Friday 15 May 2015

Nigeria can't move forward without leaders of integrity—Anya

By Ikenna Asomba 
Prof. Anya
 The President of Ndigbo Lagos and a member of the 2014 National Conference, Prof. Anya O. Anya, has expressed worry that there is a huge deficit of integrity in the country, pointing that the nation at this critical point needs leaders of integrity to move forward. 

Intrigues prolong LASU crisis

By Ikenna Asomba 
Protesting students in one of the marches to Alausa
It is not yet the best of time for the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, as there has been an unending restiveness in the 31-year-old institution, since September 2011, when Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, sent a White Paper to the Governing Council of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, pronouncing the implementation of a new fees regime. The tuition fee was jerked from N25, 000 to as much as N348, 750. 

‘How Buhari can re-organize Nigeria's education sector’

By Ikenna Asomba
Buhari

Barely 14 days to the assumption of office of the President-elect, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, several experts and stakeholders in the education sector have continued to propose meaningful suggestions that will guide his administration to salvage the age-long rot bedevilling the nation’s education sector.

Agbakoba to 8th Assembly: I'll meet you in court over your 'bogus' emolument

By Ikenna Asomba 
Dr. Olisa Agbakoba
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has threatened to sue the 8th National Assembly to court, if it fails to maximally slash what he described as the 'bogus' salaries and allowances its members at both the Senate and House of Representatives earn, which takes up 25 percent of the Nigeria's national budget.