What's In Stall For New Years After The Christmas Bombing?

Christmas which was supposed to be celebrated with jingles, carols and sharing of quality time with loved ones has taken a different turn due to terrorism. A militant Muslim group called 'BOKO HARAM' has taken it upon themselves to destroy any progress or development in Nigeria, for the past three years the rate of terrorism has grown rapidly and thousands of lives lost due to attacks and bombings by this Islamic group.
BOKO HARAM has sworn to make the activities and lives of Christians miserable, this emanated the series of bombings of churches on Christmas day, which caused an estimate of 250 casualties with over 150 dead and others seriously injured. It was reported that the bombs were set off during church service in over 3 different churches. Citizens all over Nigeria are in mourning over the loss of friends and loved ones, with these attacks it is now clear that all hopes of a joyful and peaceful Christmas celebration has been destroyed.

Students vs. Hiv & Aids

Diseases and health problems stands as one of the adverse factor that affects the education of Africa, it is well known that Africa is a breeding ground for all sought of diseases most of which are originated and others imported.
HIV & AIDS is the most feared disease that affects the youths, the percentage of the infected are rising by the day, most youths are even afraid of going in for testing because they are worried about the outcome. The battle against HIV & AIDS by the government has led to the creation of various organization groups to help tackle this problem.
As part of activities marking the worlds AIDS Day 2011 which is celebrated across the world on December 1 the Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE) at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) organized a seminar tagged World Aids Day - PTI intervention. The event which started with an interactive session with the participants on the ABC's of HIV & AIDS prevention in which 'A' stands for Abstinence, 'B' for Be faithful and 'C' for use of Condoms.

Protests of Students towards Education

It is no secret that teenagers are about the most rebellious group when it comes to authority, which has been proved to be right with recent riots and protests.
The latest of this protest which involved the students of the Anglican High School in Ekiti State over their failure of the Unified Mock Examination which will determine their passage from SS2 to SS3, students were reportedly angered by the announcement of their repeat of SS2 class, thereby seeing it as a demotion which they responded by going on a rampage protest thereby paralyzing commercial activities in the area for hours.
However, this protest got out of control with the arrival of

Devastating Effect of Strike on Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a strike which has been going on for the part 2 weeks, over the implementation and enforcement of the 2009 agreement between ASUU and the Government which took the union years of strike and continuous dialogue culminating in a national strike that lasted from june 22 to October 9 2009, before the government gave in and signed an agreement.
These agreement which are
*Better funding of of universities.
*Better remuneration and condition of service
*University autonomy
*Academic freedom
*Amendment of the law establishing the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
*The extension of retirement age of professors from 65 to 70. Among others.
These agreements is believed will help improve the educational standards of universities, and also for the purpose of giving quality educations to the students.
The Government in response has granted most of these demands but excluding some which the ASUU still insists is the of most importance to them, which are the extension of retirement age from 65 to 70 and the reduction of school fees which was drastically increased from N25,000 to N350,000.
Currently both the federal and state universities are on strike, the students having lost so much time, due to these strikes, students are now protesting for the issue to be resolved especially the recent hike in the school fees, stating that they can barely afford the previous fees and also maintain a three day meal.

Nigeria Bans Gay and Lesbian Relationship

So many urgent and serious situations which has befell on Nigeria has been undoubtedly regarded as a minor problem as compared to the Gay and Lesbian sexual relationships.
This issue as it appears seems to be of more importance as it is believed that it is against the culture, tradition and value system of the nation. Therefore the diplomatic hysteria that heralded the passage of law outlawing gay marriage-cum relationships by the senate is unwarranted.
The senate unanimously voted on November 29 outlawing public displays of affection between gay and lesbian couples, and has even passed out a 14 year jail term for any person involved in same sex marriage and a 10 year jail term for persons who abets or aids such unions.

Nigerian President Battles Terrorism

The Northern parts of Nigeria are still in terror and chaos following the constant attacks by the notorious terrorist group by the name 'Boko Haram'. Following the last few attacks that occured in November which involved series of explosions in Bauchi State, and parts of Damaturu leaving an estimate of over 180 casualties, with 170 dead and the rest fatally injured, these has got the state dwellers terrified and fleeing for their lives.