Just being around trees makes you feel good, doesn’t it? Imagine a community without trees? Trees, especially in urban areas, or a business district can greatly improve the mental and physical health of residents and workers.

Workers of Savannah Sugar Company, a subsidiary of Dangote Group in Yola, Adamawa State, has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) plea to the Federal Government over alleged threat to their lives by the leaders of the host community who are said to be demanding N480 million settlements from the company.

The Board and management of the First Royal Microfinance Bank have commenced the recapitalization of the bank to N100 million through the involve-ment of shareholders in the areas of increasing their shareholding and marketing of the bank’s shares to core investors.

In effort to help make people with Down Syndrome live productively and independently, wives of Indian expatriates, the Nigeria West Indian Association(NWIA) last week donated an ultramodern catering centre valued at more than N1,000,000 to the Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria.

Babcock University High School (BUHS), Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, marked its 16th Graduation/Award ceremony last Thursday amidst heavy rainfall, with all the 125 students in 2011 graduating class going into the various universities for higher education. At the junior level, 173 students are leaving for senior school.

FOR the All Nigerian Peoples’ Party, ANPP, these certainly are not the best of times.

The once vibrant political party has continually been enmeshed in internal crisis following defections to rival parties andememergence of factions in the party.

The Director of Studies,Bethany Hall Nursery and Primary school has declared that it is high time schools begins to educate kids beyond the four wall of the classroom for better development of child education in the country.

BARRING last minute settlement, the organized labour and Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, may engage in public disagreement over their different postures regarding the N18.000 minimum wage row.

The World Editors forum ahead of its annual conference in Vienna from 12th through 15th October, 2011 has said with optimism that Editors around the world can use social media tools including Twitter and Facebook to reach larger audience.

The passage of the Maritime Security bill by the House of Representative and moves by the ad-hoc Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Safety and Security (PICOMSS) in it bid to transform into an agency may have forced the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) and the Nigerian Navy to renew their relationship on safety on Nigerian waters.

A sound criminal justice system in any nation is a precursor to economic growth, political stability and social equilibrium. The converse is a destabilized society always avoided by both foreign and domestic investors.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), in conjunction with Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) all of University of Lagos chapter have declared one week total strike to protest the non payment of their hazard allowance.

The Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Olusegun Aganga has called for more collaboration between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment in order to promote and accelerate sustainable Industrial development in the country.

The call for the transfer of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs was, yesterday, described as ill-motivated and self-serving.

A Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court has issued a bench warrant against a 43-year-old retired army officer, Col. Aliyu Pada, for allegedly duping the Nigerian Police Force and two companies, Toluque Nigeria Ltd and SAP Concept Nigeria Ltd.