Category: Education
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ASUU Strike: FG Team Fails to Meet Deadline To Resolve Issue
Vanguard News The Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee set up the Federal Government to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement signed by the government with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and put an end to the ongoing industrial action by the union has failed to meet the three-month time frame given it by the FG to…
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Soun, Olubadan and Alaafin: The Fall of Iroko Trees by Busy Brain
Soun, Olubadan and Alaafin: The Fall of Iroko Trees ( Busy Brain Writes from Offa, Kwara State ) On Friday, 22nd of April, 2022, the whole of Southwest was thrown into a somber and forlorn mood over the demise of a great king of Oyo kingdom, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll, the 46th Alaafin Oyo, Iku…
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NHGSFP: Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Wins Heart of Pupils in Public Schools
The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme is yet another master piece and one of the most alluring programmes of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and of course one of the major achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Programme covers 35 states in Nigeria and the FCT…
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TERRORISM : A Big Threat to Humanity by Ishowo Malik Ayomide
By: Ishowo Malik Ayomide. The protection of human rights for all and the rule of law is essential to all and sundry, recognizing that the effective counter terrorism measures and the promotion of human rights are not conflicting goals, but complementary and mutually reinforcing. However, the human cost of terrorism has been felt in virtually…
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Strike: Why We Can’t Encourage Tuition Fee In Varsities, ASUU
Daily Trust The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that only genuine increment in budgets for education between 20 and 26 per cent by the federal government as spelt out by the United Nations will be the solution to the current impasse with the university system in Nigeria. In this…
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Tinubu, Oyetola, Aregbesola and the seat of godfatherism (1) by Busy Brain
By Busy Brain In Nigeria, politics is one of the most chancy professions. To attain political power, it is a survival of the fittest, politics is evil and money is the root. The routes to political offices are laden with sharp thorns, like the general maxim, one who wants to eat the yoke in the…
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Ukranian War: Time To Call The Europeans To Order by Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa I am not sure anybody knows what the outcome of these unnecessary conflicts will be. The solution I see is: first, a de-escalation of the conflict, a ceasefire by all sides, including in Eastern Ukraine, and a negotiated settlement… A resuscitation of the Minsk Agreements is a good place to begin. The…
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Sorrowful Letter To Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (1)
by Tunde Odesola Dear god of Lagos, I had vowed not to write about your presidential ambition yet. I was waiting for the time your protegee, Yemi Osinbajo, a pastor in the lush pasture of politics, would confirm his rife presidential ambition. Honestly, I had patiently waited and hoped to show why both the lion…
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A Psychologist’s Advice To Abba Kyari: Turn Yourself In To FBI
By Egbeazien Oshodi Although it is painful, it is time for the suspended super cop Abba Kyari to say to the Inspector General of Police and Attorney General of the Federation, “I am ready to turn myself in to the American government. I no longer want to be a part of the back-and-forth internal probes…
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DE Admission: JAMB Issues Fresh Directive To Universities
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has given marching order to universities in the country not to accept National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, advanced level certificate as an entry requirement for Direct Entry into tertiary institutions. The Board said the directive became necessary following the discovery that relevant government policies on A/Level…