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Calling Oshiomhole

Calling Oshiomhole

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Osahon Esezobor, Benin City, Edo State, +23480233676: I use this medium to appeal to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to assist in fixing the failed portions of Upper Ekenwan road, in Ugbighoko Quarters in Benin.
Poor education quality

Poor education quality

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Macaulay Ovienria, Alagbule via Ojodu, Lagos State, +23480372157: Niyi Akinnaso had time to be writing about education in Nigeria. Our education system is just a way of life, our policymakers are not interested in the system. No person is interested in how our graduates are taught in our higher institutions provided they can get that... [Read More...]
Legitimising homosexuality

Legitimising homosexuality

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Oladosu Adetunji, 1, Osaro Street, Akute, Ogun State, +23480321600: With France recently becoming the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage, it is exasperating that the level of morality the world over has cascaded from its honoured position. It is instructive that all nations which re-define the age-long marriage injunction of God by legitimising homosexuality, bisexuality... [Read More...]
Bravo Coker Aguda Lcda

Bravo Coker Aguda Lcda

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Awokola Oluwole, Ogudu Ojota, Lagos State, +23480351790: I wish to use this medium to commend the authorities of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area for upgrading the primary schools across the council by equipping all their nursery and kindergarten with good facilities that can meet the standard in our education system. In fact, if other... [Read More...]
New pensioners panel

New pensioners panel

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Kunle Oligbinde, 3rd D 25 FESTAC Town, Lagos State, +23480556726: The Federal Head of Service has inaugurated a 25-man panel to resolve the lingering pensioners’ debacle across the country. One hopes the members are knowledgeable and committed to the task. The team should obtain a print-out of present pensioners by the ministry showing departments, names,... [Read More...]
Repair Aboru road

Repair Aboru road

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Okwuolisa Oliver, Aluko Aboru, Lagos State, +23480340485: Looking at the picture of flood at Ile Epo bus stop published in The PUNCH, May 23, I want to tell Governor Babatunde Fashola that the flooded scene shown in the photo is nothing compared to what we face at Aboru in Oke Odo Local Council Development Area.... [Read More...]
Abandoned Oyo-Ogbomoso road

Abandoned Oyo-Ogbomoso road

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Adeniyi Michael, 2, Adeyemo Layout, Molete, Ibadan, +23480378562: Since the beginning of 2013,no further work has been carried out on the Oyo-Ogbomoso Road. Some of the pieces of equipment of the contractor are still on site but no work is gong on. What’s happening? The number of articulated vehicles plying the existing bad road is... [Read More...]
JAMB’s messy CBT!

JAMB’s messy CBT!

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Taiwo Samuel, Akute, Ogun State, +23481653928: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board just kept changing the date of exam of the computer based test candidates without even notification. I printed my exam slip with May 25 on it thinking my exam date will be on Friday. Only to check on Wednesday to see Wednesday, May... [Read More...]
Kudos, Mr. President

Kudos, Mr. President

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Chief Ajayi Olabode, 18, Iwaji Street, Ipole Iloro, Ekiti State, +23470607424: I am using this medium to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for supporting local government autonomy in Nigeria. Now, the President should lobby the National Assembly to acc...
Boko Haram as pestilence

Boko Haram as pestilence

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Monday Akpotuvie, 3, Maho Street, Benin City, Edo State: The cover story of The PUNCH, May 23, 2013, titled,  “Soldiers arrested for aiding Boko Haram”, is another eye-opener or a revelation for Nigerians to see the level of corruption at all levels in the country. Boko Haram’s sponsors are everywhere, even in the governmental high... [Read More...]
Lagos vanity law

Lagos vanity law

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Obidigbo-Dera Nnadi,  Dopemu, Lagos State: I cherish Abimbola Adelakun’s Thursday write-up  on the need to tax the ostentatious consumption habit of Nigerians. I support the Lagos State government’s intentions to this effect. It is long over-due. It should indeed be introduced nationally to cover tax on luxury automobiles and  expansive houses that do not add... [Read More...]
Face to face with Achebe’s root

Face to face with Achebe’s root

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Achebe’s burial brought many people close to his kinsmen and the primary school he attended, CHUKWUDI AKASIKE reports THERE is no doubt that the great literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, was given a befitting burial in his Ezikwele Community, Ogidi town in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State. In fact, the presence of President... [Read More...]
Forbes, KSA, for EbonyLife awards

Forbes, KSA, for EbonyLife awards

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes, is due to be in Nigeria on June 30, when he will be a special guest at the inauguration of EbonyLife TV, which prides itself as Africa’s first global black entertainment channel. According to the management of the outfit, the event holding at Tinapa Resort, Calabar, Cross... [Read More...]
I couldn’t afford textbooks in secondary school –Oris

I couldn’t afford textbooks in secondary school –Oris

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
The Chairman of Bariga Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, Mr. Akeem Sulaiman, gives a picture of what life was growing up, writes AKEEM LASISI When most kids are about to start school, their parents prefer to take them to school they believe suit their young ones best. Many adults will attest to that. But... [Read More...]
‘Poor reading culture not peculiar to Nigeria’

‘Poor reading culture not peculiar to Nigeria’

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Those who feel that poor reading culture is peculiar to Nigerians may have to think again. A Nigerian author based in the United Kingdom, Mr. Femi Onasanya, says in the western world, those who read after leaving school or the university constitute about 20 per cent of the population. Arguing that many Nigerians do not,... [Read More...]
In search of elusive change

