“And say to the believing women to lower their gazes and guard their chastity, and let them not display of their charm – except what is apparent.” (Q24:31) Commenting on the phrase, “what is apparent”, Ibn `Abbas, the famous Companion and the Qur’an analyst, said, “It means face and hands.”

RECENTLY, Labour Vanguard published the first part of Comrade Sylvester Ejiofoh response to its story on takeover of trade unions by bourgeois labour leaders. Today’s edition of Labour Vanguard is the concluding part of the interview.

Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid – Albert Einstein. Perhaps this informed the glaring disparity in cut-off marks in the National Common Entrance Examination for different states. The purpose of the exam is to select the best candidates from every state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for admission into federal unity colleges which aim is to foster unity amongst Nigerian children.

WHEN the Plateau State Government banned the operation of commercial motorcycles, otherwise known as Okada, in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis sometime back, there were mixed reactions to the ban. While there are those who felt the ban would compound the difficulty of commuters who had depended on them for ease of movement, many other residents heaved a sigh of relief for various reasons, principal among which was because of the negative use to which the bikes were being put by criminals and miscreants.

The youths of our generation are just the most gullible creatures I’ve ever seen. They say change is the most constant phenomenon in life, yet our forefathers in those days did not allow the changes in their time to destroy their education. Every change must have its own by-products. The by-products of our own changes are technological innovations like GSM handsets, internet facilities, social networks like Nimbuzz, 2go, Facebook, Watsapp connect, Twitter, foreign and home movies etc.

After positively impacting the lives of Nigerians across the country, the Foundation for Effective Leadership and Development (FELD) decided to bring home its philanthropy as it recently empowered 275 persons in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State in its move to assist the less privileged fulfill their dreams of quality education. Hon. Paul Adingwupu, the Chairman of the Foundation in this interview with some journalists disclosed how important it is for the rich to assist the youths who are brilliant but lack financial means to achieve their aspirations. Excerpts:

The Chairman, MTN, Nigeria, Dr. Pascal Dozie has urged all privileged Nigerians to contribute to development of education in the country, saying that the future of the Nigerian child and of this great nation rests on our willingness to make commitment to contribute in any way to the growth of education in Nigeria.

Educationists have said that the government and other stakeholders must give education top priority as it is the bedrock of every other profession.

Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN is a familiar name in the rank of the silks. A core litigation lawyer, he described himself as one of the few senior lawyers who has traversed the entire 36 states of the federation practising his profession. This feat, he says makes him eminently qualified to be the next Nigeria Bar Association, NBA president come 2014.

The Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, was the fitting venue for the Centenary Law Summit carefully and brilliantly packaged by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to celebrate this nation’s remarkable one hundred years of legal development.