IN the last three decades of its operation, Jaji Nigeria Limited (not firm’s real names) has made it a tradition to give 50kg bag of rice to every one of its staff at the end of every year. It was, therefore, not out of place for members of staff to anticipate the same gesture this Yuletide. But alas, barely a week to Christmas, history was this time around altered.

AS it is becoming increasingly difficult to afford conventional fuels in Nigeria, a new study led by a team from the University of Chicago, says shifting from a cookstove that burns traditional wood fuel to a stove that uses a cleaner-burning fuel such as ethanol, may mitigate cardiovascular health risks in pregnant women.

A British High Court, the Royal Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, Court 1, sitting in London, yesterday, ordered the immediate release of former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, from prison, saying the move to hold him after serving out his sentence was illegal.

YOU probably know what I mean by Camp 97%. In case you don’t, let me explain. You will recall that soon after he was sworn into office last year, President Muhammadu Buhari paid a state visit to the United States, apparently to thank President Barack Obama, the American State Establishment and Media, for helping him win the 2015 election.

THE International Human Rights Day is commemorated on 10th December every year across the world. It is a day set aside by the United Nations (UN) to celebrate the observance of human rights as enshrined in different Articles and Charters of the UN.

A 26-year-old driver, who allegedly raped a 21-year-old girl, his co-domestic servant, yesterday, appeared before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

THE Ogun State government has collaborated with the United States of American Embassy and Microsoft Nigeria to train 2,000 teachers on the use of communication technology for the advancement of education.

Abraka – Delta State Deputy Governor, Mr Kingsley Otuaro, on Wednesday chaired a ceremony/presentation and launch of a book, titled “Global Best Practices in Higher Education for National Development”, written by the Dean of Faculty of Education, Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Enamiroro Oghuvbu, in honour and commernoration of the 60th birthday of the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Victor Peretomode.

GOVERNOR of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, in a rare interview with Vanguard, shortly after he assumed office, said that the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, was not just the rallying point for politicians in the state, he established the political family that continues to call the shots in the state.

ABUJA — Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu is convinced the strides by the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) would help reposition the Nigerian education system in the years ahead. Adamu was speaking at the Joint National Project Steering Committee Meeting of SEPIP and the Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (NIPEP) which held at the Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Secretariat, Abuja.

GOVERNOR IbikunleAmosun of Ogun state has urged corps members serving in the state to contribute their quota to the socio-economic development of the state and Nigeria in general.

SAVE Our Needy, SON, has brought smiles to the faces of some students and their mothers as it empowers vulnerable mothers across the country.

IN a bid to teach privileged students some salient lessons and to also extend hands of fellowship to the less privileged, Corona Secondary School Red Cross, Agbara recently visited Favid Family Vocational Institute for Disable, situated at Ijoko, Ogun State.

SATURDAY December 17 unveiling of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, as the third labour centre in Nigeria alongside the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has unsettled the labour movement.