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When all hope is gone All hope can be considered gone, when a look into the future is nothing but vague, such situations can be best described as hopeless. In a country like Nigeria where change has become the order of the day and the hope of the hopeful, now, hopeless, used to reside in the acedemia to speak and lead by examples. Because University dons have overtime been critics of the society especially the political class, keeping them on their toes. This is because the academia is known to be informed and objective in all their ways. However, since change has come, it seem the university system is not immune to the change syndrome and the academia have soon borrowed the behaviour of politicians to have double standard, practicing not what they preach but only that which is convenient. No wonder the Federal University Lokoja would in the student's handbook have a rule on school fees payment but practice the convenient by threatening students who have not paid theeir fees ...

NIGERIAN PILOT $2.1billion Arms Deal: EFCC moves against ex-service chiefs Countdown to end Boko Haram....21 days to go Saraki lobbies French Parliament on Boko Haram, Economy, Lake Chad project Bayelsa guber: PDP in early lead Minimum wage: NLC beats war drum for governors ‘Nigeria needs 23billion naira annually to develop its infrastructure Family denies Dokpesi’s involvement in arms deal Expert calls for development of young entrepreneurs Ile-Ife agog as new Ooni receives staff of office today THE AUTHORITY DSS arrests own officers for 310million naira robbery Vandalism: FG to privatize NNPC’s pipelines Halliburton scam: France frustrated me--Ribadu Pro-Biafra agitations: Uwazurike quits MASSOB Emerging African states want referendum, Kanu’s release Protests legitimate, say FG, Tony Momoh Guber polls: Bello wins in Kogi, Dickson in early lead Why FG should deregulate oil sector, by Ifeanyi Ubah Biafra: Monarch asks FG to release Kanu NULGE ur...

THE AUTHORITY Guber Polls: APC favoured in Kogi, PDP in Bayelsa Tension mounts in Nnewi over blackout Chibok Girls: Buhari’s government has disappointed us—BBOG Campaigners ISIS: U.S. runs out of missiles Boko Haram invades Abuja, conducts successful surveillance on targets Fayose recalls suspended SSG Resign if you can’t pay minimum wage, Aremu tells Governors Buhari okays promotion of 907 FRSC officials Kano acquires grazing arrears for herdsmen NATION Petrol tanker explosion destroys houses, vehicles in Lagos EX-PDP CHAIRMAN TUKUR ALLEGES ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE FEC may approve MTEF Monday Jonathan gave Dokpesi N2.1b contract – Family APC’s Bello takes clear lead SSS UNCOVERS BOKO HARAM CELLS IN ABUJA Rewriting the writer Upping the ante in IPOB/MASSOB crisis Police and their constraining budgets Nigeria: Corruption fights back Lokpobiri’s house in hometown riddled with bullets Betrayal of Kogi THIS DAY FCT Minister Condoles with Nasarawa...

AUTHORITY Kogi polls: More confusion as Judiciary scatters political permutations….Wada, Faleke lose in court. Violence heralds Bayelsa, Kogi guber polls….INEC office burnt, Dickson’s supporters attacked. Is the Supreme Court on trial over Saraki’s case? How to identify hit and run men. Court orders EFCC to Produce Dokpesi. 4 arrested MASSOB, IPOB ground Ebonyi Fayose to Govs: Reduce affluence not minimum wage. Confessions: How I robbed for 15 years, detained for 9 years, redeemed after burgliong church—etired armed robber How satan lured me to flee homw after scan result showed my wife was carrying triplets-Evangelist. Doctor actually instructed hospital staff to keep watch on me so that I won’t run but…. How hard drugs almost ruined my life-Bishop Pella NATION EFCC probes fresh N3bn arms scandal Bus conductor allegedly stabs passenger to death over transport fare Fani-Kayode, PDP and Buhari’s anti-corruption war Kogi supplementary election: Court refu...

NATIONAL MIRROR $2.1 billion arms purchase scam: NLC insists on death penalty for looters ...Dasuki denies making implicating statement EFCC arraigns Akpolobokemi, ex-NIMASA DG, over 3.7bilon naira theft Reps urge FG to revoke sale of NITEL/MTEL ...NCC Slashes MTN fine to $3.4billion States can’t pay 18,000naira minimum wage Onitsha Mayhem: Northern Governors move to avert spread AUTHORITY Pro-Biafra Agitations; Soldiers, Police take over Onitsha Northern Governors, NSCIA intervene....IPOB releases names of killed members MTN CEO quits as NCC slashes fine to 674billion naira The Authority hosts vendors Bayelsa/Kogi Guber: No voter will be disenfranchised—INEC 18,000 naira minimum wage: Governors threaten to sack workers Osun monarchs threaten to boycott Ooni’s installation Boko Haram killed 28 health workers, destroyed 445 hospitals in North East-FG Sylva got 847billion naira in 5 years, under-developed Bayelsa—Gov. Dickson NEWSWATCH TIMES Nigeria ...

THE NATION Dasuki lists ex-governors, PDP chiefs in $2b deals Okonjo-Iweala denies role in arms deals Two policemen, nine others die in pro-Biafra protest in Onitsha I got N2.1b from NSA's office, Dokpesi admits Babalakin canvasses zonal structure for airports concession Senate moves against social media, others Fuel scarcity over soon, says minister EU intensifies push for endorsement Forex restriction takes toll on economy EPA deal: Why manufacturers are kicking Operatives 'eject' ex-SSS DG Are from Ikoyi home Buhari to discuss multi-billion rail, power projects with Chinese leader LASU reverses increased acceptance fee Faleke to APC, INEC: don't tamper with my victory Mimiko: true federalism not negotiable Bank of Industry visits filmmaker on set How Nigeria can overcome power challenge, by U.S. envoy Kidnapping: Falae testifies against suspects VANGUARD Kogi: What INEC should have done Fulani Herdsmen Attack: Bring my broth...

AUTHORITY $2.5billion arms deal: Dasuki, Dokpesi, Bafarawa arrested ....PDP condemns action; Nigeria returning to dictatorship—Ozekhome 419 births, 187 marriages in IDPs camps Nigeria to pursue price stability at OPEC, says Kachikwu Senate passes 575billion naira supplementary budget Pro-Biafra protesters block Niger Bridge, storm Abuja NIGERIAN PILOT Police smash robbery gang; recover arms, 12 cars in FCT Countdown to end Boko Haram begins.....29 days to go World Aids Day: 3.4million Nigerians infected---W.H.O. Kogi guber: Wada knows fate Friday Losing streaks continue on Nigerian Stock Exchange Biafra: Protesters ground commercial activities in South-east over Kanu NUJ tasks Julius Berger on social responsibility to journalists THIS DAY As OPEC President, Kachikwu Targets Removal of 1.5mbpd Excess Crude from Market Dokpesi, Bafarawa Arrested, Dasuki Taken into Custody NEMA: 410 Births, 187 Marriages Recorded in IDP Camps US Advises FG on How to ...