It was indeed a week of glamorous events as the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, celebrated her golden jubilee anniversary.

Following the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mrs Alousious Muktar, refusal to administer oath of office on Justice Ifeoma Jumbo-Ofo, as a Justice of the Court of Appeal, penultimate Monday, some lawyers who spoke with Vanguard Law and Human Rights on the matter noted that her inauguration as a justice at the Court of Appeal cannot be aborted.

IF it is true that morning shows the day, it must also be true that our Judiciary under the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar, may be heading for troubled waters, if not directly for the rocks.

Local rice millers have raised an alarm that the Nigerian government loses over N1.7 billion worth of revenue every month to smuggling activities in the rice sector . The millers, under the aegis of Rice Millers, Importers & Distributors Association of Nigeria, RiMIDAN, called on the government to ensure a level playing field in the sector and remove waivers.

WIFE of Lagos State governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola, and her Kwara State counterpart, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, will be among notable Nigerians who will lead over 50,000 secondary schools to participate in the maiden edition of the largest ever book reading festival featuring “17 Secrets of High Flying Students” in 17 cities across Nigeria and 17 countries across the world.

There is likelihood of a possible re-direction of investments from bonds to equities market by investors in the coming year, says Financial Derivatives Company, FDC.

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to the state to add value to the state as they dedicate themselves to build up their God-given talents at their various community.

International experts have called on stakeholders in the technical education sector to adapt technologies that are relevant to the African scene instead of adopting European technologies that are not suitable for the continent’s developmental needs.

It’s amazing how time flies. What’s more amazing is how time changes style. Trends that once belonged to the class of geeks have now become common place for the crème de la crème of campus fashion. Today, Quadlifestyle focuses on these geeky trends.

The 11thWaste-to-art workshop of Art Is Everywhere(AIE) will hold in Lagos from the 19th– 24thNovember 2012 in collaboration with the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos.