The Rivers State Ministry of Education has said that the study of French Language will provide the students in the state an opportunity to learn other foreign languages outside the English Language.

The need for an improvement in the reading culture of Nigerians was brought to the fore once again during the celebration of the International Literacy Day held last week at the US Consulate, Lagos. The September 8th as it is customary, was celebrated as a day to focus attention on the importance of promoting worldwide literacy.

MAJORITY Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has called on the National Assembly to probe the funds allocated for the security of the country’s waterways, saying that the complaints by the Minister of Finance, Dr, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over crude oil theft on the waterways was an embarrassment to the country.

MANUFACTURERS of iron and steel for telecommunication and electricity industry have called on the Federal Government to “Be the First” in buying quality Made-In- Nigeria products, saying this will lift the sector out of the wood.

A group of unidentified Customs officers at the Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has protested the indiscriminate transfer of officers without paying them transfer allowances.

The Organising Committee of the Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), the Enugu based annual youth art festival, has announced a cast of experienced and internationally recognised photo artists who have accepted to be members of the Committee of Jurors for the 2013 edition of its Photo Africa contest.

2013 race to feature only professional runners Obudu international mountain race stars dominated the senior men’s race at the just concluded 30th Association WMRA World Mountain Running Championships held at Krynica Zdroj, Poland.

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has charged the 22-member of Uplift Football Team not to neglect their academic pursuit at the expense of developing talents, “education is the key no matter your depth of talents.”

AS part of its own contribution towards encouraging couples with infertility challenges, St Ives in collaboration with Ives Medicare Foundation is offering 50 percent discount in the cost of In Vitro Fertilization, IVF.