Nigeria: Terror And Violence: The Throes Of A Dying State!
I have repeatedly told those who lend me their ears that Nigeria is a nation that in a few years would exist only in name, much like Somalia but in...
Obama Urged to Resign Over Beyoncé Scandal
WASHINGTON – A rising chorus of congressional Republicans are calling on President Obama to acknowledge that the pop singer Beyoncé lip-synched during his inaugural festivities on Monday and resign from...
Nigeria Teachers’ Strike: CPN threatens court action against Plateau govt
A group, Child Protection Network, CPN, has threatened to go to court for the enforcement of the rights of primary school pupils in Plateau State, whose teachers were on strike...
NIGERIA: Frivolous arrest of ships not good for Maritime sector
Mr Hassan Bello, was recently appointed Acting Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC. He was Secretary to the Council and Legal Adviser of NSC, before his elevation. In this...
NIGERIA: Students advised against putting material gains ahead of skills
Saddened by the current trend where youths no longer concentrate on the indepth acquisition of skills, but material gains to be derived, Dr. Ridwan Adeyemi, a lecturer at the Department...
NIGERIA: Forgotten aspects of education (1)
With unemployment rates on the rise, even for university graduates, experts have had to question the turn which the education sector is taking. As mainstream education grapples with survival amidst...
NIGERIA: Labour accuses NTDC of plan to extort workers
ORGANISED labour in the nation’s hospitality industry, has accused the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, of plot to extort workers in the sector under the guise of biometric registration, threatening...
NIGERIA: We need more funds– Yabatech rector appeals govt
After three years of being appointed the Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, the institution has witnessed series of academic and infrastructural development under the leadership of Dr. Margaret Ladipo....
NIGERIA: Shareholders of Newswatch urge court to stop Jimoh Ibrahim
Two shareholders of Newswatch Communications Limited, Messrs Nuhu Wada Aruwa and Prof. Jibril Aminu, have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to stop Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, from publishing...
NIGERIA: When PH wedding becomes poetry fiesta
It could only happen in Port Harcourt, the city now referred as the World Book Capital. Here, literature has become so common that even wedding feats are now turned into...