A number of equipment such as 30 KVA generating set, inverters, a Toyota Hiace minibus, digital cameras, field equipment among other facilities, valued at N50 million, which were recently donated to the Geology Department of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria by Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, have been commissioned.
The assistance was made under the company’s Universities Partnering Programme.

An incredible novel whose plot was weaved from an African folk tale about a young village maiden who overcame the circumstances of her birth to become a model for her generation has hit the literary scene with inspiration.

“It is a shame that despite the simplicity of the cure, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people in Nigeria die every year from this disease. The worst is that they are usually slow and ineffective in responding to this epidemic,” a community health worker, Sheun Ademola told VF.

IN the past nudity in any form was considered a mark of uncivilisation, but today, it’s like the more you bare, the more civilised or fashionable you are considered. Parliamentarians focused on this when Peter suddenly exclaimed: “Phew! What is this world turning to? Is it now a crime to dress decently? Didn’t these two people look at themselves in the mirror before leaving home?”

“I was not born a blind man; rather I started having eye problem when I was four years old in my Ubulu village in Eziowelle. The problem was diagnosed as cataract on the two eyes but I was able to manage to go to primary school, although it was difficult for me to see what was written on the board with it.