“I sincerely believe that our students, right from the upper primary school class through senior secondary levels and specifically at tertiary level, will begin to make better and appropriate choices of profession based on information contained in this book…”Professor Olufunmilayo Sotonade, Professor of Counselling Psychology, May 31, 2012, in 40 CAREERS : A CAREER GUIDANCE BOOK.(40 CAREERS henceforth).

Soldiers of the 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, stationed at Asa in Ukwa West local government area of Abia State have shot dead a kidnapper, arrested two members of his gang, including a lady, and rescued a female victim.

THERE are no fewer than 132,000 pensioners from the core civil service, parastatals, agencies and the Police drawing pensions from the Federal Government, the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has said.

The Nigeria Football Federation has thrown its weight behind new Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh following his U-turn on the invitation of players to the national team.

A visually-impaired man, Sule Akinyemi, and a woman, Olajumoke Awosika, were yesterday charged with defrauding an accommodation seeker of N550, 000 at a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

When the students who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, received their results, those who scored above 200 were elated that 2015 is their year of admission into universities of their choice. However, their joy and hope of admission was short lived when the almighty JAMB came up with a new policy last week to reallocate candidates to other universities they did not choose.

AXES and machetes were deployed yesterday to extricate the mangled bodies of nine commuters crushed by a speeding diesel truck which lost control and crashed into a Port Harcourt-bound bus at New Netim, along Calabar-Uyo highway.

OWERRI—The five-day warning strike embarked by civil servants in Imo State, has continued to take its toll on government activities and the citizens.

Since the creation of Kogi State, never has the stake on who occupies the historic seat of government, Lugard House, been this tense.

As a way of finding an amicable solution over the contractual disagreement between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and sacked coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, the National Sports Commission ( NSC) has invited the two parties to a meeting.

Awka—The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and former national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, yesterday, testified before the first Anambra National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka, saying that the declaration of his opponent, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was improper.

IT was Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the former Central Bank Governor (now Emir of Kano) who in January 2014 enriched our political lexicon with the coinage of the term Vested Interests. At a youth summit geared towards national rebirth and renewal, Mallam Sanusi declared that Nigeria can only become great when as a people we “overcome the fear of vested interests.”

Over 300 former members of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including the executive members of Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, Akoko-Edo chapter led by its chairman, Mr. Adebayo Joseph, have dumped their political parties for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Edo State.

ABUJA—The strategic plan by the Senator Bukola Saraki-led Senate leadership to curb dissent came to light, yesterday, after he proclaimed a 12-member Ethics and Privileges Committee, which will among others enforce discipline among senators.

The former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr Femi Thomas has described as false and malicious, allegations of fraud in the purchase of a parcel of land at the Scheme’s office in Abuja. Dr Thomas was accused of conniving with others to inflate the cost of the property from N300 million to N990 million.