A cursory look at the education sector in our country would reveal that things are not going on smoothly there at all. With protests by universities students over increase in school fees, a nearly one-year old strike...
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NAS Book Presentation
Members of NAS, Ikeja, present education writing materials to the pupils of Ogba Primary School 1, Ikeja
Lending the NAS Voice to the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign
Dear sisters, brothers and friends, We are all ware of the abduction of 234female secondary school pupils from Chibok in Bornu State by Boko Haram. We know that the girls who were taken into the dreaded Sambisa forest...
The Sexual Minority and Legislative Zealotry
By Prof. Wole Soyinka Let us go back a little, nearly a year ago, to that earlier attempt to interfere in, and legislate on sexual conduct between consenting adults. Profiting from that experience, I would like to...
INCESSANT ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES (ASUU) STRIKES – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
The choice of topic creates the erroneous impression that the fault for the incessant labor strikes that have bedeviled Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions and thus stymied the educational system is attributable to...
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
Madiba, as he was fondly called lived his life as a testament that moral courage, integrity, intellectual agility and self sacrifice are all necessary ingredients and perquisites of inspirational leadership. He showed...
Nigeria Now Among 34 Most Corrupt Countries
Nigeria Now Among 34 Most Corrupt Countries By: Bode Gbadebo on December 4, 2013 - 3:30am The Transparency International Corruption Perception Index for 2013 has revealed that Nigeria is among the 34 most...
World AIDS Day 2013: Getting to Zero
World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. World AIDS Day elucidates on the epidemic and historically was one of the...
Convoys, sirens and the tragedy of recklessness
Festus Iyayi was, by every account, a truly exceptional Nigerian. University lecturer and activist, he was, between 1986 to 1988, the leader of the labour union entity known as the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
NAS Donates a Bus to Child Life-Line
NAS Cap'n, Prince Ifeanyi Onochie, presenting the bus keys to Sally Udoma, President of Child Life Line, Lagos.
Value System For Societal Development
Text of a Lecture Delivered at the 2012 Umalokun Memorial Lecture, Organised by National Association of Seadogs, at Olori Motel, Ughelli, Delta State on Saturday, 15th December, 2012. By Prof. Temi Akporhonor, JP Dean,...
Legitimising Paedophilia In Nigeria
No sooner had I written an article here on Sahara about the rise in the number of rape incidents in Nigeria only to learn that Nigeria's House Senate wants to literally legitimise paedophilia in Nigeria by altering...