By Genevive Okafor with agency reports Participants at a workshop on the dangers of drug abuse and addiction to national development have decried the involvement of Nigerian youths in the deviant act. They blamed the prevalence of the act partly on poor parental upbringing and bad peer group influences, amongContinue Reading
By Dominic Akpensuen In the words of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa: “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world.” The appointment of Professor Suleiman Bala Muhammed as the Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NSUK, is an indication of puttingContinue Reading
Remand and Borstal Homes are supposed to be correctional facilities for juveniles who have run fowl of the law, but in Nigeria, these facilities are child prisons, with situations comparable to Guantanamo Bay. In this report, CYRIL OGAR brings gory details of the conditions of Nigerian children Remand Homes. TheContinue Reading
By Genevive Okafor Accommodation is one of the basic needs of every man. Man has always struggled to put a roof over his head no matter how small. In the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, putting a roof over one’s head has become more difficult for the average and low incomeContinue Reading
By Loius Effiong Today peace faces a new danger: the climate emergency, which threatens our security, our livelihoods and our lives. That is why it is the focus of this year’s International Day of Peace. And it’s why I am convening a Climate Action Summit.” These words of the Secretary-GeneralContinue Reading
Following large scale armed banditry in parts of the country, particularly the North-west region, there have been various reactions bordering on the need to call the perpetrators to a round table. The governments of the states concerned are frantically seeking to get the attention of the criminal elements that haveContinue Reading
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of T echnology, Minna, Prof. Abdullahi Bala, fsssn, has dispelled the notion that the Committee on Monitoring and Quality Teaching is for witch-hunt. Prof. Bala made the clarification recently when he declared open a 3-day workshop on Students’ Registration and Examination Computation Application jointlyContinue Reading
Bingham University, Karu in Nassrawa State has been granted full accreditation status to commence Medicine & Surgery programme by the National Universities Commission (NUC). This was contained in a statement from the University and signed by the Head of Information and Protocol Unit, Daburi Misal. According to the statement, theContinue Reading
Nevertheless, Ajibade has an advice for government and also for private sector. He said government would need to commit more resources to education and provide enabling environment for the private sector to do well. “It is also necessary that private sector joins hands with the government to interface, especially asContinue Reading