In search of elusive change

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
For a man who has been through the top hierarchy of the corporate world, seeking a change in the value system in Nigeria at this time is a very tough task. But that is Segun Caulcrick, an accountant who is also a past Country Manager of UPS is currently engaged in. He is the founder... [Read More...]
Calabar-bound AFRIF gives $6,000 to best film

Calabar-bound AFRIF gives $6,000 to best film

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
The festival/competition sub-segment of African films is getting rosier as the Africa International Film Festival has decided to denominate its prizes in dollars. In recent times, the African Movie Academy Awards and the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards jazzed up the scenes with their programmes. The height at which both operated had stirred pundits into... [Read More...]
Waiting for Big Brother Africa housemates

Waiting for Big Brother Africa housemates

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Suspense is in the air again as the 2013 edition of Big Brother Africa will be inaugurated on Sunday. As usual, it will be another season of adventure, sensation, entertainment and, possibly, tongue wagging. While the artistes who will grace the launch have, however, been decided, the housemates have not been unveiled to the public.... [Read More...]
Emergency: Jonathan under attack over states’ funds

Emergency: Jonathan under attack over states’ funds

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The President’s acquisition of powers to spend the cash allocated to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the states under a state of emergency, has been rejected by the main opposition party and senior lawyers. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and senior lawyers faulted yesterday the wide powers granted Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The ACN warned that ...
House to govt: lift ban on Rivers’ jet

House to govt: lift ban on Rivers’ jet

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Through its Committees on Justice and Aviation, the House of Representatives yesterday told the Ministry of Aviation and other regulatory agencies to lift the sanctions imposed on the Bombardier jet owned by the Rivers State Government. The committees said neither the state government nor its officials forged any document to secure flight clearances or any ...
London attack: Soldier’s killers identified as British Nigerians

London attack: Soldier’s killers identified as British Nigerians

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
A house in a Lincolnshire village has been raided by Met police officers investigating Wednesday’s alleged terror attack in Woolwich, London. Officers swooped on the detached house as the name of one of the suspects was revealed on internet forums and Twitter as Michael Adebolajo. He has been identified as the alleged killer seen ranting... [Read More...]
British-Nigerians ‘killed’ soldier in London

British-Nigerians ‘killed’ soldier in London

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The world spoke yesterday against Wednesday’s killing of a British soldier in Southeast London by two men identified as British with Nigerian descent. British Prime Minister David Cameron described the incident as a terror attack. One of the suspects said they killed the soldier, Lee Righy, of the Second Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ...
African Union has justified existence —minister

African Union has justified existence —minister

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa.
Minister of State 1 for Foreign Affairs Prof Viola Onwuliri, has praised the founding fathers of the African Union for the tremendous role it has played in the liberation of the African continent. The minister spoke in Jos on Thursday at the ‘National  Conference  and Roundtable on the African Union at 50: Assessing Progress, Challenges... [Read More...]
NGF poll: Anti-Amaechi camp splits

NGF poll: Anti-Amaechi camp splits

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
All is set for a battle royale as three candidates have picked nomination forms to vie for the Office of the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF). The three governors are the incumbent chairman, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Ibrahim Shema (Katsina) and Isa Yuguda (Bauchi). The emergence of two candidates from the presidency/ anti-Amaechi ...
ACN, lawyers fault presidential power

ACN, lawyers fault presidential power

Published On Friday, May 24, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of insincerity by saying the democratic structure in the states where he has declared a state of emergency will be kept intact. The party accused the President of grabbing power in the states and castrating democracy. In a statement in Kaduna by its National ...
Jonathan, Mahama, Anyaoku, others bid Achebe farewell

Jonathan, Mahama, Anyaoku, others bid Achebe farewell

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and his Ghanaian counterpart, John Mahama, yesterday led dignitaries to bid farewell to the late Prof. Chinua Achebe. Achebe’s remains were buried in a mausoleum in his country home after a funeral service at the St. Phillip’s Anglican Church, Ogidi, Anambra State. Jonathan, at the church service, said the late Achebe was ...
He was a rare Nigerian, says Kalu

He was a rare Nigerian, says Kalu

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday described the late Prof. Chinua Achebe as a rare Nigerian. Kalu, in a statement, said: “Achebe has left us with a parting message, that he was indeed a rare Nigerian, an Igbo whose best friends were Yoruba and Izon, an in-law to the Yoruba, a writer who ...
Cleric chides security agents for locking out Obi, Orji, others

Cleric chides security agents for locking out Obi, Orji, others

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The Anglican Archbishop of Aba Province, Rt. Rev Ikechukwu Nwosu, yesterday berated security agents for blocking Governors Peter Obi (Anambra) and Theodore Orji (Abia) from entering the St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Ogidi, where a funeral service was held for the late Prof. Chinua Achebe. Rev Nwosu said it was wrong of President Goodluck Jonathan’s security ...
Emergency rule: Amnesty cautions Fed Govt against recklessness by security

Emergency rule: Amnesty cautions Fed Govt against recklessness by security

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
The Amnesty International yesterday asked the Federal Government to prevail on Special Forces in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to stop killing and mass arrest of innocent citizens of innocent citizens. The AI said it has received report of mass arrests in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and gross human rights violations in the three states ...
Man ‘murders’ father

Man ‘murders’ father

Published On Thursday, May 23, 2013. Under: Africa, News.
A sixty-five year-old man has been allegedly murdered by his son. The incident occurred at Umuonu Umuida Enugu Ezike in Igboeze North Local Government of Enugu State. The deceased’s name was given as Felix Atta; his son was identified as Ejiofor. Police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu said the victim was rushed to the General Hospital, Ogurute ...
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