THE Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, has pleaded for donations to public schools, which it said are populated by children of the poor. The group said that though government is doing its best in funding of public schools, complementary donations are required from philanthropists.

Former Deputy National President of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Chief Rommy Ezeon-wuka has advised the Nigeria Football Federation to move the forthcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon away from the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.

THE European Union, EU, and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Bauchi State government, are to upgrade 162 health facilities across the state in the next four years, representing 50 percent of the 323 wards in the state.

The policy of Education Tax should again be re-appraised with a view to making high impact industries and organisations contribute adequately to funding of higher education in Nigeria

By remaining docile on issues that are critical to the continued existence of this country, we are tactfully suggesting that we would allow the great issues of our time to be decided by posturing and shouting matches on our streets

FSDH Merchant Bank Limited, yesterday, said that it has successfully raised N14.4 billion from its Series 3 and Series 4 Commercial Paper (“CP”). Collectively, Series 3 and 4 represents FSDH’s second issuance under its N30 billion CP Programme established in 2016.

There will be inflow of technical assistance on varying specialised areas especially labour laws, finance, production, skill acquisition, job creation, general labour administration

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, took a swipe at security agencies in Lagos State, particularly the police, describing their inability to rescue the six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos Model College, Igbonla, 43 days after, as weakness on their parts.

THE Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, and the Ghana Chamber of Mines, GCM, yesterday, harped on closer collaboration by West African miners to harness the enormous solid minerals potential in the sub-region. Speaking in Abuja at a West African mining conference, Executive Secretary, NEITI, Waziri Adio, said the mining sector should begin to play a catalytic role in economic growth and development.

The campaign for Saturday’s Osun-West Senatorial bye-election entered its homestretch yesterday with leading supporters of the two main political parties, All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, making their last campaigns.