Former Deputy National Chairman, South, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, convicted by a Lagos High Court, has requested that a new panel of justices be constituted at the Court of Appeal, Lagos, to hear his appeal and the five applications he recently filed before the court.

Dr. Fidelis Nwankwo is the Registrar of the Institute of Direct Marketing of Nigeria (IDMN) and the Direct Marketing Association of Nigeria (DMAN), he spoke with Princewill Ekwujuru on the activities of the institute, saying that National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria ACT does not cover the regulation of direct marketing in Nigeria. Read on.

ORGANISED labour in the nation’s communication and related sectors, under the umbrella of the Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations, SSACTAC, has said the reported sale of the troubled Nigerian Telecommunications, NITEL Plc, and its GSM arm, MTEL, would not be completed without the payment of the workers’ salaries and benefits.

“In spite of the effusive enthusiasm of this Administration, some Nigerians refuse to celebrate the recent debt relief conditions granted by our major creditors of the Paris club. “Under the terms of the Paris club deal, Nigeria will see $18bn of its total debt of $30bn cancelled on condition that it pays the remaining $12.4bn between now and March 2006.

The Lagos State government is set to embark on the registration and perfection of title documents for house owners in government estates.