Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has reviewed his comments on the party's registration exercise,
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It is with great sadness that I learned of the recent passing away of Professor Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, who until his death was the chair, Department of Development Studies, University of South Africa, UNISA. The late Prof Mazibuko was my supervisor when I was studying for my doctorate at the University of South Africa and his contributions to my academic success are unforgettable. I write with fond memories and deep sorrow this tribute to my teacher, professor, friend and extraordinary mentor. I call him Boss.
It was a great privilege to learn under a great pan-Africanist scholar and yet a patient teacher. My writings were unappealing until Prof Mazibuko taught me about critical writing and the importance of having a clear theoretical framework, which is my lens of viewing issues. I suddenly realized my view was too neutral or rather too Eurocentric (caused by my several years of Western colonial education) to produce any critical knowledge. I borrowed Prof Mazibuko’s A
Updated: 7:17 AM CST March 1, 2021
NEW ORLEANS A man was pronounced dead at the scene of a New Orleans East shooting early Monday morning, a police spokesperson said.
A 9-1-1 call reported shots fired in New Orleans East at 5:37 a.m., the spokesperson said.
Officers with NOPD s Seventh District were sent to respond to the call in the 6800 block of Mayo Boulevard, but when they got there they found the man lying in the street.
NOPD spokesman Gary S. Scheets said the man had an undetermined number of gunshot wounds. The victim died at the scene, Scheets said. No further information is currently available.
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In its resolve to promote, develop and upgrade the standard and quality of the education sector Bauchi state government is to construct 12 new secondary schools across the three senatorial districts of the state just as it spent the sum of N350m for the renovation of Government Secondary School, Katagum mai Kaba.
The disclosure was made by the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir while inspecting the 40-year old dilapidated Secondary School now completely renovated in Katagum, headquarters of Zaki Local Government Area of the state during his projects inspection tour on Tuesday.
The governor said that already 12 other secondary schools are being completely rehabilitated and renovated having experienced years of neglect and dilapidation making students to learning in an unconducive environment.
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EDUCATION forms the mainstay of a society’s development and this is the primary reason the sector has received serious attention from successive governments in Oyo State.
Series of efforts have been directed at building more classrooms, recruiting teachers and other complementary steps to improve the standard of education in the Pacesetter State.
Despite these laudable inputs, government’s efforts have continued to suffer setbacks occasioned by an awfully high number of dilapidated public schools’ classrooms in urban and rural areas in the state.
The deplorable conditions of these classrooms are due to avoidable inadequate chairs and tables and extremely bad floor conditions of the classrooms.