Biden and the chaos in Afghanistan
By Kingsley Dike Recently, the New York Post published a story on the President Joseph R. Biden’s policy in Afghanistan using a White House circulated picture of President Biden at Camp David seating all alone in a Conference room as Kabul fell to the Taliban to depict the emerging portrait of “a lonesome weak […]
JAMB: Buhari reappoints Oloyede, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for a second term of five years. He also approved the reappointment of Prof Abubakar Rasheed as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) for another five years and Hamid Bobboyi as Executive Secretary of […]
EFCC arrests Theodore Orji, son
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. He was arrested at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja this morning (Thursday) and driven to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja. He is currently being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, who is the Speaker of the Abia […]
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. OBADIAH MAILAFIA
(This is the first report on the interview with Dr. Obadiah Mailafia on August 15, 2021. Well attended, the number of a live audience was 1.3 million on six platforms. For part of the transcript, see Facebook https://fb.watch/7q9qf8tqEd/ Or YouTube: https://youtu.be/vskrSktBGJY). Dr. Obadiah Mailafia and the Nigerian Story of Leadership Failure […]
Another view on restructuring
By Jude Obuseh The RESTRUCTURING debate is a smoldering topic that has continued to gain ascendancy in public discourses as the search for a magic formula to cure Nigeria’s several incapacitating ailments continues to gain momentum. It cannot be overemphasized that Nigeria is in dire need of immediate structural reconfiguration. The challenges of unequal political […]
Descent from humanism: Literature, music, and the media
By Professor Olu Obafemi Many would agree that when the core principles and values inherent in humanism–rationality, reason, compassion, human dignity, fellow-feeling, freedom, love, and kindness–are in deficit in society, a vacuum is created and all manner of dogmas, doctrines, superstitions, theories, and abstractions hold sway. Human values are required to be reassembled and restored […]
Zamfara: Bandits abduct again, kill four security officials
Armed bandits have abducted many students and teachers in Zamfara State. This happened on Sunday at the College of Agriculture in Bakura Local Government Area. The Registrar, Aliyu Bakura, confirmed the incident to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa Service saying four persons, including a police officer and three gatemen, were killed in the attack. According […]
It’s time for our universities begin to serve us
By Emmanuel Onoja Education liberates the mind. It illuminates the mind. Whoever is not literate is to thought to be in the dark. The beauty of education is that, it is not a one-off event. This is why they say ‘learning never ends’. The reason learning never ends I guess is because every day poises […]
NIMR has exceeded our expectations, says Mamora
*Minister lauds MTN Foundation By Emmanuel Onoja Following the indispensable role, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) is playing in combating Covid 19 and other diseases ravaging the country, the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Adeleke Mamora, has described it as an institute that has surpassed the expectations of the federal government. […]
Planned increase in education budget still a long shot from what Nigerians need, says CAPPA
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s plan to increase the annual budgetary allocation to education by 50% within the next two years but insists the increase is insignificant as it will only push the overall share of education in the national budget from 5.6% to 8.6%. In the […]
