The best 185 students from an average of 100 schools per state nationwide that sat for the state stage of the competition that was held on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 have qualified for the next stage that will take place between November 28-30 in the six geo-political zones and the FCT, Abuja.

JIB went public when it was running short of funds and sold shares to the public, I remember buying about 200,000 shares then. That was in 1991. So as I said, it is a limited liability company quoted on the stock exchange and Plateau State Government has just 20 per cent holding in it while all the local government areas of the state jointly own six per cent. So in all, Plateau State Government and the local governments jointly own 26 per cent.

Forty-two year old Modu Wami-Goni is visually impaired but he has not allowed his blindness to impair his determination to receive western education. Against all odds, he travelled to United Kingdom to train as a special needs teacher and educational administrator.

Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan, Deputy Governor of Lagos State and also Commissioner for Education, while opening a new multi-million naira Edward Blyden Memorial School in Lagos Island at the weekend built by Etisalat Nigeria Plc, an emerging communication company, called on the private sector to invest in education and complement the efforts of government.

In a determined effort to break into the elite top 100 universities in the world, the University of Lagos has recently held a retreat on strategic planning at Eko Tourist Beach Resort.