Olu of Warri’s fifth Anniversary: It’s about culture, homecoming, empowerment – Lawrence Wilbert
As the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, marks his fifth year on the throne, activities are being held across the kingdom to celebrate the anniversary and promote the culture, identity and development of the Itsekiri people. In this interview, the Agura Tete of Warri Kingdom, Chief Lawrence Wilbert, speaks on the significance of the […]
Minister seeks SURE-P intervention for training of teachers
The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, last weekend, called on Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, to intervene in the training of teachers for improved quality of education and national development.
Payment of WAEC fees by govts is waste of resources — ASUSS chairman
Comrade Ranti Ojo Matthew is the Kogi State Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS). In this interview, he bares his mind on Federal Government’s attitude and the way forward for the education sector amidst other issue
Varsities Talk: How to choose the university to attend (2)
Most people sending their kids to university, and the youngsters themselves seldom bother to find out who is the Vice-Chancellor (or President if an American University) of the university under consideration. That is a pity.
How to restore integrity, independence of the NBA
The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, held its annual general conference from August 24 to 29 in Owerri, Imo State. In my humble opinion, the greatest task before the NBA and the new leadership is the restoration of the integrity and independence of the Association. Many have posited that these are not the best of times for the NBA as was expressed by all the Presidential candidates in the last election.
THE SAN’S PULPIT : Chief Chike Ofodile, SAN: The most handsome is gone (2)
Another ‘Biafran’ case with which the deceased was associated was Nwajekwu Emefisi & 3 others v. Michael Mbanugwu & 5 others, (1970-71) vol. 1 ECSLR, 69. More recent is the decision of the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal in Igwe N.A. Achebe v. Chief A.C. Mbanefo & Anor (2007) 10 NWLR (pt. 1043) 490. In that case, the Court of Appeal warned that ‘where a Judge of the High Court is aware of an application in a higher court like the Court of Appeal in a case before him, but deliberately chooses to ignore it, it is an attitude which borders on judicial impertinence and is an affront to the authority of the Court of Appeal’.
