Worried by the need for students to have good grasps of the theories of their disciplines as well as the capacity to practically apply theoretical knowledge acquired to solve problems in a variety of situations, Beloxxi Industries has commissioned the Beloxxi Business Simulation Laboratory Project at the University of Lagos.

WHEN Mr. Henry Dickson was inaugurated as the fourth executive governor of Bayelsa State on February 14, 2012, he left no one in doubt on his determination to turn around the fortunes of the state.

As CAF General Coordinator of Group A that had host South Africa, Cape Verde, Angola and Morocco , I was to move to Durban immediately after the opening ceremony and kick off in Johannesburg.

DEMOCRATIC People’s Party, DPP, Delta Central Chapter, yesterday, passed a vote of confidence on Senator Pius Ewherido, the Senator representing the Central Senatorial District of the state.

All the top seeded players had easy passage in the knockout stage of the maiden Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye National U-20 Table Tennis Championship with the round of 16 expected to commence today.

Belgian-born coach Adel Amrouche was Wednesday unveiled as the new coach of Kenya and will be in charge when they face African champions Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier.

FIVE unions in the nation’s health sector have explained that their campaigns for the sack of the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, is to better the health care delivering system in the country, urging President Goodluck Jonathan, to sack the minister before it is too late.

ACUTE fuel scarcity has crippled commercial activities in Warri, Delta State, following the non-distribution of petrol by Product and Pipeline Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, due to non-availability of the product.

Chairman of Indigenous Ship owners Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Chief Isaac Jolapamo, has accused the Federal Government of unknowingly creating the problem of piracy.

ALhaji Abdulqadir Umar Dewu is the Chairman of the committee on budget and appropriation in the Bauchi State House of Assembly. Following the submission and adoption of his report on the state government’s 2013 budget proposals he enumerated on issues concerning the budget in an interview with Vanguard. Excerpts:

A 52-year-old board member of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Honourable Charity Shekari, has won a £15,000 scholarship for a master’s degree programme abroad.

Sylvanus Okpala can’t believe that Okey Isima is gone forever. Okpala’s savouring of the Nations Cup glory was halted Monday by the news of the death of the man he adored in their days at Onitsha and who was to become his bosom friend and room mate throughout their days in the Green Eagles.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Solomon Ogba has revealed plans to set up youth development camps in three zones of the country to groom young talents discovered from grassroots competitions.

A Batch A corps member, Tom Samuel serving in Gadabuke Development Area of Nasarawa State has built an ICT resource centre for the residents of Kullo Village in the area as part of his determination to positively affect the lives of people in his place of primary assignment.

POPE Benedict XVI may change Church rules governing the conclave where cardinals from around the world will meet next month to secretly elect his successor, the Vatican said Wednesday.