THE authorities of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, yesterday, said they had fulfilled the core demands of the institution’s striking members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and had gone ahead to approve new academic calendar for the 2013/2014.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned Tuesday’s twin bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau State, saying it was not only callous but completely unacceptable.

In fulfilment of his promise to fight crime and criminality in Anambra State through a massive job creation scheme, Governor Willie Obiano has ordered the commencement of an exercise to create a comprehensive data bank on all unemployed youths in the state, with a view to offering them employment.

Puncturing holes in the speculation that private schools are better than public schools, Epe Senior Grammer School, Epe, has won the 5th edition of the Lagos State Ministry of Education Schools’ Debate held on Thursday 15th May at Lagos Television Complex.

FEMME Fatale is a term that has been used extensively as a stereotypical representation of women in literature, cinema and visual arts throughout the century. What does femme fatale mean to women? Does it empower or limit you? Men need to be disabused of the notion they have of placing women either in the role of mothers or whores.

HAPPY Children’s Day! The balloons dance in the air as the Chibok Girls cry in despair. If there was a day that the parents of the nearly 300 girls who were abducted from the secondary school in Borno State could feel more pain, it would be on Children’s day.

THE berthing Committee of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Warri port has petitioned the management over extortion by the Ecravos marine pilots, a claim the pilots have denied.

The University of Jos was, yesterday, thrown into mourning when news hit the campus that a yet to be ascertained number of students, including seven 500 level medical students died in the bomb blasts on Tuesday. Meantime, both the university authorities and the Police could not confirm the news at press time last night.

DR. Kayode Fayemi was yesterday presented with the APC party flag for the forthcoming election with strong support from the top hierarchy of the party.

The Federal Government is to spend $4 billion (about N652 billion) on the construction and rehabilitation of transmission infrastructure in the country.