Uwechue, a brilliant jurist – Nwabueze
Former Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief George Uwechue (SAN) has been described as a leading jurist whose brilliance shone early in life.
Limitation of Court’s jurisdiction in our jurisprudence
This issue of jurisdiction, as has been held over and over in the past, is very fundamental and touches the core of the competence of a court to adjudicate the claims placed before it by the litigants. Thus where a court has no jurisdiction, it lacks the competence to entertain the suit, any proceeding conducted in such suit no matter how well conducted, is a nullity. This point was made in the case of DAPIALONG V. DARIYE (2007) 4 SC (PT 111) 118 (AT 162-163 PARA 40, 4&5-15) RESPECTIVELY. WHERE ONNOGHEN JSC STATES AS FOLLOWS:
Benue refugees take to menial jobs for survival
Benue State may be facing, the worst refugee situation in the entire country given the recurrent bloodbath between native Benue farmers and Fulani herdsmen in parts of Guma, Makurdi, Gwer West and Agatu local government areas of the state.
Too much ado about teaching practice
Teaching practice is one of the basic requirements for the award of the National Certificate of Education (NCE) and education related degree courses. The programme, which lasts between six to 12 weeks, is a platform which allows education students to take up teaching in real setting thereby availing them the opportunity of putting into practice what has been learned in the lecture rooms.
ASUU strike: Fresh students resume registration
Despite the crisis in the sector, new students in universities across the country have already begun the registration process to begin a new academic calendar while the incumbent calendar is being stalled by the 5 month old ASUU strike.
Three remanded over fake NPA contract
A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, has remanded three persons in prison custody, following their alleged defrauding one Mrs Lara Marire of N26.9 million, by promising to help her secure a contract from Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to build a 100 unit duplex at Lekki, Lagos.
When students locked horns on national confab at Loral Humanities
As call for a national dialogue has continued to heat the polity, students from various schools, who gathered last Thursday, at the Humanities Week of Loral International Day Secondary School, Festac, Lagos, also shared their mixed feelings on the national confab, in a mind-pulsating debate competition.
Spelling Differences Between American And British English (2)
By Gabriel Osoba -er vs -re American British kilometer kilometre theater theatre centre centre fiber fibre liter litre tire tyre meter metre -s vs -c American British offense offence defense defence pretense pretence -m vs -me American British program programme kilogram kilogramme -og vs -ogue American British […]
Teaching staff scarcity a major problem for universities (2)
Permit me to bring forward the chart published when the first part of this article was published. It summarises most of the problems associated with scarcity of teaching staff in Nigerian universities. The Federal government had taken the lead, as it should, in establishing universities over the years. President Jonathan alone added the following since 2011:
