Thousands of visitors at the recent graduation of 4,028 students from various skills and vocational training centres established across the state by the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation were not surprised at the activities of the

A deputy minister yesterday expressed the Government's exasperation with a television spots addressing the External Payment Arrears (EPA) scandal in which Sh133 billion was lost to shadowy companies.

The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Public Health Nurse, Mrs. Mariatu Seidu, has disclosed that Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) are a major cause of maternal mortality throughout the country.

Some young people charge that a corrupt recruiting system is being used in both the public and private sectors, because some people with no professional qualifications, not even Grade 12, are being preferred for job opportunities above trained candidates.

THE Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ahanta West Constituency, Mr. Samuel Johnfiah, has been touring local churches in his constituency, to educate parents on importance of education to the progress of Ahantaman.

The International Institute of Journalism (IIJ), the first-ever Journalism College in the whole of the three Northern Regions, has held its maiden Matriculation Ceremony to officially introduce and usher in its pioneer student population of 27.

A OFFICIALS of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have frowned at the Post-University Matriculation examination (UME) being conducted by Universities across the country for candidates seeking for admission.

Four months after the official launch of the collaboration between the government of Niger State and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria [SMEDAN], Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu has released the sum of N7, 580, 000 to 215

Finance Deputy Minister, Tjekero Tweya has urged Namibians to get into the habit of reading and studying during the official launching of First National Bank (FNB)'s Centenary Book.

The Sierra Leonean arm of SocketWorks Global is working to establish an e-culture in the country, said SocketWorks CEO Patrick Taylor.

Ministry of education, youth and sports in collaboration with UNICEF and other development partners, is marking the Girls Education Week starting on October 20 2008 with theme "Educate a girl for a better quality of life."

Lyman's Tayler Anderson will be taking her basketball skills south next winter.

Volleyball BURNS 3, GUERNSEY 2 Monday at Guernsey The Broncs qualified for the 2A East Regional volleyball tournament with the five-set win over the Vikings. Burns will face top-ranked Big Horn in the first round on Friday in Torrington.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space.

For districts that have seen levies fail in the past, some are trying again and asking for less money.

Revised entry by Terrell Bynum on October 23, 2008. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, Internet resources, notes.html] In most countries of the world, the "information revolution" has altered many aspects of life significantly: commerce, employment, medicine, security, transportation, entertainment, and

BYU students have been building an electric car for several years as part of different engineering capstone projects. Mechanical engineers designed the frame, and the past few years have been spent in assembly.

KPMG LLP, an audit, tax and advisory firm, selected two BYU accounting students to participate in its 2008 Future Diversity Leaders class.

RICHMOND Something unreal is happening here in the real America.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has returned to electoral politics with full force. The last step in her reengagement -- after her disappointing second-place finish to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the presidential nomination sweepstakes -- was jump-starting her political