Ikenna Emewu appointed research director in Chinese university

The Institute of African Studies (College of African Area and Country Studies) of the Zhejiang Normal University (IASZNU), southeast China has appointed Ikenna Emewu, Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Africa China Economy Magazine a research director. The appointment was contained in a letter from the university, China’s foremost citadel in African studies and exchange dated February 20. The letter signed…

February 22, 20240Comments

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School owners in Abuja galvanise parents against FCTA on 5% charge as Wike allegedly gives approval

Still fighting to convince the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) against imposing an annual five percent tuition tax on students in private schools, proprietors are mobilising members and parents to do battle with the government. The latest action of the proprietors followed reports that some staff of the Department of Quality Assurance (DQA) of the…

January 29, 20240Comments

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Video: Edo Primary school pupils write on the floor, as Nigerian politicians squander resources on luxury

By Lillian Okenwa While members of Nigeria's National Assembly —the Senate and the House of Representatives gear up to receive their brand new 2023 model Toyota Land Cruisers valued at N57.6 billion amidst hunger and devastating economic hardship across the country, a trending video shows pupils of a primary school in Edo state lying down…

October 22, 20230Comments

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Caroline Ladidi Anze-Bishop AICMC – Celebrating the Girl child and Treasure

A Girl Child is God's gift and Treasure throve unleashed, and the Nation's future and moral strength. She is Brave and Kind, a pride to be nurtured to soar. She'll shade our warm and creativity and bring us much love and honour. I salute the NBAWF, FIDA, AWLA , NAWOJ,, WRAPA and all the unsung…

October 15, 20230Comments

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CSW: Minister counts losses on women’s exclusion from digital economy

By Ene Oshaba, The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has expressed concerns on the lack of access to opportunities in digital technology and economy, noting that low and middle income countries including Nigeria has lost about 1trillion dollars to women's exclusion with another 1.3trillion dollars loss projected in 2025. Tallen stated this in…

March 10, 20230Comments

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Closure of tertiary education institutions for 2023 elections is constitutional, necessary, reasonable, and auspicious; plus matters incidental

By Sylvester Udemezue Please, recall that the Nigerian Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC) had on February 9, 2023 ordered the closure of universities across the country citing security concerns, and also the need to enable students to participate in the February 25 and March 11 general elections in Nigeria. Also, shut were…

February 22, 20230Comments

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Can’t agree less versus can’t agree more…

By Chinua Asuzu Can’t agree less means you don’t agree at all—you’ve reached the nadir of disagreement. As a phrase, can’t agree less is unidiomatic, but if deployed consciously with malice aforethought, it can be rhetorically effective. It means “I disagree so much that I couldn’t disagree anymore even if I tried” or “I completely…

December 6, 20220Comments

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Young people and the challenge of purposeful existence

By Rev. Fr. George Ehusani A MAJOR paradox of human life is that we are constantly looking for the easy way out, even when we know that nothing good comes easy. We are constantly drawn to the glamorous path even when we recognise that not all that glitters is gold. We are continually looking for…

October 17, 20220Comments

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“My names are …”? Like, seriously? What have you been drinking?

By Chinua Asuzu “My names are …” is awful, harmful, hurtful, painful, and sinful English. “My names are …” is mangled grammar on steroids. The English language comes from England. There, everybody, from Cambridge to Oxford, from Fleet Street to High Street, from the law firm to the marketplace, says “My name is ….” Today,…

January 28, 20227Comments

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Only four per cent of northern girls completed secondary school: Report

Only four per cent of northern girls complete secondary school, says a survey by the Centre for Girl Child Education (CGE). The centre’s board member Binta Muhammad disclosed this on Thursday in Sokoto. Ms Muhammad stated that CGE was established in 2007 with 64 girls in rural communities in Kaduna after a baseline survey was…

July 30, 20210Comments

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