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.’’

FORMER Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed reports that he has concluded plans to dump All Progressives Congress, APC, for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, noting that APC was his final bus stop.

General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), yesterday, described the kidnap of the Chibok schoolgirls as the greatest embarrassment in Nigeria’s post-independence history, just as he threw a challenge to anyone to dispute his success in protecting the economy while he was Head of State.

BEFORE I go on with the concluding part, let me appreciate my readers for the rush of support for our Armed Forces in their reactions to the first part of this article. You are all great patriots indeed.

GOVERNOR Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State, said Tuesday night in Kaduna that the north was ‘’losing political and economic power to the South West due to the high level of literacy of the Yoruba, and suggested the splitting of the Northern Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NNGF, in line with the three geopolitical zones in the area.

THE Vice Chancellor,Lagos State University, LASU, Professor John Obafunwa has disclosed that the over N209 million which was released by the state government as refund for excess school fees paid by students, is yet unclaimed by some students due to certain factors. While speaking with journalists in Lagos, he noted that the initial delay was necessitated by the due process involved in getting the money out of the state’s treasury. He said: “We had to go through the Ministries of Education, Economic Planning and Budget, and Finance before the money could be released.

“Because of the great value attached to education globally, crisis in the sector must be considered a serious cause for concern as education is almost everywhere considered as the key to economic prosperity and a vital instrument for combating disease, tackling poverty, and supporting sustainable development.”