African children need a platform to place them on the same level with their counterparts abroad. This was the position of Greensprings School’s Director Mrs Lai Koiki at the eve of the school’s 40th anniversary held in the school boardroom.

First Lady of Lagos, Dame Abimbola Fashola, on Monday, commissioned seven blocks of modern classrooms for the pupils of Hope Primary School, Ikoyi, Lagos, donated by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) and furnished by the MTN Foundation, Social Investment vehicle of MTN Nigeria. The Foundation, which commenced the fourth phase of its Learning Facility Support Project, furnished the new seven-classroom block with modern furnishings including, desks, benches, chairs and tables. Other items include school bags, books, among others.

AGAINST the backdrop of the decline of education quality in the country, the Catholic Church has been charged to rise up again and provide the direction in delivering wholistic education to Nigerians. President of the Association of Catholic Diocesan Directors/Secretaries of Education (NACDDED), Very Rev. Richard Omolade, who gave the charge in Benin at a National Conference of the association, said “we can no longer fold our arms and continue to watch the downward spiral of our educational system.

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The 11th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference, NDC, of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which ended yesterday in Abuja, was not just about the election of a new set of leaders to lead NLC for the next four years among others, it also provided a unique opportunity for politicians in the two leading political parties in Nigeria; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, to out do each other and woo the over 3200 delegates from across the country, their families, friends and other guests including veterans unionists, ahead of the general election. They used their thoughts on the socio-economic and political situations in the country to try to sway delegates and others at the conference with special focus on jobs creation and similar issues.