The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, will be examining the impact of the Asset Management Act and recent monetary policies of the CBN on at the Regulators Forum of the 16th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES).

“It is unprecedented to see Nigerian athletes dig for gold in the most disciplined manner. These are heroes and heroines. They have been wonderful with their officials and we are indeed grateful”, the NOC President said as they look and cheer lustfully hoping to topple South Africa from the table among other African countries.

THE Warri Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group, WIPMG, a socio-cultural group in the Niger Delta, yesterday, said that the persistent allegations against leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, as regards the recent Abuja bomb blasts, was an attempt by the perpetrators of the crime to divert the attention of security agents.

Mr Desmond Emezie, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Emezie Desmat Ventures Limited, a solar energy outfit, has said that for Nigeria to attain her Vision 20-20-20, the electricity problem must be dealt with and for that to happen, the government must explore all sources of energy especially renewable energy. In a chat with Vanguard in Lagos recently, he spoke on the need for more people to go off-grid as everyone cannot depend on the national grid.

Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, Mrs. Alayingi Sylva, weekend, expressed satisfaction with the report submitted to her office by medical experts on the outcome of the workshop for traditional birth attendants and the flag-off of the mass de-worming exercise and malaria awareness programme in the state, saying the report showed a drastic reduction in child and maternal mortality in the state

THIRTY-TWO suspected cultists have been arrested while on their way to an initiation ceremony, even as a 38-year-old petrol station owner was kidnapped near the Central Bank of Nigeria premises in Asaba

A 32-year–old man, Mr. Monday Erhuen, has been allegedly beaten to death in Orhuwhorun by a suspected vigilance group, Udu Vigilance Group, a security outfit known as Udu Bakassi, operated in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.

The former leader of Action Congress of Nigeria in Rivers State and governorship candidate of the party in 2007 governorship election, Prince Tonye Princewill, has dropped his governorship ambition for 2011 and vowed to work for the re-election of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

PEACE and security efforts of the Delta State Government, yesterday, suffered a setback as a 68- year-old woman, Mrs Martha Ughwujabor and her younger sister, Madam Lucy Emagolor, were kidnapped in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the State.

More than twenty insurance companies have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for the submission of accounts, following the inability of those companies to meet the new accounting standards of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).