As the 2009 edition of the Maltina National Reading Competition kicks off on September 30, 2009 with principals conducting the school examination in their respective schools across the country, Nigerian Breweries Plc, recently, in Lagos, explained that the competition was designed to improve the reading culture of Nigerian youths.

In line with the yearnings of university students, thousands of admissions-seeking candidates and their parents for an end to the three-months old hostility between the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU and the Federal Government, the former has reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table.

……aggrieved neighbors accuse police of cover-up By Ifeanyi Okolie Tears flowed freely last Sunday at Olodi Apapa area of Lagos when a middle-aged man had his eyes plucked off during a brawl with  a couple in their apartment.  The man identified as Cosmos Okoye, a native of Uke in Anambra State was said to have […]

By Bose Adebayo & Evelyn Usman WHEN the white Toyota Camry arrived with its six occupants  and parked in front of the single storey, four-flats building  painted in brown and butter colours,even curious neighbours did not notice anything to excite alarm. Time was about 7.15 a.m. that Sunday when two children from one of the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni THIS could be celebration time to some individuals in Ikorodu as they are the lucky beneficiaries of a poverty alleviation gesture by the Lagos State government. As part of efforts to check youth involvement in crimes and other undesirable engagements which has been attributed to poverty resulting from lack of opportunities to […]