The duo of Mr Nasir Yammama and Miss Ese Odiete, both 24, have finally emerged winners of the British Council Enterprise challenge organised by Virgin Atlantic and Zenith Bank to boost entrepreneurial skills among Nigerian youths. The winners were unveiled at Eko Hotel and suites, Lagos.

JUST as Samuel Johnson in April 1775, said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, so has security, in the heated pre-election setting of Nigeria, become the ultimate red herring wielded to postpone a much-anticipated February 14, 2015 Presidential election, in particular. It was at the Chatham House in London, that Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser (NSA), first let out of the bag, the idea of a postponement of elections, based on the incomplete distribution of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).

Government have been charged to look into development of school sports in secondary schools. This charge was given by various stakeholders at the 3rd Inter-House Sports Competition of KrisBethel College, Lagos state.

EVIDENTLY, the more things change, the more they remain the same. These people are taking us round in circles. Thank God, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, the distant predecessor of Prof. Attahiru Jega, is still alive. He must be smiling somewhere as Nigeria gets set for a total re-enactment of the shameful scenario of his era.

ONITSHA—Disturbed by alleged multiple candidates being fielded by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming general election, the All Progressives Congress in Anambra State yesterday threatened to institute a legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission and the PDP.

Awka— INDUSTRIALISTS at the famous Harbour-Head Bridge Industrial Layout in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday took to the streets to protest alleged 95 per cent increase in electricity charges by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

Pensioners in Abia State have called on the state government to pay their arrears of pensions and gratuities, lamenting that many of them have died due to lack of money to meet their needs especially medical. The aggrieved pensioners who stormed Abia State Government House appealed to Governor Theodore Orji to ensure the payment of their arrears of pensions and gratuities, saying many of their colleagues had died out of frustration.

Considering the relevance of student unionism to the growth of any academic institution, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has gone to the poll to elect new executive members of the Student Union Government of the institution.

TRuth and absolute truth resides in God”. This was the conclusion of Professor Ademola Tayo as he challenged government to actively promote national educational goals. Professor Tayo who delivered the second inaugural lecture of Babcock University on Thursday harped on the need for a committed and consistent harmonization of national educational goals with the nation’s philosophy of education.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has prescribed minimum capital base of $10,000 for banks seeking license to operate in any of the free trade zones (FTZ) in the country.

It isdishearting that the way the average Nigerian evaluates the education sector is quite different from the perception of many foreigners. Mr Derek Smith, a Briton and an expatriate in Olashore School, Iloko-Ijesa, Osun State, who had taught in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, has stated that a significant number of schools in the UK are worse than those in Nigeria in terms of academic performance, behaviour and facilities.

ON March 13 and 14, Nigeria’s sole representatives at the Hult Prize regional final competitions in Dubai, United Arab Emirate,American University of Nigeria (AUN), will be competing for $1,000,000 prize in startup funding, .

Standard & Poor’s rating agency has said that Nigeria may have its credit rating cut due to impact of lower crude oil prices and political uncertainty on its economy. S&P said it is reviewing Nigeria for a possible downgrade, indicating there’s more than a 50 percent chance for the country to lose its BB- rating, or three steps below investment grade. The move came one day after it cut a group of oil producing countries including Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Venezuela and lowered the outlook for Saudi Arabia to negative.

Conflicting views over the postponement of the election is raging among stakeholders in Delta state. While some have applauded the postponement, others have rejected it as being in bad faith.

Increasingly, there are fears that the present government of Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, may not enlist the state workers into the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, introduced in 2004 following the Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004 (as amended in 2014).