After her first solo exhibition in 2006 titled, Patterns of Life that tried to draw the attention of the female folk on the need to catch up with others in the events of life, one of Nigeria’s female studio artists that is bent on making a statement in the male dominated art world, Chinyere Ofodile Okanume is out again with another solo exhibition titled Beyond Bound, an exhibition of paintings, oil on canvas, mixed media with fine stones, fabrics and native mat.

For one week beginning from March 23rd to April 1, Lagos will welcome men,women and children from all races, histories, and cultures, in her mission to animate the past, celebrate the present, and illuminate the future as it opens the biggest festival in Lagos State otherwise known as the Black Heritage Festival 2013 edition.

Yenagoa — Commercial boat operations in communities on the Atlantic fringe in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have been grounded, following the recent upsurge in sea piracy in the area.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to ensure all individuals standing trail for the embezzlement of pension fund are brought to book with maximum penalty.

No fewer than 670 students over the weekend benefited from the MTN Foundation scholarship scheme. While 590 students were from Science and Technology institutions in the South-West region, 80 blind students in Nigerian tertiary institutions made the list of the phisically challenged scholars.

The Federal Government, yesterday, docked the alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bomb explosion that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Mrs Dodo Esther,one of the less-privileged women in Ilaje-Bariga, a Lagos slum, had lived from hand to mouth for 28 years. She used to be a petty trader until she developed passion for midwifery which she learnt from her mother-in-law.

ON February, 28, 2013, Labour Vanguard published a piece about the takeover of trade unions by bourgeois labour leaders. At the end of the report, Labour Vanguard promised to publish an interview with Comrade Sylvester Ejiofoh, immediate past General Secretary General Secretary of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE. Here is the interview for your reading delight.

Engineer Babatunde Odufuwa has urged students who are aspiring for greatness to embrace technology education.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, yesterday, mandated the Committee on Education to probe the on-going crisis in University of Abuja that has brought academic activities to a standstill.

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National leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday warned contracting firms in the country to desist from fraudulent practice of inflating contract costs to defraud the nation.

Three Bolivians and two Nigerians have been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for production, possession and illegal distribution of Methaphetamine, an illicit drug.

Awa Kalu commands commendable followership both as a lawyer, a law teacher, a jurist, an administrator and a technocrat. This probably is because of his forthrightness, sense of humour, humility, candour, loyalty to friends and unique style of leadership which is rooted in competence, genuine concern for others, admirable character and team spirit. He preaches and practices teamwork and collectivist aspiration for excellence.

Minna—The Niger Government said, Wednesday, that it had entered into agreement with some commercial banks to inject N17 billion over the next three years into rice cultivation in the state.