The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has revealed that it banned the Ekiti State Government from accessing the Federal Government intervention fund for the universal basic education due to failure to comply with guidelines laid down by the government.

The new Consul-General of the Consulate-General of Germany in Lagos, Mr Ingo Herbert, on Tuesday announced his government’s decision to increase scholarships for Nigerians and other Africans. Herbert told newsmen in Lagos that his government had at its recent bilateral meeting decided to increase its annual scholarships from 450 to “a more reasonable number”.

As the curtains drew on 2014, and the lights shone on 2015, it became obvious to Nigeria and the international comity that the world’s most populous black nation would not meet quite a number of the Millennium Development Goals postulated by the United Nations in 2000. At least, not the Education For All goal.

Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun who was educated in Frank Jefkins School of Public Relations, London and University of Lagos, UNILAG, is the Principal Consultant at NECCI Consulting. In this interview with Vanguard, she disclosed some practical things that Public Relations students must know in order to succeed in the profession. Excerpts…

Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries, Mr. Nicolas Vervelde has reiterated its company desire to take active part in funding of educational and research institutions in Nigeria.