The man arrested over the death of 25-year-old Silverbird staff, Aisha Noble Mustapha, weekend, in Ogudu Government Reserved Area, Lagos, has denied that he was her lover.

Professor Florence Obi, Dean of Education, University of Calabar, Dr. Taiwo Folasade Ipaye, Registrar and Secretary to Council, University of Lagos UNILAG, Professor Ngozi Osarenren, a lecturer at UNILAG and former Commissioner for Education, Edo State, have unanimously called on schools to give student counsellors a paramount place in schools to do their core job.

Igbole Ekiti, a town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, will on Saturday host the Babatunde Femi Owolabi Memorial Heart Foundation, as the foundation is set to facilitate a public lecture and organise free diabetes and hypertension screening for the people in the locality, as part of activities lined up in its campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and other related conditions.

The outbreak of Ebola in parts of West Africa saw health officials, hospitals and other industry stakeholders reassessing their levels of preparedness for dealing with public health emergencies. Widespread shortages of doctors, nurses and volunteers possessing requisite knowledge and skills for containing the epidemic was recorded in affected areas, resulting in the spread of the deadly disease from Guinea to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria and outside the shores of Africa.

Polo fans attending the first beach Polo tournament in Lagos being organise by Eko Atlantic in collaboration with Lagos Polo Club have been promised first class hospitality in a luxurious setting.

Nigeria Red Cross Society, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Division, Ogun State, has donated 200 chairs and lockers worth millions of naira to Ansar-Ud Deen Practising School, Ota and Local Government School III, Sango-Ota in Ogun state.

At the recent Strategic School Management and Outstanding Private Schools Merit Awards, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Education in conjunction with Family Affairs Consultancy Limited, Logos International Secondary School, LOGISS, a mission school in Awo-Omamma, Imo State, stood out among the other honorees selected from among the countless private schools scattered across Nigeria.

NIGERIA’S major problem: While serving as the Director-General of RMRDC, I was also the chairman of the Committee of Directors of all research institutes in Nigeria which enabled me to work and interact with the chief executives of all the research institutes within the Nigerian innovation system. “Over the years, I have been involved in quite a number of research programmes and these have resulted in a number of very useful technologies. At inception, there was a lot of emphasis on agriculture and solid minerals in Nigeria, but with the discovery of oil, the country moved away from those natural resources to crude oil and we have seen the price of oil going down.

In recognition of the quality of the entry level programme which takes fresh graduates through an intensive four-month pre-career course, the Guaranty Trust Bank Training Academy for pre-entry level staff has been accredited by the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) as a School of Banking Excellence.

Cowbell has reiterated its commitment to boost the study of Mathematics among students stating that Mathematics is the bedrock of Science and technology. Speaking at the first stage examination for NASSMAC held at the Immaculate Heart Secondary School, Maryland, Mr Abiodun Ayodeji , Category Manager Dairy said: ‘’the Cowbell Secondary School Mathematics Competition encourages the study of mathematics because mathematics is the bedrock of Science which is the bedrock of innovation.’’