Legacy of modern technical colleges: Oborevwori in the eyes of history
By Edafe Ofotokun History is a patient judge. It does not judge leaders by the noise of politics, but by the institutions they build that outlive them. When the history of Delta State’s educational transformation is written, one chapter will be devoted to technical and vocational education, and in that chapter, two names will be […]
Lawmakers and the imperative of nation building
By Jerome-Mario Utomi ON Tuesday July 7th, 2020, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila led House of Representatives; going by reports introduced consolidated two bills that among other provisions, seeks to penalize law enforcement bodies that fails to arrest and compel the appearance of Ministers and Heads of Agencies who fail to honour summons of the National Assembly. […]
Promising route to attaining food security
By Adewale Kupoluyi OVER the years, the nation has embarked on a series of plans, programmes and projects to diversify the economy, achieve sustainable development and attain food security. Unfortunately, not much can be said to have been achieved due to several factors among which is the little attention paid to the enormous opportunities that […]
The trials of Ibrahim Magu
On the unfolding saga of the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, where does one begin to comment? Beyond the case of the hunter being hunted and a supposed man of integrity possibly soiling his own hand, what is to be made of the probe of this man by a presidential […]
Nigeria’s non-participation in the 2020 West African School Certificate Examination: Irreparable damage
By Are Afe Babalol(SAN) Introduction It is a notorious fact that Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had said that Nigeria will not participate in this year’s edition of the yearly West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. Speaking with State House Correspondents after last Wednesday’s Virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council meeting, […]
Pingjian: Raising the bar in public diplomacy
By Charles Onunaiju THE outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian, would for long be remembered for straddling the Nigeria’s social space, networking diplomacy from its core state to state relation to the public space, bridging gaps in the inter-state relations and building bridges across the broad domain of […]
