Showing posts with label Responsible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Responsible. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Do You Think Wole Soyinka is Responsible For Chinua Achebe's Accident ? See The Facts



Professor Wole Soyinka has berated critics, who attributed the cause of late Chinua Achebe’s accident that eventually confined him to a wheel chairuntil he recently breathed his last, to the “spotless ram” he presented to him as a gift for his sixtieth birthday.
 
What actually happened? Why are people accusing Prof Soyinka? Details below:
Soyinka, in a release entitled “The Village Mourners Association,” lamented the reaction of a category of people he likened to “homicidal clerics,” whom he said began to spread the falsehood after Achebe’s burial.

According to Soyinka, it was wrong for people to situate the ram he graciously presented to a friend on his birthday, which he (Achebe) warmly received with a comment “Typical of Wole,” as the cause of Chinua Achebe’s motor accident. Soyinka tells his own story in the release.
 
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Offshore-onshore dichotomy responsible for terrorism –Kwankwaso ( Do you Agree?)



Kano State governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday said the offshore/ onshore dichotomy issue was responsible for the Boko Haram insurgency in the North.
Kwankwaso said the dichotomy also brought about a high level of poverty and hopelessness in the region, resulting in the insecurity currently being witnessed.
Kwankwaso’s declaration came even as the Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, rejected the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, bill yesterday, saying it would further alienate other parts of the country economically.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

PDP Is Responsible For Nigeria’s Underdevelopment – Omoworare ( True Or False ?)



Senator Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being responsible for the misfortune of the country.
According to Omoworare, the PDP which had clinched to power since 1999, has no meaningful plan for the country, adding that the party leadership has milk-dried the country with its- self-centeredness, budget for frivolity and economic mismanagement.
Omoworare stated this while delivering a lecture titled: “Sustainable Infrastructural Development and the Future of the State of Osun” at the Orientation Week of the National Association of Osun State Students (NAOS), held at the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding in Osogbo, last Saturday.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Expert Says Nigerian Education Curriculum Responsible For Unemployment




The Founder of the Centre for Applied Thinking, Josefu Adeyeni on Wednesday said the Nigerian Educational curriculum is structured in a way that graduates are prepared to be job seekers rather than job creators.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Adeyeni said the Nigerian educational system is using the 20th century curriculum to prepare 21st century people.
He said though the Bloom’s Taxonomy, which guided the curriculum structure in Nigeria education and was prepared in 1956, was revised in 2001, the country still use the old version which emphasised preparation for job after graduation.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Slain banker’s husband, a responsible prisoner – Journalist



A 37-year-old journalist, Efe Omordia,  on Tuesday testified as defence witness in the ongoing trial of Akolade Arowolo who allegedly killed his banker wife, Titilayo.
Omordia, who claimed to have worked with Leadership andNational Mirror newspapers as an investigative journalist, said Akolade is a “responsible” man, adding that he is role model to many inmates.
The journalist, who said she rose to the position of Chief Correspondent before she left National Mirror newspapers, told the court that she met Akolade sometimes in March 2012 at the Ikoyi Prison, Lagos.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

President not responsible for police college decay –Obi •Governor says no clue yet on floating corps



Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Friday said President Goodluck Jonathan was not responsible for the decay in the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos as exposed by a private television station recently.
He, however, said the administration was working hard to solve the problem and others facing security agencies in the country.Obi spoke with State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Police Fund Committee chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
He said Jonathan was committed to changing the fortunes of all security agencies in the country, especially the police.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

‘Motorcyclists Responsible For Insecurity In FCC’




The Director of FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) Col. Wilson Alade (rtd), has blamed the insecurity in the federal Capital City (FCC) on activities of motorcyclists operating in the city.The director who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, said that the directorate had impounded over 270 commercial motorcycles in the last four days in conjunction with other security personnel, adding that it would soon begin impounding tricycles, popularly called Keke NAPEP.He said, “Of recent, we have been having challenges especially in the area of security and it has been traced more to the recklessness of Okada riders within the FCC. We have in our cache about 270 motorcycles and the number will keep increasing on a daily basis until they are ready to comply with our directives.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Man Responsible For Arik Bomb Scare Released From Custody



The man responsible for Arik Air bomb scare has been released from police custody. The man, identified as Aminu Galadima, is an interior decorator with a history of mental illness. Mr Galadima was released after investigators were satisfied that he had no intentions of blowing up the plane and also had no ties to any terrorist group. A statement from the SSS when you continue...

This is a brief highlight of the incident that occurred on the Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja.
On Friday, 19th October, 2012, Wife of the SSG to the Borno State Government, Hajia Yachilla JIDDA, travelled to Maiduguri in company of one Aminu S.

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