THE former Dean of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev Jonathan Onyemelukwe, 81, is dead.

The Bishop of the Niger, Rt. Rev Owen Nwokolo, who announced his demise, yesterday, described the late Archbishop as a consummate servant of God and pastor who positively touched and transformed lives of priests and Christians generally.

As part of its ongoing efforts to bring its services closer to the people, leading telecommunication company in Nigeria, MTN Nigeria last week unveiled of its point service centres at Danso filling station, secretariat road, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

The recent five day retreat on protocol organized by the office of the First Lady was indeed revealing. It was an opportunity to build up the decorum of the spouses of the nation’s political leaders and equip them for the challenges of dealing with the public.

The National Software Policy Review Committee, (NSPC) will this week submit the draft copy of the National Software Policy to the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) for review by the governing board of the regulatory authority, Chairman of the National Software Policy Committee, (NSPC) Professor Wole Akinyokun has said.

As reactions continue to trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s suggestion for a six-year single term tenure for President and state governors, a former member of the House of Representatives from Ogun state, Honourable Kayode Amusan has appealed to Nigerians, particularly the political class to accept the proposal in good faith.

After a dominant performance against Guatenala on Sunday, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria will on Thursday(2.a.m) file out against Croatia in the second group match of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Columbia.

FEDERAL Government Tuesday agreed to implement the N18,000 National Minimum Wage Act which President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law last March.

Flying Eagles top star Ahmed Musa will observe the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began on Monday, at the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia.

THE immediate former National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP and Second Republic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, is dead, aged 76. He died of yet undisclosed ailment while receiving treatment in India Tuesday.

THE United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has said it will remove institutional barriers in the support of government activities for effective service delivery.

THE Federal Government has been urged to fix the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and save people from avoidable deaths and sufferings.

EIGHT commissioner nominees sent to the Rivers State House of Assembly by the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, were screened and confirmed, yesterday.

Thuursday’s early morning FIFA U-20 World Cup Group D fixture between Nigeria’s Flying Eagles and Croatia should make for fascinating viewing. The African side are on a roll after their convincing 5-0 annihilation of Guatemala, while the Europeans will be looking to corrent the balance following their shock 2-0 loss to Saudi Arabia.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has suspended trading on the shares of Dangote Flour Mills, Union Dicon Salt Plc, Etranzact Plc and 21 other companies for their failure to submit their financial statements for the year 2010.

Oando Plc is to acquire stakes in a Canadian firm, Exile Resources Incorporated in exchange for certain percentage of its holdings in some of its oil wells in Nigeria.