AFTER a keen competition for the Students In Free Enterprise, SIFE, by over 1,000 high institutions in the country, Benue State university, Makurdi emerged the national winner.

Abraham Lincoln worked as a general storekeeper, the venture eventually went bankrupt and he ended up owing $1,100. He promised to pay the debt. Though it took him fifteen years to clear his debt; the money being an enormous amount in those days.

IN its articulated policy to reposition education in Lagos state as part of efforts to launch Lagos into a mega city, the state government said it has constructed over 250,000 classrooms over the last four years.

AS part of its commitment to providing nourishment that supports mental and emotional growth to Nigerians, Horlicks, a beverage drink from the stable of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc, has offered training on emotional intelligence to Lagos State Secondary School teachers.

THE global software giant, Microsoft has announced the winners of its annual Microsoft Partners in Learning Middle East and Africa forum, an event that recognises innovative teachers who creatively and effectively use technology in their curriculum to help improve the way students learn.

THE mass failures being witnessed in external examinations in Nigeria has become a source of worry to all stakeholders, even as examination malpractices and other forms of cheating have become the order of the day.

Federal Government has flagged off the support funds of 2010 Universal Basic Education, UBE to 4, 109 communities, following the Federal Government’s preparedness to increase its partnership with States, Local Councils and rural communities.

The Honourable Minister of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to promote debating culture amongst Nigerian students in the overall move to revive education in the nation.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the suspension of its one-week warning strike with effect from Sunday to enable the Federal Government implement the agreement reached with it in 2009 on four-point issues.

The Chairman of the Mike Adenuga Group, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr. has presented a cheque of N150 million to the University of Nigeria Nsukka for the infrastructural development of the institution.