Dr Lorenzo Manuel David, Jr. is a filipino who has been living in Nigeria for over 30 years. From 1988 to 1998, he taught Geophysics in the University of Benin. Presently, he is the principal of White Sand School, Lekki. In this interview, he spoke of his personal commitment to education and the way forward for education sector in Nigeria. Excerpts.

LOKOJA—Kogi State Government has been given a 14-day ultimatum to sack all the political appointees by the National Union of Pensioners, NUP.

THE Federal Government has said that it will continue to pay high premium on education as part of its transformation agenda geared towards making Nigeria one of the largest economy by the year 2020.

Abuja Division of Federal High Court, yesterday, remanded two Indians, Kamal Sharma and Ashok Agarwal, in Kuje prison over alleged involvement in illegal diversion of petroleum products from Nigeria.

Deeply worried by the unethical attitudes displayed by members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm towards reporting conflict situations across the world, Ufuk Dialogue Foundation and Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja, recently brought together media practitioners, media scholars, captains of industries, politicians and students to discuss possible ways that the media can be socially and ethically responsible in reporting conflicts.

Professor Bem Angwe is the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, NHRC. In this interview, he spoke on the scope of the commission’s powers, the efforts of the commission in promoting, protecting and defending the rights of Nigerians and other national issues.

In a bid to fightillegal charges in the shipping industry, Nigeria Shipper’s Council (NSC), has said that efforts are being made to review the laws of the Council.

This book is of intellectual fascination and practical importance. The book further reviews the economic, political and legal basis for the deregulation exercise in Nigeria. The chapters in the book reflect the banking sector, Electricity Sector, Broadcasting as well as other essential utilities.

Itsekiri Development Congress, IDC, has supported the House of Representatives member, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, for calling on the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Minister of Finance, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, with a federal university or institution in any part of the country named after him.

The President, Nigerian Academy of Letters and former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Munzali Jibril, has called for funding of reforms in Nigerian higher education system to diversify its recourse base and deliver the quality output that is needed to make Nigeria a respected player in the knowledge economy of the 21st Century.