Personally, experience has taught me that adequate funding that will attract the best human and material resources, is a very vital factor. You need good fund to recruit experienced and seasoned teachers, put in place the necessary infrastructure and design a good academic and co-curricular package for a standard secondary scho

The Police Officers Wives’ Association (POWA) is worried about the rising number of children of school age in the nation’s police barracks who are currently out of school as well as the non-challant attitude of government to special needs children.

By Bose Adebayo Since plans by government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industry became public knowledge, fuel marketers have intensified efforts in doing what they know how to do best: That is to hoard the product. This accounted for the long queues witnessed in most filling stations at intermittent intervals during the […]

One of the budgetary proposals for 2010 which was submitted to the National Assembly by the Federal Ministry of Education, FME, is the request for financial backing for the policy already put in place by the Federal Government as regards the removal of disparity between the graduates of the nation’s polytechnics and universities.

The 26th convocation ceremony of Yaba College of Technology, which took place last Friday December 4, 2009, was marked by a lot of interesting developments.
The ceremony was originally slated for 10 a.m. on that day.

NOTHING can justify the actions of mobile policeman, Raymond Egbongbonwuyi, who invaded the children’s ward of an Ibadan hospital, on November 25, beat up medical personnel, pulled off drips being administered on five children, and tear-gassed the ward. He was on this rampage for two hours before police from a nearby police station arrested him.

FOUR years ago, the popular televangelist and Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Bimbo Odukoya died at the prime age of 45 when a Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 she boarded in Abuja crashed in Port Harcourt. The air crash also claimed the lives of 75 pupils, among others. That was on December 10, 2005.

BY MCPHILIPS NWACHUKWU PENULTIMATE Saturday, the nation’s capital city of Abuja was agog with  activities as residents of the city witnessed another round of the five year old Abuja Carnival. That day the carnival routes which started from Moshood Abiola way in Garki area through Eagle Square. Abuja was a beauty to behold as carnival […]

*Shame to those who brought Yar’Adua to power *Reveals: Why Pa Imodu refused to shake hands with me *On Foreign Policy: ‘Nigeria is a reckless spender’ Last week, we brought you an interview with a 99 year old woman. Today, we bring you Pa Matthew Tawo Mbu, who turned 80 years last month. This is […]

Reverend Nwosu    Chibuike Thompson,  founder and general overseer of Redeemed Peoples Church turned 60 years recently. He used the occasion to launch his autobiography, Journey into Destiny which chronicled his life and his 38 years in ministry. He spoke on his motivation and other national issues in this interview with Taye Obateru, Jos. Excerpts… […]

By Bishop David Oyedepo God is not a joker! God is not a magician! He says what He means, and He means what He says! The Bible is not a religious book; it is the Creator’s manual for living. God is the sole Creator of all men and women. Nothing guarantees enduring success like the […]

“We are irrevocably committed to deploy all available resources in pursuing the implantation of this sacred mandate to reach the world with the good news and to raise a transformed and disciplined army for God in this end time. We are sworn to this resolution to kick out the enemy and everything he represents from […]

THE preacher may no longer need to carry a Bible every time he mounts the pulpit to preach the gospel to the congre-gation, as a Nigerian company has introduced a lectern into the market that is computer-based and has the Bible programmed into it in various versions. Introducing the product to newsmen recently in Lagos, […]

By Evelyn Usman Lagos State Police  Commissioner, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo, has directed that a discreet investigation be carried out on the murder of a businessman by a gun man last week at the Alaba International market, along Badagry expressway. He has directed the immediate transfer of the case from Ojo police division to the State […]

I was disgusted. There was bloodshed and it was endless. There had been killings and more killings. I really got upset by what was going on and I saw myself before all those circumstances