US inmate spared execution eight times dies at 101
Francis Clifford Smith, who spent more than seven decades behind bars after being convicted of murder and was spared execution eight times, has died at the age of 101. Smith, who was believed to be the longest-serving prisoner in the United States, died in June at a care facility in Connecticut, where he had spent […]
How demand of success outweighs supply of success
In economics of human effectiveness, the demand of success outweighs the supply of success in the scale of equilibrium. But there is a thin line between the demand and supply of success. This thin line is what makes the world of difference between succeeding and failing.
Education Facts File
Facts File
•Although elementary education is compulsory, data from national household surveys revealed that the net primary school attendance in Nigeria from 2000-2007 only 68% of eligible males, 59% of eligible females attend primary schools.
NECO MASS FAILURE: Shame, education going to the dogs
By Emmanuel Edukugho With the mass failure recorded in the NECO 2009 November/December Senior Secondary School (SSSCE), whereby only 1.8% of the total candidates who sat for the examination passed in five subjects including English and Mathematics required for entry into the university system, Nigerian basic education has degenerated to the extent that it is […]
How driver plotted kidnap of his employer
IT is not uncommon to find private drivers discussing in group at the Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos, on matters bothering round their personal lives, while their bosses are engaged in either official or social gathering inside. But one of such discussions recently resulted in the kidnap of a 71-year-old man, with the driver to the octogenarian spearheading an issue that has assumed a worrisome dimension in the country.
We’ve the kind of govt we deserve
DRIVER, I would alight at PWD Bus Stop,†said Yinka to the driver of this Lagos commercial bus but the driver told her he wouldn’t stop there because of officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) and Area Boys.
