Results of the just concluded first stage examination of the 2011 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics competition which took place on Saturday, March 19, 2011, was released on the website on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sada, on Tuesday in Abuja called for a reliable and transparent mining cadastre system that would promote investment in the mining sector. The minister who spoke at the inauguration of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office Complex, said the system would provide the technical security for mining titles tenure.

Nigerian parents and their counterparts who do not monitor the lifestyles of their children may have a rethink as new study has detected early signs of heart disease in pre- adolescent children with Type 1 diabetes.

A fresh bid Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arraign the former Managing Director of the Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola before a Lagos High Court, for criminal charges has raised questions in legal circles.

The first remand of 30 days in Lagos State under its 2007 Law, if made, would exceed the authorised maximum remand period of 28 days in Akwa Ibom State in both the first and second instances under the 2011 amendment to the Law.

President Goodluck Jonathan says the Federal Government plans to hold an interactive session with top business executives on the country’s economic growth and development.

Minister of State for Education, Olorougun (Barr) Kenneth Gbagi, yesterday, distributed 360 laptops to Junior Secondary School, JSS (1) students of five selected federal and state-owned female secondary schools in Delta State, as part of Federal Government’s pilot programme to empower the girl-child.

Authorities in Spain, France and Portugal signed a joint declaration for the maintenance of fishery agreements in the framework of the Common Fishery Policy (CFP).

Among other actions by the outgoing governors of Ogun and Oyo states after the April 26 election, the reported employment

A 65-year- old man, Kadiri Mohammed, has been arraigned before a Bauchi Chief Magistrate’s Court charged with attempted homicide by setting the house of his in-laws on fire.

Shipping firms operating in Nigeria stands the risks of being sanctioned by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as most of them have refused to fully comply with the Cargo Tracking Note scheme.

Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria says that the association is working on ways to meet the Federal Government’s directive to reduce prices of cement. Mr James Salako, Executive Secretary of the association said in Lagos that some factors outside the control of manufacturers were responsible for the high prices.

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Tuesday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to fast-track railway operations across the country. The union’s General Secretary, Mr Kingsley Ukoh, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has condemned the Anambra state government and the university management of Anambra State University (ANSA) for increasing the school fees from N36,000 to N86,000 for non-medical students, N120,000 for medical students saying that ERC sees the increment as unjustifiable and anti-people.

The management Board of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu headed by Professor Okey Mbonu, has waded into the industrial disputewhich forced about 140 Consultants in the hospital to withdraw clinical servicessince May 5.