STATISTICS about gas flaring in Nigeria and its impact on the environment are staggering. Just like with oil spills, governments have set deadlines for oil companies to stop the damage to lives and the environment to no results.

BANKING services were paralysed at Okigwe, Imo State, yesterday, as workers in the nine banks operating in the town embarked on a five-day warning strike to protest incessant armed robbery attacks on them.

UNLIKE many other states in the country where build up to the 2011 election has started gathering momentum Rivers State is different. There is no poster on any street in the state capital at the moment announcing aspiration to run for the governorship race next year. It is still not clear what could be responsible for this.

MINISTER of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday, appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, not to embark on another round of nationwide strike.

FORMER Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Alhaji Bello Lafiaji, and his Personal Assistant, Usman Amali, were sentenced to a total of 16 years imprisonment, yesterday, after they were found guilty of conspiracy and abuse of office by a Lagos High Court.