STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets
It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Top ranging vehicles ply here as a routine because of the presence of the National Oil company on this road.
Your perception determines your success in life – Oladipo
Siyanbola Oladipo is the Managing Director/CEO Bowill Errands Courier Limited and Gen. Secretary, Association of Nigerian Courier Operators (ANCO). In spite of the challenges of being born in a polygamous family, he has remained focused; keeping the dream of being great within him and that has manifested today.
My hot temper saved me from being killed at 14 by Biafran soldiers
Hon Charles Ekhoetomwen Idahosa is the son of Akasiaka (strong and untouchable) of blessed memory. He is a political juggernaut as long as the politics of Edo State and Nigeria is concerned. Today Charle T, as he is fondly called by friends and political associates, clocked the sexagenarian age of 60 and its celebration is at Benin today.
Day of the gunmen: How CMD, district head met tragic end
August 31, 2013, will forever remain indelible in the memory of the staff and management of Federal Medical Centre, Azare in Bauchi State. It was on that day that the Chief Medical Director of the Centre, Dr. Musa Mohammed Dambam and the District Head of Yamai Village in Dambam Local Government Area, Alhaji Adamu Manu, were brutally killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.
Abraham, Ishmael and Kaaba
When the Prophet saw pictures in the Ka’ba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, “May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows.” (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Prophets, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 571)”
Socio-economic challenges: Youth volunteers to the rescue
A transformation life coach and Chairman, ACTS Generation, Liala St. Mathew Daniel has expressed the need for Nigerian youths to be productively involved in volunteering activities in order to assist the country in addressing its numerous socio-economic challenges.
Controversies trail FG’s N130bn allocation to varsities
THESE may not be the best of times for the Nigerian education sector as the comprehensive and indefinite strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has continued. Twelve weeks on, and with no end in sight to the impasse between the union and the Federal Government, Vanguard Learning critically examines issues raised by the industrial action.
Kings College marks 104th anniversary
As one of Nigeria’s premier college, Kings College, Lagos, celebrates its 104th Founder’s Day, the Kings College Old Boys Association, KCOBA, has set in motion activities to make the celebration a grand one.
Kidnapping: Why govt must rise up – Adesina, SAN
Deacon Dele Adesina, SAN, is a former General Secretary of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. He is the current chairman of NBA Rule of Law Action Group and chairman, Constitution and Administrative Law Committee of the NBA Section on Legal Practice, SLP.
NSITF steps up implementation of employee’s compensation scheme
LAST week, representatives of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trustfund, NSITF and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, met in Lagos for the second award ceremony of the NSITF/NECA Safe workplace intervention project as well as an interactive session with participating employers on the implementation of the Employee’ Compensation Scheme, ECS, in the past one year.
Erosion havoc: Anambra community cries out
WITH the rain pouring in torrents in many parts of the country, its effect is adversely affecting many erosion-prone communities in Anambra State. It has become a common sight to see many families abandoning their homes whenever it rains because their houses are flooded. The floods have created gully erosion in areas that hitherto did not have such problems.
