According to the Nigerian constitution, any time the federal government carries out a review of salary of civil and public servants under which category soldiers fall, such review is automatically supposed to be reflected in the monthly take home benefits of pensioners; military pensioners inclusive.

Yet the Honourable Minister of Education has deliberately tried to mislead the public to believe that ASUU’s agreement requires N78 billion, when, in fact, it requires less than 30% of that amount.”

By Victor Ahiuma-Young RECENTLY, the umbrella body for editors in the country, Nigeria’s   Guild of Editors (NGE), gathered in Awka, the Anambra State capital to among other things, take a critical look at the state of the nation which has been of great concern to many Nigerians in recent time.

“We have received reports that our military pensioners are organizing peaceful demonstrations all over the country in agitation for pension review of 12. 5 of 2003 and 15% of 2007.

According to John, this has brought discouragement to a good numbers of students thereby narrowing down the numbers of people with the certificate.

While briefing newsmen in Lagos, the Head of Marketing of Longman Nigeria Plc, Allwell Nwankwo, noted that the company had expanded its business beyond book publishing.

By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, last week flagged -off another round of the Sub-National Immunization Plus Days (SNIDs) at Ikota Primary School, Lekki Expressway, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state with a pledge to seriously address the various challenges beseting immunization activities in the state. The prevailing situation has left […]

According to him, “The failing University system was resultant from lack of research skills in modern methods — there is disconnect between research and economy; under-funding, which result in constraints of equipment for carrying out state of the art research; over loaded teaching and administrative schedules, which leave little time for research, etc.”

To determine the extent/level of distortion; advise on possible review and make suggestion on ways and means of ensuring efficient implementation of the outstanding parts of the plan.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For  45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boys”, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last  shed their unenviable status as […]

By Albert Akpor WHEN  tricycles, popularly called Keke  Marwa were introduced into the city of Lagos by the military administration of Colonel Buba Marwa (rtd) many saw it as the military administrator’s way of placating the masses and mitigating their impoverishment at the time. This presumably explains why the  introduction of the tricycles was widely […]

By Mike Ebonugwo Fashion-crazy Nigerian ladies may do well to read this. An impromptu gathering of parliamentarians in a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo has passed a judgement of condemnation on them after a heated debate on whether the prevailing dress culture in the country is justified in any way. The parliamentarians had boarded […]

Also, access to and from the community has been denied as the major road has been taken over by flood. The road had become slippery and those who dare to go out would have to remove their shoes and wade through the flood,…

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*As ex-Anambra gov is buried By Tony Edike THE demise of the former civilian governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh, was, indeed, a great loss to many, but to his tenants who occupy his massive estates scattered across the country, his exit was more painful and it is feared that they may […]