APART from the ordinary issues language experts and others know about English, what other thing is the language known for or can be used. This has been the contentious issue until, Toluwalase Oladimeji presents yet another incremental instalment to the corpus of culminated knowledge with his work tagged English, the Language of the Gods. In the well researched paper that took the author to various places, the script writer and researcher took many students and language experts further in their understanding of this global lingua franca as he tries to unlock the secret behind ancient Egypt’s nomenclature, tracing its root to an unexpected linguistic provenance.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has stated that Nigeria economic challenges could be addressed if her citizenry embrace and emphasise science and technology. Delivering the 2015 convocation lecture yesterday at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Onu said: “In a face of global economic crisis in the price of crude oil, we should diversify our mono economy by embracing knowledge and emphasise technology as an important instrument for national development.

The Africa Energy Forum which is the annual global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors is to take place in London, the organisers said on Monday.

The National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, said on Monday that he would not stay in office beyond the period prescribed by the party’s Constitution.