ORPHANS and Vulnerable Children, OVCs, in Nigeria face an uncertain future as the availability of funds for their care and support continues to dwindle. The Association of Orphanages and Homes in Nigeria which raised alarm over the implication of lack of government support in operation of private homes and orphanages across the country, warned that failure of government to address the current financial predicament of orphanages over the next decade, could potentially spell doom for many OVCs who are likely to die off as a result of lack of placement and rescue opportunities

Chairman, Zinox Technologies, Mr Leo-Stan Ekeh at the weekend charged a mammoth crowd, among them young Nigerian entrepreneurs, that gathered to participate in this year’s Nokia Networks Conference in Lagos, that the freedom to succeed lies in improved broadband penetration.

Unless the Federal Ministry of Education intervenes in the power tussle at The National Examinations Council, NECO, is now engulfed in crises following the alleged power between the registrar and a director in the council.

A Sectoral study conducted by African Institute of Technology, USA, on Science& Technology Innovation in Nigeria, revealed that Nigerian’s economy has seen little innovation in information and communications technology, ICT.

Despite the giant strides in Information and Communication Technology, ICT, low broadband penetration has remained the bane of the industry. However, there now seems to be light at the end of the tunnel as the Broadband Council has said that there had been a two percent increase in the broadband implementation plan within the past eighteen months.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday urged traders at the popular Ladipo Spare Parts Market to support the gubernatorial aspiration of the All Progress Congress(APC) candidate, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.

Uyo—OVER 70 aggrieved ex-militants cutting across the different local government areas of Akwa Ibom State have thrown their weight behind the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state governorship candidate, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, in the coming elections.

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, raised alarm, yesterday, over alleged attempt by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, to evade cleanup of Ogoniland as recommended by United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report.

Lagos State Command has rescued one Saheed Kolawole, owner of Scot Hotel, who was reportedly kidnapped at Ikorodu, Lagos on January 31, 2015.

Anambra State chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, yesterday, demanded an immediate implementation of the state law on workers’ contributory pensions scheme.

The House of Representatives candidate for Anambra East and Anambra West Federal Constituency on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Peter Madubueze, has said that he was ashamed that his constitu- ency, which is also the federal constituency of Governor Willie Obiano, is the most backward in the state.

NO fewer than 400 graduates in Edo State are undergoing computer training under the Technical Vocation Education Training, TVET, facilitated by the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme, SURE-P.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has designated the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, as Africa Regional Designated Centre, RDC, for food safety.

Inland Town Police Station in Onitsha, Anambra State, is interrogating five prostitutes for allegedly assaulting and threatening the life of a man said to be having an affair with one of them, in a hotel room.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has said, that the postponement of the February 14 elections is prone to suspicion.