By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, last week flagged -off another round of the Sub-National Immunization Plus Days (SNIDs) at Ikota Primary School, Lekki Expressway, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state with a pledge to seriously address the various challenges beseting immunization activities in the state. The prevailing situation has left […]

According to him, “The failing University system was resultant from lack of research skills in modern methods — there is disconnect between research and economy; under-funding, which result in constraints of equipment for carrying out state of the art research; over loaded teaching and administrative schedules, which leave little time for research, etc.”

To determine the extent/level of distortion; advise on possible review and make suggestion on ways and means of ensuring efficient implementation of the outstanding parts of the plan.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For  45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boys”, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last  shed their unenviable status as […]

By Albert Akpor WHEN  tricycles, popularly called Keke  Marwa were introduced into the city of Lagos by the military administration of Colonel Buba Marwa (rtd) many saw it as the military administrator’s way of placating the masses and mitigating their impoverishment at the time. This presumably explains why the  introduction of the tricycles was widely […]

By Mike Ebonugwo Fashion-crazy Nigerian ladies may do well to read this. An impromptu gathering of parliamentarians in a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo has passed a judgement of condemnation on them after a heated debate on whether the prevailing dress culture in the country is justified in any way. The parliamentarians had boarded […]

Also, access to and from the community has been denied as the major road has been taken over by flood. The road had become slippery and those who dare to go out would have to remove their shoes and wade through the flood,…

If you don’t know, or may want to confirm what you already know, Turkey is one of the world’s greatest tourist attractions in modern times. Besides its historical past that was rich in diversity of civilisations, modern Turkey magnificently stands out as the melting point between the Western and Eastern cultures that appear to be […]

*As ex-Anambra gov is buried By Tony Edike THE demise of the former civilian governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh, was, indeed, a great loss to many, but to his tenants who occupy his massive estates scattered across the country, his exit was more painful and it is feared that they may […]

Many people want to triumph in their businesses, careers and in the affairs of life, but they are quite ignorant of what it takes to do so. Some think of succeeding through short-cuts, not knowing that such short-cuts lead to dead-ends. Others feel they can triumph by cutting corners and playing pranks! These are not the ways to sincerely triumph in the affairs of life.

I did 200metres rope climbing to the top of a platform once. It was suicidal. When the boys heard that the Governor-General had arrived, they stopped what they were doing. How many have I not done? You don’t pay ransom – ransom for what? They released the hostages. What makes you think that you are more Niger Deltan than me?

Preamble: Those who have committed their lives to Jesus Christ have been translated from darkness, of which economic melt down is a key component, to the marvelous light of God Almighty. In 2009 and beyond, God will begin to, very graphically, manifest a difference between those who serve him and those who do not. Children of God have nothing to worry about in 2009 because they will graduate from Goshen to Canaan.

Too many people are so busy querying God for not answering their prayers or not manifesting enough blessings in their lives. They think and believe that God is indebted to them. They think that God is a man that should be at their call any time they want Him. The truth, however, is that God is always God.

Solomon the preacher teaching against this kind of carnal inclinations says: ?My son, if sinners entice thee consent thou not? (Prov. 1:10).

By Ise-Oluwa Ige About one week ago, Mr Emmanuel Obot, the former aide to ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Chief Victor Attah, wrote a letter to INEC, demanding for his alleged certificate of return as the winner of the April 21, 2007 poll into the Uyo Federal constituency. He also wrote another letter to the […]