Prof. Emeritus Francis Allotey has urged government at all levels in the West African countries to invest heavily in Astronomy and Space Science as parts of efforts set to realise the millennium development goals.

As part of efforts to improve medical education and practice in Nigeria, leading healthcare company GSK Pharmaceuticals has signed a memorandum of understanding with the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, to sponsor the Biennial Emeritus Professor O. O. Akinkugbe National Inter-Medical School Quiz Competition.

Dr . Greg Ibe, the Chancellor of Gregory University, Uturu in Abia State exhibits an interdisciplinary approach to academic issues. He is a teacher in the relatively new field of entrepreneurship education which he presently handles at his university . In this interview, he provides a new insight into the link between education and entrepreneurship development. He spoke to Fred Okopie

LEADERS of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, few days ago met in Lagos to review the socio-economic and political situations in the country as they affect the Nigerian workers and masses, and concluded that workers an indeed the Nigerian masses have been abused, denied, deprived, humiliated, persecuted, harassed and abandoned.

A 20-year-old unemployed man, Victor Akinsola, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday hauled up before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.