The Chairman of the Council, Dr. Ademola Ajayi, said although membership of the Council already encompasses the D-8 Steering Committee, all members of the Chamber Movement in Nigeria, yet doors are still opened to women entrepreneurs and youth entrepreneurs in the country to join.

The Nigerian Monthly Law Reports, NMLR,first published in 1964, has continued to receive high praises from its users. The new series,beginning with judgments delivered in 2009, was presented last year, with a formal handing over to the new editorial board by the founding editors.

A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to remand a former Minister of Works, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, and his alleged accomplice, Dr. Adeogba Godwin Ademola, in prison custody, pending the consideration of their bail applications.

Manufacturers in Lagos State have expressed their anger at National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency(NESREA) and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency’s double checks on their operations, saying “ it amounts to double payment.”

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has briefed the Nigerian Asociation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) on how far they have gone in implementing government’s power sector reforms in the electricity industry.

Chief Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan, SAN,Obasuyi of Benin is former Attorney-General of Edo State. In this interview, he spoke on the just concluded general elections, saying that the exercise was better than previous ones in the country but for the killing of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members in some Northern states.

The Managing Director, Corporate Turnaround Centre Pte Ltd., Singapore, Dr. Michael Teng, has called on companies in Nigeria to carry out a health check on their Chief Executive Officers(CEOs’), saying “Incompetent CEOs’ top viruses affecting sick industries globally.”

The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has restated its commitment to the effective implementation of the provisions of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marpol 73/78 Convention as it relates to the management of the nation’s Marine Environment.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, new national chairman is to emerge from the Northeast geopolitical zone next March under the zoning arrangement proposed by the national caucus of the party.
This came as 75 senators-elect yesterday endorsed Mark to lead the new Senate.

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, in the just concluded polls, Mr. Emmanuel Igbini, yesterday, condemned eminent jurist, Prof Itse Sagay, for allegedly hoodwinking Deltans with half-truths in his purported bid to be seen and celebrated as a national human rights activist.