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Open letter to ASUU

Open letter to ASUU

THIS missive is to appeal to members of Academic Staffs Union of Universities, ASUU, individually and collectively, to consider the plight of innocent students and their helpless parents and return to work.

2015: Political options before Deltans

2015: Political options before Deltans

THE political significance of 2015 in Nigeria is increasingly snowballing into a contagious and pervasive reality whose unfolding impacts are reverberating across sectors of the economy and sections of the geo-polity.

Appreciating the triumph of democracy in Anambra PDP

Appreciating the triumph of democracy in Anambra PDP

AFTER 14 years of political quagmire, the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been repositioned for the better, thanks to the political sagacity, administrative ingenuity and military discipline of Col Austin Akobundu (rtd), the PDP National Vice Chairman South East and his team of officials at the PDP South East zonal headquarters in Enugu.

Pidgin English: A medium for effective communication?

Pidgin English: A medium for effective communication?

Providing an answer to a question in a nationwide television programme, Mr Obafaiye Shem, a senior official at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, inadvertently chipped in a phrase, “My oga at the top’’.

Boko Haram: What is Comrade Shehu Sani up to?

Boko Haram: What is Comrade Shehu Sani up to?

IF there is any good any Nigerian, irrespective of tribe, religion, colour or political persuasion could do for this country at this very moment is simply to support genuine efforts towards halting insurgency and other nefarious activities capable of threatening our continued existence as a nation.

The new PDP (NPDP) and their chances

The new PDP (NPDP) and their chances

THE breakaway of a faction has lifted the whole power play in the PDP party to a new crescendo. The stake is upped and each one is fighting for its own survival.

Unfair FAAN bashing over Stowaway Daniel

Unfair FAAN bashing over Stowaway Daniel

THE stowaway simply known as Daniel recently hit the touch button for a media frenzy when he quietly slipped into the landing gear compartment of an Arik Air aircraft on the runway of the Benin Airport on August 24, 2013. The aircraft was on its way to Lagos.

ASUU: Emulate Benue teachers

ASUU: Emulate Benue teachers

THE on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has become a source of concern as it has brought untold pain to parents and guardians whose children and wards are idling away when they are supposed to be in classrooms.

Challenges of educating Nigeria’s out of school children

Challenges of educating Nigeria’s out of school children

TO get Nigeria’s 10 million out-of-school children into school and learning, today, alongside development partners, we will announce millions of dollars of international support in a joint effort with President Goodluck Jonathan and his state governors.

Nigeria trade hub and Customs modernization

Nigeria trade hub and Customs modernization

Maritime operators, especially importers and exporters, have often accused the Nigeria Customs Service of paying more attention to revenue collection than trade facilitation. They allege that Customs neglects this fundamental responsibility as they strive to meet their annual revenue targets.

The shame and dilemma of Nigerian deportees

The shame and dilemma of Nigerian deportees

NIGERIANS suffer in many countries, to which they ran to for asylum, during the military reign of terror in the mid-1990s. Many are denied asylum and subsequently face deportation

PDP, Tukur and democracy

PDP, Tukur and democracy

THE founding fathers of the Peoples  Democratic Party, PDP, envisioned a strong and virile political association which will stand the test of time and serve as vehicle towards the propagation of a liberal and republican democracy in Nigeria.

The bitternes of Femi Aribisala (2)

The bitternes of Femi Aribisala (2)

A FITTING culmination to his political career in this period was the singular honour that was bestowed on him when he was selected to move in 1958, on the floor of the House of Representatives, the resolution which formally demanded Independence for Nigeria in 1960.