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Between the cause and effect of university crisis in Nigeria
National Universities Commission NUC
Tue Feb 02 2021
In the past couple of days, there have been several back-and-forth arguments about the university crisis in Nigeria.
Nigerian academics at home and the diaspora have been making their points as to where the blames should lie. One of the claims made by some Nigerians at home was that academics in Nigeria are free of blame from the university crisis; and that all culpability should go to the government. There were other sundry issues that have been raised around the general conditions of Nigerian universities. A contributor to the debate noted that it is intellectually futile for the discussion to be limited to highlighting causes rather than effects. The writer, it seems, also absolves academics at home of a certain charge of being ill-equipped. It is important for me to state that I am not fond of the word “ill-equipped”, neither do I seek to justify who is ill-eq
Published Monday, February 1, 2021 12:59PM EST ABUJA, Feb 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in northeastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family s ordeal might soon be over. The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga s daughter Halima, who - along with her sister Maryam - was among more than 200 schoolgirls snatched by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok in April 2014, sparking a global #BringBackOurGirls campaign. I was crying, she was crying, said Maiyanga, who was preparing to get married to his fourth wife when he heard Halima s voice down the line.
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ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in northeastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family’s ordeal might soon be over.
The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga’s daughter Halima, who - along with her sister Maryam - was among more than 200 schoolgirls snatched by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok in April 2014, sparking a global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
“I was crying, she was crying,” said Maiyanga, who was preparing to get married to his fourth wife when he heard Halima’s voice down the line.
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A 33-year-old lady, Kwanye Tumba, tells HINDI LIVINUS about a lawsuit she filed against a 28-year-old pastor who allegedly made a false marriage promise to her
Tell us about yourself?
My name is Kwanye Tumba. I am 33 years old.
How did you meet Pastor Marwa Tumba who you took to court over his alleged false marriage promise to you?
I actually met with him on November 28, 2018 at Praise Land Yolde-Pate, where he was a guest minister at a revival programme organised by Apostle Divine Vandi, the pastor in charge of Praise Land Ministry.
Is that the church where you worship?