Names of some men who God gave to Moses as gifts: Aaron, Hur, Joshua, and Caleb to mention a few. While syhyome of these men brought him relief, others caused him pain. Aaron was the worst.

My wife went to National Bank and the bank told her that she was not a signatory and they didn’t know her. I was surprised at how they opened an account with Hikiro Nigeria Limited without a document. While we were saying this, National Bank printed a quotation and my wife became stranded

By Sam Eyoboka TUESDAY, July 26, 2009 will remain indelible in the memory of Elder Emmanuel Ndah. Until that day, the Kogi State-born middle aged man had lived peacefully with his wife and son in Low Cost area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital trying to eke a living through the sale of patent medicine. […]

…Children and relations call on igp for help By Evelyn Usman I watched my mother breath her last. She died in my hands, after being in coma for three days, without a word on how she met her unprepared end”. Those were the pathetic and touching lamentations of Godsent Oghenekewe Apkede, an Ordinary National Diploma […]

By Udemezue Sylvester The motion moved by one Chief Tunji Gomez, an 80-year old man who is said to have practised law for about 50 years, for the abolition of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has certainly triggered off a national debate on the continued relevance of the title in the light […]

By Awa Kalu Don’t forget the lyrics’ is the title of a very popular and relaxing family entertainment programme that is currently running on several Television Channels both at home and abroad. You can bet that I have not forgotten the lyrics of the hit song, ‘And the beat goes on…’ released in the seventies […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige The legal battle for the control of Uyo constituency seat at the lower chambers of the National Assembly has finally shifted to the Supreme Court. The issue in dispute in the case touches on who is the real candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2007 poll into the […]

By Emmanule Majebi At the recently concluded Nigeria Bar Association National Delegates Conference held in Lagos, the most rowdy session of the conference was the one that tried to discourse the motion as to whether or not the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)  in the Nigerian legal profession should be scrapped or […]

There is no way you are going to have 100 per cent funding from government and have 100 per cent autonomy. And I, as Senator Joy Emordi, I do not support fee paying by our undergraduates.

The 18th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition held recently at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, provided a platform for the Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola to seek the promotion and protection of human rights as primary purpose of governance.

As the indefinite strike action declared by university lecturers bites harder with thousands of students stranded at home, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that his own children and those of other striking teachers are affected by the closure of Universities.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gbenga Ashamu & Monsur Olowopejo BARUWA,  a suburb of Lagos is not an oil-producing community just as Lagos is not classified as an oil-producing state. So, ordinarily there is no reason why the community should suffer the ravages of oil pollution or be embroiled in oil-related crisis. Indeed before 1994, life in […]

Pupils and students of primary and secondary schools in Ondo State outclassed their colleagues from other states of the federation in the just concluded 2009 NNPC/Mobil/STAN National Science Quiz/Projects competition, the finals of which held last Saturday at UK Bello Arts Theatre, Minna, Niger State.

For students of affected universities, they probably thought the strike may last for just one or two weeks before the Federal Government will settle with ASUU and the strike called off.

MANY innocent lives have been lost to recurring incidents of building collapse in Lagos. The most recent one took place last Sunday at No121 Ladipo Road, Mushin