2016 July
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PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES: THE HOPE OF NIGERIA’S TERTIARY EDUCATION (5)
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Afe on Thursday, Education
No CommentsPRIVATE UNIVERSITIES: THE HOPE OF NIGERIA’S TERTIARY EDUCATION (5) “Congratulations sir, for being a beacon of hope for generation of Nigerian parents who desperately desire a great future for their children without sending them to study abroad”. In this edition, I will examine the criticism levied by Mr. Laolu Harolds against NUC and Private Universities on
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GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE:
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Politics
PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS “Whilst some Nigerians continue to complain that the standard of education in the country has fallen, I prefer to say that what we have is a problem of low quality… The guidelines laid down by the NUC acting pursuant to this provision and which are applicable to all Nigerian
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MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Education
MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE “Most importantly, the introduction of Post-UTME examination has rendered the jumbo marks hitherto obtained by unscrupulous students from JAMB useless and irrelevant. Its revocation will pave way for the return of the abominable practice that damage the image of JAMB ”. On the 2nd June, 2016 the
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The Constitutionality of Death Penalty: Need to Amend the Law II
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Law
Last week I began a discussion of the debate about the propriety of Nigeria’s retention of the death penalty. I concluded last week’s piece with an examination of the argument that the death penalty deters criminals. My view as s stated last week is that it does not even if the number of persons so
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INSURGENCY; LESSONS FROM ABROAD (3)
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Politics
“It takes a man of courage, patriotism, and altruism to go all out to preach the gospel truth on how to end insurgency with our own local or native intelligence to the government”. Over the past couple of weeks I have examined the current efforts of government to combat the book haram insurgency particularly
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The Need to Amend The Law
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Law
“NELSON MANDELA would have been hanged in 1964 but for the discretionary power of the judge to substitute imprisonment” The death penalty is as old as mankind itself. For thousands of years,
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CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE EMERGENCE OF NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP (2)
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Politics
There is a need for the majority party to undertake a full appraisal of the facts and circumstances which brought about the development, particularly when it is considered that what is ultimately at stake is not the interest of the party but the interest of Nigeria. Last week I discussed the controversy sparked by the
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PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM: THE CAUSE OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (1)
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Politics
“The period of military interference in politics in Nigeria also brought with it the enthronement of the Presidential system of Government which in my estimation accounts for many of the ills currently associated with Nigeria” Nigeria has since 1914 gone through many phases in its political development. It has passed through the colonial era, the
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SENATE SCREENING OF MINISTERIAL NOMINEES:
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Law
MATTERS ARISING “What the senate resorted to was to ask such nominees to react to allegations or petitions pending before other statutory bodies. Naturally the concerned nominees denied the allegation but in law, mere denial does not amount to full proof that the allegation is not true”. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari
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The Decline In Quality Education In Nigeria (1) The Purpose Of Education
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: itmanager
- Category: Education
“Education is the most potent weapon to fight ignorance and poverty as well as a veritable tool for self development and advancement of society”. Education serves as a means through which the knowledge, learning and skills of a society or group of people is passed from generation to generation.