The Etisalat Prize For Literature which was initiated in 2013, is about to canonise yet another laureate as the 2nd winner of the Pan African Prize which honours début fiction writers across Africa.

The confusion experienced by candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations UTME, last week over dates for the examination heightened on Monday as students who were earlier informed by JAMB that the examination would start on March 9 got to their examination centres to realise it had been shifted till the next day. JAMB’s Public Relations Office, Mr Benjamin Fabian had last week informed candidates through the media that the examination would commences on 9 March, 2014.

Workplace and Enterprise Readiness programme (WeReady), a Graduate finishing school initiative is set to hold at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building, Alausa, Lagos with over forty (40) Human Resources and Business Leaders for five Consecutive Saturdays from 8AM beginning from April 4, 2015.

Jos— Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have killed six people at Takowok and Rahol Gasa villages of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The issue of the Almajiri has remained worrisome to Nigerians; it has been a source of embarrassment since independence. The Almajiri, as it is, has no place in modern society. Reports show that they are about 10 million children roaming the streets of Northern Nigeria. Mr. President sees these children as Nigeria’s responsibility and as is common with politicians’ lip-service, Jonathan has chosen to be different as he feels sincerely obligated to the less-privileged young Nigerians.

“…60 percent of those who are in the university system are not university materials; 60 percent of those who are called lecturers and professors in the university system today are not university materials…The survey I want people to do is to look at at the university graduates, First class and Second Class Upper, 2.1, from 1990, where will you find 60 percent of them?

Group Managing Director of Industrial and General Insurance Plc, IGI, Mr. Rotimi Fashola has said that many government ministries and agencies no longer insure their assets since the introduction of the ‘no premium, no cover’ policy by the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM.

They looked so forlorn, torn and tattered. Indeed, their fate appeared to be hanging in the balance. Their future, somewhat, looks bleak, yet they are Nigerians living in their country.

Five months after the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, were withdrawn, the Department of State Service, DSS has restored its operatives to the Speaker.

ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka has threatened to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over unavailability of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, at Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state where he hails from.