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Power Outage: FG Resolves AEDC, NUEE Impasse
The Ministry of Power has resolved the disagreement that resulted in the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) shutting down all operations of the...
Buhari: Collaboration with Private Sector will Improve Nigeria’s Health Services
Lauds AFREXIMBANK for medical centre of excellence
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that stronger partnership with the private sector will help...
Oil Palm Growers Seek CBN, DFIs’ Funding for Devt
Sunday Ehigiator
Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has said it is in the forefront of revamping the oil palm ecosystem in the country,...
NOTAP, AUST Formalize Framework to Use Innovation Drive Development
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) and the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) over the weekend concluded arrangement through...
POLITICS
LIFE & STYLE
Court Restrains Onikoyi, Others from Construction at 44 Gerrard, Ikoyi
.Hears Originating Summons for Possession today
Bennett Oghifo
A High Court of Lagos, presided over by Hon. Justice O. O. Ogunjobi, has restrained “Unknown Persons (as...
Engineers Urged to Priotise Mentorship of Younger Colleagues
Bennett Oghifo
Well-established Engineers have been advised to prioritise mentorship for young practitioners and collaborate for knowledge sharing in the profession.
The advice was given by...
WHEN WILL COVID-19 END?
In December 2019, I had one of my Chinese tenants alert me about a new virus reported in China. My first reaction was there...
Babalakin JSC: A Judicial ‘Iroko’ Has Fallen
Steve Aya
Hon. Justice Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin JSC, (Rtd) passed on early Saturday, December 4, 2021 at the ripe old age of 94.
Justice Babalakin was...
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Tackling Sanitation and Hygiene Challenges beyond Policies
Omolabake Fasogbon in this report, writes about individual's quota to the quest to hygiene and sanitation challenge and expedite the attainment of Sustainable Development...
Improving National Workplace Policies for Exclusive Breastfeeding
Despite emphasis on importance of exclusive breastfeeding for infants during their first six months of birth, Sunday Ehigiator reports that Nigerian working mothers are...
Kano Relishes Switch over to Digital Terrestrial Platform
Kano, the country’s most populous state has embraced the digital world with the promise of improved television service after making the transition from analogue...
CSO Targets Lifting 20 million Nigerian Under-5 Children from Malnutrition by 2030
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Civil Society- Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has flagged-off a partnership project aimed at improving Nigeria's nutrition systems.
The organisation...
8-year-old Anuoluwapo Moses Urgently Needs N15m for Open Heart Surgery
Rebecca Ejifoma
Eight-years-old Anuoluwapo Moses urgently needs N15m for an open heart surgery to correct her heart defects and forestall irreversible and life-threatening complications.
According to...
SPORT
EDUCATION
Law School Campuses: Appropriation is the Issue
Hon. Igo Aguma
The current process of amendment of the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc). Act L10, LFN 2004 (LEA) by the Senate of the Federal...
Applause As Businessman Chika Ikenga Bags Honourary Doctorate from MOUAU
The ancient university town of Umudike was agog on Saturday as prominent businessman and Group Managing Director of Eunisell Limited, Chika Ikenga, was conferred...
Sokoto Varsity Matriculates 2,000 Students, Denounces Indecency
Onuminya Innocent
The Sokoto State University (SSU) has matriculated about 2,000 students into various departments of the institution.
The institution's Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sani Muhammad Dangoggo, disclosed...
Buhari Tells Universities to Look for Alternative Funding
Adibe Emenyonu
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on universities to look for other funding sources as the federal government subventions cannot meet their needs.
“The federal...
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Sylvester Oromoni and Nigeria’s School System
TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI abati1990@gmail.com
The death of Sylvester Oromoni, a JSS 2 Student of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos under controversial circumstances, has understandably...
EDITORIAL
BEYOND JUSTICE FOR SYLVESTER OROMONI
There is need to institute a regime of rigorous regulation of private educational institutions
In recent times, there has been a statistical increase in either...
Column
NYSC, Law School: A Case for Urgent Review
NYSC
In January, 2017, I wrote a piece titled "Has NYSC Run Its Course?". It was about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme which...
