A new lease of life is quietly being injected into the education system of Cross River State. This revolves around infrastructural upgrading, capacity building of school personnel as well as attitudinal change in its school.
The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Offiong O. Offiong sheds light on this rejuvenation in this exclusive interview which held in his office in Calabar.

The generally poor performance of students in the recently released NECO examination results has been blamed on negligence by all stakeholders of education.

In economics of human effectiveness, the demand of success outweighs the supply of success in the scale of equilibrium. But there is a thin line between the demand and supply of success. This thin line is what makes the world of difference between succeeding and failing.

Facts File
•Although elementary education is compulsory, data from national household surveys revealed that the net primary school attendance in Nigeria from 2000-2007 only 68% of eligible males, 59% of eligible females attend primary schools.

By Emmanuel Edukugho With the mass failure recorded in the NECO 2009 November/December Senior Secondary School (SSSCE), whereby only 1.8% of the total candidates who sat for the examination passed in five subjects including English and Mathematics required for entry into the university system, Nigerian basic education has degenerated to the extent that it is […]

IT is not uncommon to find private drivers discussing in group at the Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos, on matters bothering round their personal lives, while their bosses are engaged in either official or social gathering inside. But one of such discussions recently resulted in the kidnap of a 71-year-old man, with the driver to the octogenarian spearheading an issue that has assumed a worrisome dimension in the country.

DRIVER, I would alight at PWD Bus Stop,” said Yinka to the driver of this Lagos commercial bus but the driver told her he wouldn’t stop there because of officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) and Area Boys.

TWO traders identified as Chidiebere Ozurumba and Chizoba Nwankwo whose stalls are located at the popular Ojo Alaba International market, in Ojo local government area of Lagos state respectively are currently telling detectives attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Fed. SARS) Adeniji Adele, Lagos, all their tricks in diverting cleared containers and selling the contents at give away prices. They were alleged to had recently conspired with some yet to be known person to hijack and diverted a 40ft container load of 500 units of LG television sets valued at N14 million.

AJEGUNLE, the popularly acclaimed ‘Jungle City’ in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State has always been in the news for different reasons. It is presently in the news on account of a riot rocked the area when some youths took to the streets to protest alleged police brutality on some residents.

Before now, it was always hell for regular travellers trying to get out of Lagos from the old Toll-Gate to Berger end of the road due to heavy and chaotic traffic as a result of inadequate road network on that axis.