HAIR, they say is the beauty of a woman; and any woman who is blessed with rich hair texture is not only a pride to herself, but flaunts it jealously anywhere. However, some like Ms Vivian Chioma Metu, a 39-year-old self -acclaimed economics graduate of Lagos State University and single mother, do not necessarily see anything spectacular about this work of nature and so, threw decency to the dogs and went ahead to criminalize it.

Members of the Trade Union Congress ( TUC) were in Benin , the Edo state capital for the 8th Triennial Delegates Conference, held March 18- 19 , 2010. The high point of which was to elect a new set of leaders to run the affairs of the central labour centre for another three years.

EMPLOYERS in the country and labour leaders are among guests expected at the inauguration of Human Capital Providers Association of Nigeria, HuCaPan, whose members are registered to develop and promote standards and ethical practices in recruitment, deployment and management of outsourced manpower in Nigeria.

AT the homicide section of the dreaded State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, Lucky Agofure, an Edo-state born hotelier looked resignedly remorseful. He stared directly at this reporter’s eyes and said, “If I had known, I would have paid Princewill the N1,000 debt that has now led to his death. Now, look at what it has put me into”.

The nation was shocked and devastated when the National Examination Council (NECO) released its November/December 2009 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) result showing that only 1.8% passed with five credits and above including English and Mathematics, required for admission into university.

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun The steady decline of the nation’s education system became more manifest with the dismal performance of students nationwide in the recently released results of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Among the thousands of students who took the terminal examination, only about 10% of them got credit in English and Mathematics, and indeed […]

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun The Federal Government has taken a decisive step at addressing the issue of youths who are out of the formal school system in the country by commencing a vocational trade and entrepreneurship skills training programme for them. The training programme, which is being organised on behalf of the Federal Government by the […]

Novena University’s objective is not only to assuage the despondency of our youths who desire education but cannot have admission slots in public universities, but also to assist the same youths to acquire relevant entrepreneurial skills that will make them employable and useful to themselves and by this, reduce restiveness in our nation.

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun Based on his awareness that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a programme on sustainable educational development of the environment, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Councils (NERDC), Prof. Godswill Obioma has informed the world body of the need for it to partner with […]

Moved by the poor performance of students in last NECO exam and following the call by the Registrar of NECO, Prof Okpala that stakeholders should intensify efforts in ensuring improvement in the sector, the Edo Amity Club (EAC), Lagos, a non- political organisation that engages in patriotic, philanthropic and charitable activities for the upliftment and progress of Edo people has initiated a project called ‘one child, one book’ as part of its efforts to addressing the rot in the education system.

The theory of Mind-Body Dualism in architectural creative design process has been further investigated at Covenant University, Ota, spanning the fields of Mathematics, Architecture, Medicine, Logic, Physics, Philosophy and Psychology.

It is widely believed that there is a time to be born and a time to die. The Chairman of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Medical Board, Dr Nurudeen Olowopopo obviously did not choose Sunday March 14, 2010 as a day to die but was found dead in his swimming pool.

THE craze for the collection of N20 at illegal check points by overzealous policemen has caused the untimely death of a 26- year-old promising Dayo Adeola in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

WHY should the teachers allow these children to stand outside the school compound with all these vehicles zooming past? It is dangerous, they could be killed,” noted a passenger by name, Suzanne in the Oshodi-bound commuter bus as he sighted some children in a nearby school standing outside the school gate.

It is no longer news that sometimes , truck drivers , particularly those conveying goods from the Apapa or Tin-can Island ports, are usually attacked by robbers and the goods diverted elsewhere and sold at give -away prices.