Obama calls for longer US school year

President Obama  on Monday renewed his call to purge public schools of underperforming teachers and lengthen the school year so that the U.S. keeps pace with other advanced countries. "We've got to be able to identify teachers who are…

Milliband distances self from Brown

The new leader of the Labour Party will signal a break with some of the party's policies on Tuesday, and distance himself from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's stewardship of the economy. In his first speech as leader to Labour's…

Nigerian official slams MDGs

Dr Umar Bindir, Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, on Wednesday described the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as another unattainable and worse policy programme to be undertaken in developing…