“As UNESCO puts it, ‘Nigeria has some of the worst education indicators globally.’ Its primary net-enrollment ratio fell from 61% in 1999 to 58% in 2010. Equally alarming, the number of out-of-school children increased from 7.4m in 1999 to 10.5m in 2010 (UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2013).”

With over 50 percent of Nigerian population battling with poorly arranged teeth, experts have decried dearth of orthodontist specialists in the country, saying Nigeria has only 41 orthodontists serving a population of 170 million people.

Even with the differing views on the arrests of some court judges in the country by the operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, the federal government has said it would step on more big toes.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Wednesday, joined numerous other persons to congratulate Mr Eze Anaba, on his new appointment as Vanguard Editor.

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, Dr. Joe Abah, yesterday, disclosed that the various reforms put in place by the agency has saved the country a whooping N650 billion.

THE Vice President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote, alleged that Federal Government’s indecision has slowed down local production of tomatoes in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja for Berlin, Germany, tomorrow, on an official visit.

IN a bid to give hope to the less privileged students, a Non-Governmental Organization, Transform A Life, TAL, has given out educational materials ranging from books, pens, cleaners and sharpeners, to primary school indigent pupils in Araromi Community in Ajegunle, Lagos State.

CALEB University, Imota, Lagos has announced its sixth convocation ceremony slated for Friday this week at the Multi-purpose Hall of the University at 9 am.

Subsidised treatment for cancer patients in Nigeria has been described as non-negotiable if the war against cancer is to be won.