AMIDST palpable confusion that enveloped Aso Rock, following the arrival of recuperating President Umaru Yar’Adua, the outcome of a meeting convened by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan in the place of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, which he earlier postponed, revealed that since the arrival of Yar’Adua, Jonathan was yet to set his eyes on him.

In a bid to move the country forward in areas of science based programmes, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Alhassan Bako Zaku, has reaffirmed the ministry’s preparedness to host the forthcoming International Junior Science Olympiad, IJSO.

By Taye Obateru Jos — Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has frowned at the continuous politicisation of religion by well-placed people in society, warning that posterity will not forgive them for instilling the wrong values in the younger generation. Receiving members of the Governing Council of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, who paid him […]

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA — Niger State House of Assembly has passed the 2010 budget proposal into law and now awaits the assent of the state governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu. Governor Aliyu last December presented a budget proposal of N111, 511, 493, 214.00 made up of N37, 107,334, 820.00 as recurrent expenditure and N74, […]

By  Anayo Okoli ABEOKUTA—CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Education, Dr. Joy Emodi has challenged Nigerian universities to be proactive and make themselves relevant by proving that they are a repository of knowledge which would be employed to develop the country. Senator Emodi who spoke in Abeokuta,  while delivering a convocation lecture, noted that the universities must […]