“I can’t validate anything like that because I just came to close down the school. I’m here to close the campus down; we are closing the school in 30 days. Academic programmes have since stopped”. Pete Sith, President Saint Paul’s College, Virginia, U.S.A

Nigerian universities have again proven to be globally competitive in their tripartite functions of teaching, research and community service as three more universities: Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife; Bayero University, Kano (BUK) and Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi, have won grants in the on-going World Bank-assisted Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project. With the new development, Nigerian institutions now have 10 out of the 18 ACE projects in Africa.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountant’s global president, Malcolm Furber, will outline how Nigerian organisations – in both the state and private sectors – can be both successful and sustainable if they utilize the skills of Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMAs).

LAGOS branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Alex Muoka, has said that his administration will focus on institutionalizing, training, empowerment schemes, employment bureau, internship and membership programmes for young lawyers.

The Association of Deaf, has appealed to Kogi State government to open up the Universal Basic Education(UBE)Special School approved for the Deaf by the Federal Government.