STakeholders in education sector, especially Nigerian teachers, yesterday, while celebrating the 2016 World Teachers’ Day, critically identified the abrogation of Grade II teacher, unworkable curriculum and poor remuneration, among others, as the bane of our education standard. Just as it has been disclosed that Nigeria’s education system has lost its glory by occupying the 145th position in primary education advancement in the world’s record.

THE House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged corruption, malpractices and breach of due process in the award of Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL, 245, yesterday said the United Kingdom Prosecution Service has agreed to help Nigeria recover $1.1 billion diverted oil bloc money.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT—Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Iyayi Lamikanra, yesterday, ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to arrest the Comptroller of Federal Prisons and the Deputy Comptroller in charge of Port Harcourt Prisons, over their failure to produce the ex-Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Ojukaye Amachree. Amachree is facing […]

Ahead of the re-run elections in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has warned election riggers to stay away from the state, saying that they would be resisted.

The Enugu State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his giant stride in the state, especially his timely intervention on the commencement of rehabilitation work at the Federal Government road along Oji-River–Ugwuoba-Anambra State border and his contributions towards the success story of Enugu Rangers International Football Club as the new champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL.

FOLLOWING three years of very successful performances in Nigeria and Davos, Switzerland, the (spectacular) award winning “Kakadu” the Musical will be coming to the Nelson Mandela Theatre, Johannesburg as part of the Africa Day Celebrations from the 7th to the 18th of June 2017. This was announced yesterday by Claire Pacariz, the Executive Producer, Jo’burg City Theatres.

Last month, a video surfaced on Facebook, showing several scenes of a boy of about eight-year-old heavily bullying toddlers in a daycare centre while an older lady—apparently the boy’s mother— appeared at intervals to sooth the crying toddlers, pretending to be unaware of the cause of their cries. At least her failure to reprimand the ‘little demon’ like most Facebook users described the boy, proved that.

The second edition of the WFM 91.7 annual Voice of Women Conference and Awards holds on Friday, 9th December by 10 a.m. prompt the theEko Hotel & Suites.

ABUJA- WITH the rising entrepreneurial profile of Nigerian women in various businesses, an apiculturist, Becky Wambebe, has said women have high prospect in beekeeping business.

Hope For Women In Nigeria Initiative, HOFOWEM, a pet project of Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, on Monday, launched another major milestone EVENT, an initiative tagged; “Project Bright Steps, equipping future leaders.”

GOtv has promised to celebrate its fifth anniversary in Nigeria with funfairs in five cities.

Telecom operator, Globacom, has switched on the mobile 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network nationwide.

Attempts by some land-grabbers to foment trouble at Orudu, Oke Olokun village in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, has been foiled by policemen from the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, following the arrest of three of them.

By Roghene Omomadia Renowned comedian and aide to Edo State governor, Roland Igbadumhe, has said that the unprecedented developmental accomplishment by out-going Gvernor Adams Oshomhole, won the election for All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Godwin Obaseki. This is as calm returned to Benin after the protest that followed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, declaration […]

Nigeria spent a whopping N108.8 billion to conduct the 2015 general elections, which produced President Muhammadu Buhari, 31 governors, 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members, as well as thousands of state assembly members.