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Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps

Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps

By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
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LASPOTECH: The facts about  CONTISS 15 migration

LASPOTECH: The facts about  CONTISS 15 migration

The agitation for the implementation of Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) migration by the three Staff Unions is an issue that has thrown the Polytechnic community into unrest since 2016.

How Awka lost its fame as blacksmith city

How Awka lost its fame as blacksmith city

AWKA, the Anambra State capital, is known as the blacksmith city because the town used to excel in manufacturing such items as guns, gongs, pots and metal wares of all kinds. In fact, the traditional ruler of Awka bears the title of Eze Uzu (the blacksmith king) and many title holders in the town attach ‘uzu’ (blacksmith) after their names.

Financial Industry: Can your infrastructure support your innovation journey?

Financial Industry: Can your infrastructure support your innovation journey?

The industry dynamic has changed with banking now depending more on good infrastructure than how many branches you have. As such, banking operators must stay competitive by re-inventing processes on a lean, asset-light business model. To emerge leaner and more agile, outsourcing specific technology or business process functions has proven effective in reducing both capital and operating costs.

Global terrorism: Chemical weapons and multicide

Global terrorism: Chemical weapons and multicide

DOGMATIC blandishments, doctrinaire sophistry, religious extremism and systematic political indoctrination, etc, have unleashed a horde of psychopathic mass murderers on our world. Terrorists and terrorism have become the horrendous predator on humanity. Hence, the English playwright, William Shakespeare said that “…men have lost their reasons and power has flown to the brutish beast”.

Flowing tears of Leah Sharibu

Flowing tears of Leah Sharibu

Has Nigeria forgotten her then? Has the President given up hope of ever bringing her home again to her heartbroken parents? What happened to the President’s promise to rescue her quickly? Or even his firm pledge during the campaigns for his first term that he would end the Boko Haram menace in six months and ensure the freedom of all their captives?