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Justice John Tsoho, who handed down the landmark decision, says that admission into federal colleges should no longer be based on “other factors” but purely on merit

It was frightening seeing them post the declaration photos of President Goodluck Jonathan on their official website, against the fact that they did not do this for any other aspirant. Why would anyone then post this one

If Mr. President doesn’t like what is in the mirror, he should first of all listen to the cries of his people who are suffering in silence

Asked whether the Presidential Declaration Committee would scale down the elaborate ceremonies planned for the next day, following the extremely painful and worrisome killing of 50 children in a science school in Yobe State, the Chairman of the Publicity Committee for President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration, Senator Aniete Okon, said to do so was to give in to the terrorists

I don’t hear, there is no way by which the body can react to danger. Brain said I am the processor of all information, without me doing my work, the coordination of the body will be in disarray. The hands said: wait-a-minute, if I don’t move things, including food into the mouth, how would energy be supplied to the other parts?

In a world of carefully calibrated messages, the press statement by Rev. Musa Asake, the Secretary of the CAN, and the syndicated interview by Mrs. Helen Oritsejafor in the last few days appear designed to project the embattled CAN president as having been a victim of a set up by the Muslim leaders of the security department of government

The Senate is the arm which initially entered this amendment providing for immunity, in a way technically done, proposing that in the course of their law-making functions, the parliamentarians should be immune from prosecution

This was contained in a statement released to newsmen and signed by Malam Garba Shehu, Atiku’s Head of Media

I have argued with the deaf on this page on the need for dialogue as the way of resolving the crisis of security in the North East. Government initially wasn’t interested

Nowadays, Abuja’s woes remain before, during and after the rains

There are a dozen-plus reasons why the national will triumph over sectional, narrow selfish interest and the North saved the presidential hammer, but I am doubtful if the editor will give me enough space to say them all. It suffices to say, for an opening shot, that this country has lived true to its living history, which is that no ruler, from independence to date, who sets out to change the national will has succeeded, so long as the motive is malicious

Given this situation, the private hospitals have offered succour to families who can afford to pay their often exorbitant charges. The well-off get treated with top-notch medical practices and medicines and the poor Nigerians gets far less or no care at all

Borno State had been without power for more than a month because the army says it is unsafe for engineers to venture out to carry out the repairs

Max Webber, who many consider as the father of bureaucracy, the modern system of government administration, blamed the spoils system for its lack of continuity and waste

There are many perpetrators to the freedom and security of the press in Nigeria

A government agency with a track record of partisan and unjust decisions cannot be trusted to manage the burst of new licences for TV and radio stations coming on the heels of digitalization

This country is not the only place where people can be happy about misfortune striking others

In its short but memorable history, this country has had the fortune of so far surviving all the acts of brinkmanship by its rulers. We have gone through a civil war and survived it, and we have overcome countless other schemes to change the constitution for selfish reasons, mostly for the purpose of self-perpetuation by leaders

Their children’s enrollment in schools was curtailed and access to business opportunities and most public buildings were stopped. Signs as indicated above, “Jews Unwelcome” were a common sight at public places

At a recent workshop in Kaduna, the group brought together an array of active and not-so-active security personnel, journalists, academics, politicians and businessmen to brainstorm on the issue of: “Security and Human Rights in Northern Nigeria”