GABI TAINMENT

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Friday that it had “resolved to suspend the strike action embarked upon on 14th February 2022.” Suspension suggests the temporary interruption of an activity. But it’s time to stop this annual ritual of nationwide strikes in public universities permanently. There is nowhere in the world where, like clockwork, the entire public university system of a country shuts down for nearly a year every year, or every other year, because university teachers are on strike. Not even in banana republics does this happen. ASUU has been going on strikes for as long as we all remember— to get successive governments to honor “agreements” that they signed. Governments either never honor the agreements or do so only partly just to cause the temporary cessation of strikes in the aftermath of public pressures. A famous wisecrack often attributed to Albert Einstein says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different ...

84 Regular Recruit Intake METHOD OF APPLICATION (1) Apply online via the recruitment portal https://recruitment.army.mil.ng (2) Log on to the above-mentioned link using the username and password. (3) Complete the application form, submit it online and print a copy. Then, print and complete the Guarantor Form as appropriate. (4) Ensure you bring with you copies of the Application Form and guarantor forms to the designated state recruitment centers. BASIC QUALIFICATION  (1) Applicants must be single and Nigerian citizen by birth, and must possess National Identity Card/NIN or BVN. (2) Applicants must be medically, physically and psychologically fit in accordance with Nigerian Army Standards. (3) Applicants must be free of any criminal conviction by the court of law. (4) Applicants must possess a valid birth certificate/age declaration endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council. (5) Applicants must possess a valid certificate ...

Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all Nigerians whose tremendous goodwill gave me the opportunity to provide leadership for our great country at one of the trying times in her history. 2. Conscious that today’s address would be my last on an Independence Day as your President; I speak to the millions of Nigerians, who believed in me, propelled and stood by me in my quest to bequeath a country where all citizens have equal opportunities to achieve their lives desires in a peaceful atmosphere. 3. I am honoured to say that my story in the annals of Nigeria’s history is no household secret. My various attempts, failures and eventual success in being elected as a Democratic President in 2015 was made possible by the majority of Nigerians. 4. When you elected me, I readily acknowledged that the tasks before me were daunting but surmountable because of the growing national consensus that our chosen rout...