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Leader Who Loves The Future

Everyone will choose Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of Korea, as the most distinguished man in the international community. His constant field guidance throughout the country is a focus of the attention of the world mass media. The image of him treating the people with unreservedness, broad mind and composure warms the hearts of the people and captivates them.

 
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Zero To Hero Daily Devotional
with Rev Tim Omotoso

 



Daily Reading: Revelation 19-22 "And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him." Luke 17:4 The best way to live as a Christian is to pray for those who are against you, and then you shall become a candidate of Heaven; that is how to enrol for Heaven. Before the year ends, apologise to those whom you have offended or have offended you; do not argue. It is not necessary to be fighting and keeping quarrels; forgive and apologise so you can pray and sing to God with a pure heart, as Only God will be in your heart.

Education

Education: A Tool For National Development

By IYORE ENADEGHE/MARY OKOSODO

EDUCATION in a broad sense is a process by which an individual acquires the many physical and social capabilities demanded by the society in which he/she is born into to function. In an ideal sense, education is an ultimate values and hence, through the provision of social service, it is an agent of change. It is to a nation what the mind is to the body, just as a diseased mind is handicapped in the co-ordination and direction of the bodily activities. Therefore, the single most significant complex of social-control tools for national development is found in the educational system be it formal or informal.

Law

The International Criminal Court

By IKHUEBOR VIKRAM OSARUMEN



FOLLOWING after the establishment of adhoc tribunals put in place to try breaches of international humanitarian law, the International Criminal Court was established on 11st July 2002. It came into being pursuant to attaining the mandatory 60 signatories to the Rome Statute of 1998 on 11st April 2002. It aims to bring to justice those responsible for humankinds most egregious crimes. Although the successful establishment of the court has been greeted as a welcome development and the most significant progress made in International Criminal law in the last


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Our State & I

I Believe Our President Is Listening

By MIKE OSUNDE


Last week Friday, the national dailies were awash with two outbursts, one from our own dear Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole, and the other by a group of very eminent Nigerians who go by the pseudonym
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Archival Matters

Dud Lessons From 2012

By MICHAEL ODIGBE

THE year 2012 offered us several free lessons if only we cared to read its trajectory. One of them came early in that year. Yes, recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan and his team unilaterally removed all the "subsidy" on petrol.

Focus

The Evil In Profanity, Pornography And Immodesty

By ISOKEN UWADIAE

SOME of the social ills in our society today are prevalent in the lives of youths. Profanity, pornography and immodesty are evil that calls for consideration. This three are intertwine with one another in their bid to destroy humanity in thought, grooming and language

Editorial

10 Million Cell Phones For Farmers

THE Federal Government recently stirred a controversy with its plans to buy and distribute cell phones worth N60billion to 10 million farmers in the country. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mrs. Ibukun Odusote made the controversial disclosure at Igan-Ipabi in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State recently at a sensitization programme for farmers.

View Point

The Art Of Resilience

By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK

THE history of Amercan business is full of immigrant success stories-of men and women who flee poverty and oppression in their home countries, arrive on our shores with only pennies in their pockets, and go on to build companies that generate wealth, create jobs, and provide innovative products and services.

Political Platform

SUG Politics In Nigeria

By IGIEROBO BONAVENTURE O.
SNOWBALL once declared in George Orwell's "ANIMAL FARM" that "No Sentimentality Comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one". This is valid as it relates to politics generally, the only good politician is a dead one. In politics, the players promised to build a bridge where there is no river. In politricking, political language

 


 

 

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