Governor Danbaba Dan Suntai of Taraba State has said that the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, remains the only hope of basic education in Nigeria.

PUBLIC servants in Ogun and the State Government are now at loggerheads over government’s refusal to repeal the state contributory pension reform law and, non-payment of outstanding arrears of gratuity to retirees among other grievances.

The President, Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, has warned the Federal Government to urgently implement the 2009 agreement, in order to avert another round of strike.

ABEOKUTA – Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital Wednesday stood still, as members of Civil rights bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, staged a peaceful protest against the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.

AKURE – EXACTLY a week after a bank robbery in which four persons died in Akure, the Ondo State capital, another robbery scare caused pandemonium in the capital Wednesday, as the state government took delivery of three Armoured Personnel Carriers, APCs, to combat crime in the state.

The profile of Sorghum bicolour, a native grass cultivated for food and its highly medicinal properties got boosted last week when Health Forever Ltd, manufacturers of Jobelyn, made a presentation before the World Congress on Military Medicine, WCMM.

A passionate appeal has gone to the Federal Government to mandate financial institutions to give loan at single digit interest rate to healthcare practitioners as part of efforts to save the health sector from total collapse.

The word Pelourinho in Portuguese according to Wikipedia means whipping post. This taxonomy given to one of the most cultural nerves of Salvador Bahia in Brazil evokes both a sense of history, monument and culture.

Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has elected Chairman of Ecobank, Olorogun Dr. Sonny F. Kuku, OFR, to lead the Association as President for the next two years.

Procter and Gamble Nigeria Limited (P&G), in partnership with ‘Sponsor a Child,’ a non-governmental organisation, has inaugurated a resource centre at Bema Homes, Lugbe, Abuja under its ‘Building Futures’ programme.