Parents are witnesses to unending list of books from kindergarten to primary schools in Nigeria especially in private schools. Despite this, 50% of these books are not opened till these children are promoted to the next class. One begins to wonder if schools now work for publishers or there is not enough time to finish the scheme of work for schools.

Do you know the biggest room in the world today? A room in the White House in America? A room in Aso Rock? Or a mansion somewhere you think? Far from it children? The biggest room in the world is ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. This means whatever you are in life, whatever challenges you face or have faced and even whatever result you got in the last session, there is always room for improvement. This room is so big that it gives you lots of opportunity to read, study, take decision to improve and even allow you to build your self esteem.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan’s statement that victory for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the forthcoming elections would free Lagos residents from oppression, saying “Lagos is not in bondage.”

No, Saddam had killed or caused the killing of more Iraqis than any foreign power and any other Iraqi regime. Unfortunately, the international community had been silent on Saddam’s crimes particularly during the 1980s; therefore, there is some misconception about Saddam’s era of terror and genocide. Furthermore, since the removal of Saddam, those who have been igniting sectarian and ethnic conflicts are mostly Saddam’s followers, including many leading members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Note: Levant includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

IT is amusing that when the President, Goodluck Jonathan, said corruption should be called by its true meaning, “stealing”, there were people who had a lot of disagreement with it. While there may be very sophisticated definitions and understanding of corruption, there is no doubt that with most Nigerian communities, the meaning is clearer when you say “ a man is a thief” than when you say “ a man is corrupt”.

A 33-year old woman, Nneka Amadi, has been charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing Brazillian and Indian Hair valued N3.1 million.

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ebonyi state, weekend declared that the party at the national level would soon take action against Governor Martin Elechi over his alleged anti-party activities in the state.

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari is on a rescue mission to revitalize Nigeria’s dwindling economy, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO has said.

The case was among the most prominent in a series of trials of secular dissidents who have been jailed along with thousands of Islamists since the army overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

Britain has sold a 1.0-percent stake in state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group for £500 million ($769 million, 677 million euros) under plans to return it to private ownership, the government said Monday.