By Edmund Onyechere The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Governorship election petition appeal for Abia State was delivered on the 11th day of February, 2009. The hearing of the appeal was concluded on 26th November, 2008 when the Briefs were adopted. Exchange of briefs was concluded in May, 2008. The panel of […]

By Ikeazor Akaraiwe Democracy is an English word with its root in the Greek word “Demokratra” meaning “popular rule” itself coined from the words “Demo”  meaning “people” and “Kratos” meaning “Rule” or “Strength”. Democracy has many definitions but I think we are fairly well-agreed when we borrow the well-worn definition first popularized by the 16th […]

By Bose Adebayo It is barely six months that illegal structures and shanties were demolished at Oshodi while a special monitoring team made up of military officials was equally launched in February.

A member of the National Assembly recently questioned the power of the President to deploy the military to the trouble Niger Delta region. Emmanuel Majebi Law and Human Rights contributor in this edition, examines the powers of the Present to deploy the military as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. There was recent […]

A 25 years old, Osuji  Gerald was on Thursday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrate court for allegedly swindled one Chukwuemeka Odimaka to the tune of N4,500,000. Gerald was accused of committing the offence with one Mary Momoh. The incident was said to have taken place in July 2008 at about 10a.m at Alaba International Market […]

EMPLOYERS in the nation’s Chemical and Non-metallic products sector of the nation’s economy under the umbrella of Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employers Federation (CAMPEF), recently held its 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Lagos, to appraise the performance of the sector, the challenges facing it and the state of Nigeria’s economy generally and declared that there is not much to cheer.

By Funmi Komolafe As Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) renews its suspended protest against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry among other things, Nigeria Labour Congress has listed three alternatives to the planned deregulation of the sector insisting that the nearly decade tangle of Labour and Government can only be […]

“Therefore quality education is a fundamental requirement for national transformation. History has it that: Black people built he first civilization; Black people built the pyramid of Egypt; Black people were the first to develop Architecture, Geometry and Astrology; Great Historians, Artists and Mathematicians went to Egypt for their education from 2900BC to 600BC.”

By Albert Akpor WHEN the heavy bombardment began all within hearing radius cowered in fear or scampered to safety. The deafening, earth-shaking sound immediately conjured in their mind the image of a place suddenly being invaded by an enemy force armed with the most advanced weapons of mass destruction.

The Director-General of the National Mathematical Centre, Prof. Sam Ale said the research effort speaks volume of the scientific approach being employed by NERDC in solving the nation’s education problems.

The conduct of the old boys of the two West African Secondary Schools is, indeed, a lesson to alumni of Nigerian universities, many of whom are not keen at lending support to their alma mater which are today in very bad shape arising from inadequate funding.

According to him the local government area has been affected by the dwindling fortune of education both in infrastructure and otherwise, hence ‘we have decided that we should create a competition that will expose the children to quality academic challenges that will contribute to the overall development of their minds.

“One may well venture to ask: What has happened to the famed legacy of our graduates from Ibadan, Lagos, Nsukka, Ife, Zaria, Benin and other universities? What has happened to the innovative spirit of our university system and the search for excellence for which it attained international acclaim? How should the nation, at this critical juncture of its development, take a lacklustre attitude towards sustaining the quality of its premier resource?,” he asked.

“Therefore quality education is a fundamental requirement for national transformation. History has it that: Black people built he first civilization; Black people built the pyramid of Egypt; Black people were the first to develop Architecture, Geometry and Astrology; Great Historians, Artists and Mathematicians went to Egypt for their education from 2900BC to 600BC.”

It is the hope of National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) that this judgement of the Supreme Court shall teach such recalcitrant governing councils still around that no matter how long, truth shall always prevail over deceit and wickedness, no matter how long the propaganda.