The pioneering early-years educator Friedrich Froebel recognised the profound influence that community and social context had on whether and how young children’s playful explorations were facilitated or limited.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration would soon unveil a comprehensive national youth empowerment programme to address youth employment, insecurity and other social vices.

Msgr. Francis Ogunmodede, the Episcopal Vicar/Dean, Lekki Region of the Catholic Arch Diocese of Lagos, has advised gay persons in Nigeria to seek spiritual and medical help against their condition.

There are “no free rides” ahead for Africa as it seeks to maintain strong growth in the face of fierce global competition, business leaders told the regional World Economic Forum on Thursday.

FINALLY, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill ,PIB, on the last legislative day of the seventh Assembly.

Apparently afraid of a showdown between it and some members-elect of the National Assembly, the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, Thursday, re-capitulated on a meeting it had earlier scheduled for Thursday with its incoming federal lawmakers.

Jeb Bush appeared all but certain Thursday to launch his White House bid on June 15, as fellow Republican and former Texas governor Rick Perry squeezed into the crowded 2016 presidential race.

The FIFA corruption scandal escalated Thursday as one suspect told of World Cup bribes and another promised to reveal an “avalanche” of secrets, including about FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

Eating one’s own placenta after giving birth may be trendy but there is no scientific evidence that women derive any benefits from it, researchers said Thursday.

Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Lagos State Command have arrested a 29-year-old upcoming actor , Kanayo Awurum, who sold his two-year-old baby for N300,000