Lagos—As public schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2015/2016 academic session yesterday, the Deputy Governor, Dr, Idiat Adebule has urged school administrators across the state to redouble their efforts in the New Year and ensure improvement in pupils’ academic performance to justify government’s huge investment in education.

WHILE PDP is lamenting and condemning the Court of Appeal judgment which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as the Governor of Abia State, APGA partisans are rejoicing. For them, it was justice restored at last.

AS Nigerian fiscal and monetary policy authorities and political leaders receive the team of economists from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, who are expected to scrutinise the 2016 budget and possibly the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, 2016 – 2018, we expect utmost care on the part of the public policy executives to delineate Nigeria’s national interest from classical economics.

AS a percentage of output, SMEs create more jobs. SMEs account for 60 to 90 percent of jobs in most OECD countries, including Japan and Spain.

WISDOM dictates that, if you want to be successful, you have to follow the examples of successful people. It is also for this reason that testimonies and case studies are highlighted. If it happened to one, it can happen to another.

Lagos—The Organised Private Sector, under the umbrella of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, at the weekend, commended the Federal Government for the removal of the fuel subsidy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that he seems to be lucky with and liked by football as he reiterated his promise to reward athletes who made the country proud from 1985 to 2015.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, promised to partner the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to check the endemic trafficking of illicit drugs in the country to salvage the nation’s battered image and advance her economic growth.

Former Member of the NFF Technical Committee, Garba Lawal has stated that the CHAN bound Super Eagles B have no excuse for failure when the championship gets underway. The team have been in camp since December 14 and are now finalizing their preparation for the 4th edition of the championship in Rwanda.

FRONTLINE auto maker, FAW Group, in collaboration with its Nigerian distributor, Perfection Motor Company Limited, has concluded plans to unveil an ultra-modern showroom and well equipped workshop to deliver truck solutions by way of distributing modern and rugged trucks as well as offering after-sales back up to haulage and construction companies in the country.