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The President Nigeria needs @ 54: Will any of these contenders,pretenders meet the bill?

The President Nigeria needs @ 54: Will any of these contenders,pretenders meet the bill?

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, officially lifted the embargo on campaigns for the 2015 general elections. Thus, the hordes of presidential contenders and pretenders in the polity are legally free to market their potentials to the electorate.
In doing so, Nigerians are expected to seek out the best among the aspirants and thrust upon him the onerous task of charting the way forward for the country, which after 54 years of independence is plagued by basic challenges.

“When we went to school in those days…’’

“When we went to school in those days…’’

The phrase ‘‘Things were better in those days,’’ is a favourite among Nigeria’s senior citizens. It represents a flashback into a time that the younger generation cannot truly understand with words alone.

Disruptions in higher education shape the classroom of the future

Disruptions in higher education shape the classroom of the future

DR. Clayton Christensen, Harvard School of Business professor and author of The Innovative University, defines a disruptive innovation as “a product or service that may not be the highest quality, but which rattles the status quo by succeeding in its simplicity, convenience, accessibility, or affordability. It targets a job that needs to be done, providing just good enough performance as to appeal to an underserved or even non-existent consumer in the current marketplace.”

Echoes of Biafra

Echoes of Biafra

IN my last article captioned Zik, Ojukwu and Ndi-Igbo’ published Monday, 25th August 2014 by The Guardian, I averred that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s speech at the Consultative Assembly in Enugu opposing Lt Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s intentions to pull the Eastern Region out of Nigeria in 1967 earned him the ire of the latter.