A new Voice of America documentary delivers an unprecedented examination of the terror group Boko Haram and the people who are fighting back. Mostly known in the West for its abduction and continued captivity of young school girls, the group has terrorized and killed Nigerians for more than a decade. Narrated by award-winning British-Nigerian actor …
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2018 Budget and allocation for Education – Prof. Pius Adesanmi
Special Intervention Programmes aka discretionary slush fund - N150 billion. Education - N61 billion. A country is allocating to the entire education sector the rough equivalent of the annual library acquisitions budget of two or three average Universities in serious countries. By the time Okorocha starts to secure foreign loans for his statues, even his …
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Magistrates decide 3,000 fare dodgers’ fates on a laptop
A 'revolutionary' digital sentencing system, in which magistrates armed with laptops have been tackling fare dodgers, will be extended to large public service organisations who prosecute cases. The government today announced that more than 3,000 fare dodgers have been sentenced following a paperless operation at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court in London. The system was developed …
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Defendants in England and Wales must reveal nationality in magistrates courts
Civil liberties groups say ‘bringing border controls into courtrooms’ will prejudice trials in England and Wales Defendants will have to disclose their nationality at their first appearance before magistrates in England and Wales from next week under powers that human rights groups say will undermine the right to a fair trial. The changes to criminal …
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