The council, led by Senator Fred Brume with Chief Gabriel Ofotokun as Secretary, noted at the end of its meeting in Ughelli that the anomalous biases in the control and management of the PTDF have been a major tool of injustice, oppression and neglect in the affairs of the oil industry in the Niger Delta.

Former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who was represented at the meeting by an aide, Professor Tunde Samuel, said that the ultimatum, apart “from being totally unwarranted and an abuse of the constitution, in essence seeks to punish the people of Lagos State for being democratic.”

KWARA State Governor, Dr.Bukola Saraki, has said at the ongoing International Agribusiness Summit and Expo, that if Nigeria must achieve socio-economic development, “it must embark on well-articulated strategy of developing the capacity in agriculture.”

Driven by continued increase in the share prices of quoted securities, the value of listed equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), rose by N32.9 billion.

The discipline was very high. Lawyers get away with murders these days, because issue of discipline is not properly handled. I was a member of the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for several years. Petitions we received against some lawyers are dirty ones.