Industrialists have said that they are not excited by the proposed N500 billion Industrial Revival Fund (IRF) by the Federal Government, as it may yet be another dud cheque.

Graduands of the International School (ISL), University of Lagos, have been reminded during the 2009 Valedictory Service held recently, that quite a n umber of UNILAG first class scholars over the years are products of ISL.

The prices of foodstuffs in Lagos metropolis are still on the high side, some eight months into the year.According to a market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, the prices rice, beans and garri are now beyond the reach of the ordinary consumers.For instance, at the Oyingbo, Ketu, Mile-12, Daleko, Agboju, Suru/Alaba, Ajao Estate and Iddo markets, a bag of rice is sold for between N7, 500 and N10,000, depending on the brand.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Ernest Ndukwe, says the interconnect rates will be ready next month. Interconnect rates are the rates which service providers pay to each other for terminating calls on their fixed or mobile networks.

COMMANDER of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, otherwise known as “Operation Restore Hope”, Major General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello fumed yesterday over media report that the task force had started withdrawing its troops from Warri , saying it is not true.

An outbreak of epidemic confirmed to be cholera has hit two local government areas of Adamawa State. The Councils are Maiha and Fufore. 16 persons are reported to have died so far from the disease.

A teacher at the College of Education Warri, Mr. James Omotete, (44) last Tuesday beat his seven years old son to death for allowing his girlfriend access into his house which resulted in the lost of the only N20,000.00 cash left with him for feeding till the end of the month.

FORMER Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Emmanuel Nwanze has been evicted from the Vice-Chancellor’s Guest House by the authorities of the institution.

A senior lecturer in Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) {names withheld}, has been arraigned before Magistrate Court 2, Owerri, on a three-count charge of attempting to have unlawful carnal knowledge of his student (names withheld) without her consent.

Imo State Police Command has spread its dragnet to apprehend a middle aged man, Nnamdi Obioha Amadi, from Amauzari, Isiala Mbano local council area of Imo State, for allegedly setting his pregnant wife, Chibuzor, ablaze.