Instruction: Choose the appropriate word from the alternatives in the parenthesis

1. Provision of (portable/potable) water is the responsibility of a good government.

2. I have a (portable/potable) TV.

Lines seem longer at the cafeteria now. Beads of sweat now cause an unusual stench in lecture halls, and even classrooms with fans seem to circulate a depressing blend of heat, smell and sweat. Summer break is just an expression to describe ‘July and August’, truth is: no school management will give you a holiday because of the sun. Solution: You might have to take your own comfort into your own hands. Since school libraries have the best air conditioning, spend some more time there, and follow these simple fashion tips.

For the purpose of ensuring an effective implementation of the newly revised 9-year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC), teacher educators, curriculum development experts, content specialists, policy makers, school teachers and professionals from the private sector from all parts of the country gathered last week in Lagos to write Teachers Guides for each of the various subjects from primary to junior secondary schools.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will implement a Financial Literacy Framework in the first quarter of 2013 to enhance financial inclusion of the unbanked. Mrs Umma Dutse, Director of Consumer Protection Office (CPO), CBN, said this in Lagos.

Nigeria Export Import Bank (Nexim) said it would require about N250 billion capital base to effectively perform its role of promoting exports in order to diversify the nation’s economy.

In an effort to entrench quality education throughout the region by a collective assessment of the education sub-sector, the BRACED Commission Governors Council held a 2-Day summit in Port-Harcourt aimed at improving education at all levels, guaranting the production of sustainable human capital and an educated labour force, developing adequate and instructional information, communication and other technologies to drive the required change.

SEVENTY companies in the small and medium enterprises sector of the economy are competing to have a slice of Western Union Money Transfer and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ‘s two million dollars (about N326 million) funding facility.

In an effort to promote its rich cultural diversity to the world, the Federal Government will play host to not less than 12 countries from four continents at the forthcoming 8th Edition of the Abuja Carnival.

Senator Olusola Saraki’s score in contemporary Nigerian politics is unprecedented. No Nigerian senator living or dead fathered two senators. But Senator Olusola Saraki who died last week was, however, not the usual run of the mill politician.

Mr. Moses Ndubuisi Nwakanma, a botanist, geneticist and environmental biologist, is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. In this chat with Vanguard Learning, Nwakanma whose interest is in medicinal plants like Moringa oleifera, called the Drumstick plant/ tree of life or Miracle tree, Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) and guava, says if we understand plants, we will be happier in our health.