By Godfrey Bivbere & Stella Christian Indigenous freight forwarders in Nigeria have called on the federal government to restrict the practice of the profession to Nigerians alone, as is obtainable in other parts of the world, alleging that government loses more than N100 billion annually to foreign operators.

For twelve -year old Katya Samuel -Anyagafu, writing is a part and parcel of her entire being. She spends
most of her time reading or, surfing the internet. She uses her time judiciously, sharing them between academics and social reading and then, and then, there’s this sudden urge to put pen to paper, and start writing.

The teachers are on a field day on industrial actions on issues that are really none of their business. Students posit as if character and learning have become obsolete values in the making of a student and embrace the negative values of violence, cheating and immorality to the detriment of their persons and the society.

As part of its restructuring strategy for enhanced growth and market competitiveness, Ecobank Nigeria recently announced the disengagement of about 400 members of staff.

Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel alongside his Ekiti State counterpart, Engr Segun Oni and Alhaji Aliko Dangote will on October 18th, 2010 launch Goodluck/Sambo South West Campaign in Lagos.

THE much-awaited trial of some prominent politicians involved in the $180million Halliburton bribery scandal began, yesterday, at an Abuja Federal High Court, Maitama, with a request by the Federal Government to withdraw its case against six principal foreigners including a British solicitor, Mr Jeffrey Tesler, allegedly involved in the sharing of the bribe.

A JOHANNESBURG court in South Africa will, today, commence the trial of former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah.

President Jonathan Good luck, yesterday, wrote the House of Representatives asking for approval to borrow a total sum of $4.42 billion from Development Partners to fund some on-going projects.

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, has said that owing to the sophistication in the commission of crime and variations in the modus-operandi often adopted by criminals in their dastardly acts, new methodologies, strategies and approaches have to be adopted to stay ahead of them.

It is a man of this giant national profile that is now the field marshal of Arewa warriors campaigning for the return of power to the North in 2011. More than 30 years of exposure to sensitive high national public offices has failed to moderate the regional impetus that threw him upon the national centre-stage.