The declining trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued last week, as equities value represented by the market capitalisation dipped by 24.91 billion.

THE Benin zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, rose from its emergency meeting and called on the five governors of the South East States to resign their positions for alleged attempt to turn the state universities in the South East into “ethnic enclaves”.

FOLLOWING the clamp down and sealing of illegal drug markets in central Lagos, pharmacists under the aegis of the Lagos State branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), have urged the Lagos State government to bring its full weight to bear on persons who contravene the law on the sale, distribution, and display of counterfeit and adulterated products in unregistered places or premises in Lagos State and environs.

IN an article by one John Wambai published in the viewpoint page of Sunday Vanguard of September 19, the author said that he is one of the supporters of IBB, that as Christians, we should accept whatever that comes our way as the will of God and totally submit to it.

PROFESSOR Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa, former Minister of Education died at 87, yet the mourning of his passing on was like that one who departed too early.

Part of the focus for the upcoming 3rd Regional Deepwater Offshore West Africa Conference and Exhibitions, DAWOC, is to explore business challenges and developments in the region’s deepwater, with a view to attracting more investments in the area.

Cholera has killed more than 1,500 Nigerians since January in one of the worst outbreaks in years, with heavy rains spreading the disease particularly in poor northern states, the United Nations, UN, said yesterday.

MEMBER representing Ughelli South Local Government Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, has charged Deltans to key into the peace and security agenda of the State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Disturbed by claims and counter claims of conflicting functions by the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, the Federal Government yesterday set up a committee to probe these claims.

HIS Royal Majesty, Solomon Okukeren III, the Ovie of Arhavwarien Kingdom, has appealed to the Delta State Government, to construct the Arhavwarien bridge to link the coastal communities with the hinterland.

The Delta Sisters & Brothers In Politics, a socio-political group comprising all the ethnic nationalities in Delta State, has called for transparency and good governance in the state in order to ensure growth and sustainable development.

Some Nigerian players appear to have woken up from their deep slumber with good performances in yesterday’s first round matches at the10th Governor’s Cup Futures II holding at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan.

Association of Importers of Used Electronics, Alaba International Market Chapter, yesterday described as illegal, the recent seizure of two of its containers by Nigerian Customs Service, the Nigerian Environmental Standards Enforcement Agency, NESREA, and other allied bodies, accusing the agencies of not relating the true state of the content of the containers.

Sharks FC of Port Harcourt were expected to leave the shores of Nigeria for the Ivory Coast ahead of their second leg, third round Wafu Cup clash against Stella Club d’Adjame of the Ivory Coast on last night.

A seven year-old girl (names withheld) was killed, while over 3,000 others were displaced by the flood that submerged all five communities in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State.