AS a matter of priority, the President must encourage the diversification of Nigeria’s economy. It is the only viable way to survive the current environment of global economic uncertainty. It is crucial that President Goodluck Jonathan and his economic team do not believe, like most Nigerians, that oil provides an endless source of revenue.

Rivers State Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Chamberlain Peterside, has proposed a reform in the public finances of the state to allow for modernisation of the public accounting system in line with global best practices.

The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal,yesterday, granted Governor Gabriel Suswam and the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, an extension of time to regularise their replies to the petition filed by Prof. Steven Ugbah of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, challenging the victory of the former in the last governorship election in April.

Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, NAPTIP, Mr. Simon Egede, yesterday, stressed the need for the strengthening of the agency to ensure effective realisation of its mandate of combating human trafficking in the country.

THE people of Ibeno Local Government in Akwa Ibom State, mostly those of the four Communities recently ravaged by flood, are still recounting their pains and losses more than two weeks after the flood sacked them from their homes.