As part of efforts towards improving access to quality education, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on Wednesday May 24, 2017 approved the implementation of Open Distance and Flexible Learning (ODFL) for 12 programs including Science and Laboratory Technology, ...
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Free Education in A’Ibom State … And the burden of governance By Saviour Ekpe
The four letters word ‘free’ is a relative word because it means many things to many people, circumstance and events. However, according to Oxford Advance Learner’s dictionary New 8th Edition in the context of this article, the word ‘free’ means ...
Read More »Democracy, a Welcome Child of Necessity
It would interest you to know that democracy is one of the best things to happen in a country especially in a Nigerian society that had a long military regime since independence. Democracy is an elixir of life, therefore the ...
Read More »Udom Emmanuel: A pictorial look in two years By Joe Etokudor
The greatness of any nation or state is not measured in terms of military might, vast expanse of land or population, but industrialization which would make life meaningful for the populace. With an abundance of yet untapped natural and human ...
Read More »Politics of Automatic Ticket and Nigerian Fledgling Democracy By Joe Etokudor
There is a correlation between responsible political representation and prosperity of the represented all over the world. Put succinctly, the development of a people in any modern day democratic governance is a function of how well the people’s elected representative ...
Read More »Police charge students on delinquencies By Saviour Ekpe
The world over, delinquency among youths especially between the ages of 12 and 35 have been on alarming rates and this, according analysts is detrimental to futuristic projection of ‘youths as leaders of tomorrow’ if not checked and drastically arrested ...
Read More »COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ZONE ‘F’ MEETING OF THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ) HELD AT BADEN BADEN HOTEL, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE ON SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017.
The meeting which was presided over by the Zonal Vice President, Comrade Eddy Ogude, was attended by a National Trustee, Comrade Samuel Egbala and the Zonal Secretary, Comrade Opaka Dokubo as well as the chairmen and secretaries of the six ...
Read More »And Another Feather Adorns the Cap By Daniel Osofisan
Last week, Fortune, a part of the TIME network released a list of 34 World Leaders who are changing health care globally, and surprise! surprise! Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Chair of Gavi as well as CEO Seth Berkley, made the ...
Read More »Old Age: Blessing or Scourge
The ageing process is a normal physiological process that commences at the time of conception in every living being. In humans, it is inevitable change, which varies in time, rate and degree from one individual to another. The changes in ...
Read More »Indefinite strike looms in AKSCOE … As three days warning strike ends Tuesday By Saviour Ekpe
On Friday precisely, May 5, 2017 an ongoing second semester examination was put to a halt following a-3-Day warning strike embarked upon by members of staff of the Akwa Ibom State College of Education under the aegis of Joint Council ...
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