Breast cancer today is not what it was 20 years ago. Survival rates are climbing, thanks to greater awareness, more early detection, and advances in treatment. For thousands of people who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful.

IMPLEMENTATION of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme is being threatened by states that are not accessing their matching grant.

What is the place of women in the Nigerian film industry? How much has the industry helped in the empowerment of the womenfolk? Is it that the women have been portrayed in a bad light or that, they are made to be victims of systematic discrimination and stereotypes in Nollywood?

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is engulfed in deep crisis following the inability of ace comedian, Alhaji Babatunde Omidina, (Baba Suwe), who was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of drug trafficking, to excrete drugs after three trials.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has said the move by the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF to amend the constitution to remove labour and related matters from the exclusive list to the concurrent list, is aimed at killing the labour movement.

AT the resumed hearing of corruption suit by Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the former governor of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Fayose, yesterday at the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, the former governor questioned the jurisdiction of court to hear the suit.

A RENOWNED Industrial Relations scholar and Vice-Chancellor of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, JABU, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Professor Sola Fajana, has bemoaned the poor labour standards in the country, lamenting that Nigeria has continually been carpeted by the International Labour Organisation, ILO, for flagrant violation of workers and trade union rights.

Anambra and Enugu State governments have commenced plans to embark on the construction of a monorail project to link the two states.

The Super Falcons will depart the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja this morning for Nigeria’s Eastern neighbour, Cameroon to battle for the last ticket for the London 2012 Olympics against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon this Thursday.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is engulfed in deep crisis following the inability of ace comedian, Alhaji Babatunde Omidina, (Baba Suwe), who was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of drug trafficking, to excrete drugs after three trials.