The Case Against Sex Education
By Sonnie Ekwowusi Last week, a group of pro-choice NGOs staged a protest against the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to expunge the current immoral sex education taught in Nigerian schools from the school curriculum. Worried about theContinue Reading
Professor Ibrahim Garba’s EFCC Ordeal And The Media Trial, The Facts And The Intrigues
By Dr. Tanko B Musa The allegations laid before the EFCC against the former ABU VC, Prof Ibrahim Garba, is a case of “big magnitude” that will naturally attract divergent views and responses from the public and even make newspaper headlines, looking at it from the perspective of theContinue Reading
CJN Urges NIALS’ Council Members to Remain Committed in Pursuing its Objectives
By Waziri Isa Adam The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola, GCON, has urged the newly reappointed members of the Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) to remain resolute and committed in pursuing objectives of the Institute. The CJN who wasContinue Reading
NIALS’ Council Approves 2022 Staff Promotion, As CJN Unveils 2019-2023 Publications
By Mahdi Waziri Isa The Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), under the Chairmanship of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola, has approved the 2022 promotion of Staff of the Institute with effect from 1st/January/2023. The Justice Olukayode Ariwo Ola-led Council approved theContinue Reading
Public Universities, Corruption Allegations, And The Burning Hypocrisy
By Dr. Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik The EFCC news on the Ex-ABU VC and Bursar, arraigned for N1bn fraud on Thursday, went viral within a few minutes with several comments. The reactions were as if it is the first corruption case in Nigerian universities. Some people that were always lookingContinue Reading
List of Federal Universities in Nigeria That Have Increased Tuition Fees
Following the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s failure to pressure the federal government to provide more funds, some prominent Nigerian public universities have increased their tuition fees. Many federal universities across the country have announced over 200 per cent hike in registration and tuition fees for students, according toContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s Appalling Human Rights Record Much Worse Under Bin Salman
A prominent Saudi opposition figure says the scale of human rights violations in the Persian Gulf kingdom has dramatically risen up ever since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) took the helm of state affairs in 2017, and the vicious crackdown against dissidents now expands to their families and closeContinue Reading
Iran Sentences Daughter of Former President to Five Years in Prison
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said Tuesday. The verdict against Faezeh Hashemi, who is a known Iranian activist, is “not final,” the lawyer, Neda Shams, said in a tweet. “The client is still in prisonContinue Reading