Captors fed us with garri without water, Eda Oniyo worshippers relive horror in kidnappers’ den
After more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eda Oniyo, Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after N25.5 million ransom was said to have been paid.
FUTO students cry out over bad roads
IN the heart of Africa, a country of contrast, the Eastern heartland, heart-warming technology, rich culture, renowned art, abundant natural resources, feel the unity, feel the affection, feel the peace, welcome to Imo state, to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, and the uniqueness of its students.
Libraries: The Centres Of University Education –2
“Contemplating a library, one feels as though in the presence of vast capital silently yielding incalculable interest”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832.
Lagos approves new curriculum for senior secondary schools
Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has disclosed that the state has approved a new senior secondary school curriculum for all public senior secondary schools in the state.
FG should regulate, not own schools – Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President and Founder, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has said that Federal Government should regulate, not own schools.
Frequently confused words
The following error has been found in last week’s publication of this column
School without library not a school
Dr Tony Marinho has stated that a school without a library is not a school and a home without one form of library or the other is not a home.
South-east states yet to embrace contributory pension scheme
NEARLY ten years into the implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS following the Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004, none of the five states in the South-East zone has implemented CPS for its workers.
SAN calls for establishment of new laws over economic crimes
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kemi Pinheiro, has called for new laws to be enacted, in a bid to place the burden of proof in matters of economic crimes on the accused person once there is reasonable suspicion.
Global Rights tasks FG on human rights
Global Rights Nigeria has said that oil companies in Niger Delta are losing $56 billion annually on security and other sundry issues, calling on the government and extractive companies to ensure that human rights of people living in the region is taken serious.
Fashola, Uduaghan to honour Uwechue at book presentation
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and his DeltaState counterpart Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan ,will be special guest of honour and book presenter respectively at the unveiling of a book of essays written by jurists in celebration of the legal luminary and former chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Goerge Uwechue (SAN)
