Yusuf pointed out that with this limited notion of education, lots of people are less interested in the mental, spiritual and physical development of a person which education offers in school curriculum than they are in the kinds of grades they amass after graduation from schools as the sole reason for education is to develop the mind, not to obtain papers.

University of Benin (Uniben) has been described as an institution that have produced sound graduates that are making waves all over the world in diverse areas of specialisation.

The on- going strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Anambra State University chapter has taken a dangerous turn as the lecturers are threatening to leave the state service if the government fails to comply with the ASUU/FGN agreement.

Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko have been enjoined to join hands with the Management of the Institution to achieve its noble goal of becoming a model 21st century institution.

UNARGUABLY, the joy of Mr and Mrs Alaba Akinde knew no bounds when his snatched Toyota Camry car was recovered by the police.

Students in Senior Secondary schools nationwide are set to compete for the mouth-watering cash awards and sundry gifts awaiting winners of this year’s National Reading Competition of the Nigerian Breweries Plc.

The introduction of the tricycle popularly called Keke Marwa in Nigeria served the dual purpose of boosting transportation and creating employment opportunities for millions of otherwise unemployed individuals in the country. In Lagos State, the Keke Marwa or Keke NAPEP was incorporated into the government -promoted mass transit programme geared towards tackling the growing challenges in the transportation sector.

PROFESSOR Babs Aliyu Fafunwa, former Minister of Education seemed not satisfied with the state of Nigerian education as standard and quality keep falling.

Simply because a few bad eggs exist among us does not make every Nigerian a bad egg. Are all Colombians drug barons? Are all Americans drug addicts? Are all Arabs terrorists? Hell, No! We are not worse than those people but their media don’t go about telling the world how bad their people are.

Stanbic IBTC was reported to have expressed support for any legislation that would enforce the human rights and dignity of all Nigerians irrespective of their gender, but observed that there are various factors that could influence an individual’s decision to engage in illegal and immoral acts which could include but not limited to prostitution at the work place.

Residents of New Mebamu Extension/Adekanbi Community Development Association, CDA, in Ojo Local Government of Lagos State have urged government to save them from the scourge of the persistent flood in the community.

“Did you also hear that the security vote runs into millions of naira a month? Nobody accounts for that so they do whatever they choose with it,” noted Shola. So although OBJ is not my friend, but he has spoken the truth.

“ After work one day, my boss’s nephew told me oga had guns in his bedroom during discussion. Typical of me, I like seeing before believing. So, one of the days I was cleaning my boss’s bedroom, I started searching for the pistol. In the process, I found one big gun under his bed. Not done with the search I continued until I found a pistol in his drawer. Having satisfied my curiosity, I left

PRESIDENT, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Okogie have called on Muslims in the country to use the occasion of this year’s Ramadan fast to rededicate themselves to the service of Allah and humanity.

A BOOK proposing a new economic philosophy capable of bailing Nigeria and indeed the world out of the current global downturn was presented to the public in Lagos recently. Titled Global Joseph Project, the book written by Peter Alexander Egom is a 5-chapter work.