For more than two decades now, there seem not to be any sector of the Nigerian economy that has generated much ado and giving much cause of worry in a comparably equivalent degree as the Education sector hence, the condition of the sector formed the bone of contention in the 17th Annual Prof. Fafunwa Educational Foundation Lecture held recently at the National Institute of International Affairs(NIIA), Victoria Island.

On Tuesday this week, Nigeria as a country probably had a low key celebration to mark the 53rd anniversary of political independence from our colonial masters. Perhaps, the anniversary was celebrated without fanfare or pomp and pageantry in acknowledgment of the increasing global unrest that is on top of the agenda of most developed, developing and less developed nations occasioned by unexpected security incidents.

National Headquarters of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG plan to hold a one-day special prayer for civil servants on Sunday, 6th, October 2013 by 8am.

Diamond Bank Plc has launched an international multipurpose debit card for students of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, which would enable them carry out financial transactions such as paying for school fees, online payments as well as voting during their students’ Union elections.

THERE are indications that the monthly security reports from the Lagos maritime Zone, has shown increased security surveillance in virtually all the terminals in Lagos maritime Zone.

The Chairman Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, Lolu Akinwumi has said that the introduction of a new code of advertising practice would help to strengthen regulation and ensure professionalism in the industry.

Two men, Sulaimon Ganiyu and Jamiu Sulaimon, were, yesterday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly raping and assaulted a 21-year-old lady.

The Rivers State Government has flagged-off its 2013 Free Education Project. The flagging-off ceremony took place at the Dr.Christie Toby Model Primary School, Elekahia, Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt.

The sub-heading of this column was announced last week – ‘why religious organisations should do more.’

As the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU enters its fourth month, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Rahamon Adisa Bello, has stated that the industrial action embarked upon by the union is not against the university system.

Even without all the niceties that normally accompany major policy shifts, the Nigerian Judiciary was quietly sentenced to death some four years ago, when President Goodluck Jonathan was yet functioning in an acting capacity.

Hope of final year students in Nigeria public universities getting call-up letters to participate in the batch ‘C’ National Youth Service Corps will be dashed, due to the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU.

Kwara State Government in partnership with Nuvasive Spine Foundation, USA, has commenced free spine surgery for 20 indigent patients at Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin.

By GBENGA OLARINOYE, Osogbo REtirees of the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile Ife Osun state under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, have called on the Federal Government to review the scheme to give succor to those that have served their country faithfully and selflessly. At a briefing in Osogbo on activities lined up to mark […]

TWENTY-FOUR hours after President Goodluck Jonathan raised a 13-man National Conference Advisory Committee, leading ethnic nationalities and other groups in the country have started consultations with a view to presenting their agenda to the panel. Vanguard also gathered that the different geo-political zones of the country may also meet to strategise and marshall their demands.