The release of the 2012/2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) last week, has once again spotlighted the crisis bedeviling the education sector.

Governor Babatunde Fashola has commended the skills and enterprise of students who engage in traffic trading stating that it takes high level of mental coordination and expertise to trade in the traffic without hazards.

MINISTER of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i gave hope that the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement the union entered into with the Federal Government would soon be settled once and for all.

Nigeria Copyright Commission NCC, has impounded an estimated total of One Billion, One Hundred and Thirty Million Naira (N1, 130,000,000.00) worth of suspected pirated Copyright works and arrested eighty-two suspected pirates involved in the infringement of different categories of piracy between January and July, 2013.

“It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.” — Richard Dawkins , English Professor of Evolutionary Biology. Over the years, it has been observed that many students hate mathematics out of fear and if Nigeria must develop technologically, there is need to conquer this fear and the best place to do that is at the basic education level.

The calendar may still say August, with parents and children still in holiday mood. But it’s never too early for parents to start preparing for the next school year, especially as saving for ‘back-to-school’ may take a back seat right now.

It cost about N20 to board a shuttle from one end of Lagos State University to another. On the average, a driver of a 14-seater bus could make about 20 trips per day. But since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began its nationwide strike on July 1, the situation has become less than average for non- academic citizens of university communities.

The National Federation challenged this agreement, maintaining that the IRC had acted ultra vires its authority in concluding such a bargain. The National Federation sought a declaration to that effect and an order of mandamus compelling the IRC to collect taxes owed prior to the two-limit agreed by the IRC. The IRC challenged the National Federation, claiming that it lacked locus standi to bring the action.

It is not uncommon to hear students on their Industrial Attachment (IT) or internship lament over their unpleasant experiences, especially the challenges encountered in the process of finding a firm to accommodate and support them financially

AP Moller Terminals,APMT,the largest container terminal in West Africa, has apologized to the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN and its President-General, Nted Emmanuel Anthony, over recent uncomplimentary press remarks.