BENIN-AHEAD of today’s Court of Appeal judgment on the January 2011 re-run governorship election in Delta State between Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples’ Party, DPP, the Edo State Police Command has deployed its anti-bomb squad on the court premises.

The 1st Apapa District Superintendent’s Essay Competition 2011 came to an end with at least 35 students bagging an award for excellence in essay writing.

Detemined to improved the quality of teachers across the country, National Teachers’ Institute, NTI, an institute set up to train and re-train teachers has launched its first batch of monitoring vehicles to three states for properly monitring of teachers training.

MAKURDI-The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Benue State government a one-week ultimatum within which to implement the N18,000 minimum wage or face an indefinite strike action. The ultimatum came a day after the congress suspended its three-day warning strike scheduled to commence Wednesday.

The National Industrial Court Wednesday, refused to grant an order of interim injunction restraining the striking workers of Enugu State from continuing with the strike.

PRESENTLY, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC is trying to resolve the crisis of confidence bordering on integrity caused by the conflicting results posted on its website in respect of the May/June 2011 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

LAGOS State Waterways Authority (LASWA), last week, met with boat operators in Lagos to fashion out ways on how to bring about a more efficient mode of water transportation system in the state.

NEIMETH International Pharmaceuticals Plc has concluded arrangement to raise N1.23 billion from the Nigerian capital market by way of rights issue.

The epistemology of mathematics has neglected the key players in the foundation of learners- the primary school teachers. Over the years primary school teachers have never had the opportunity to make inputs into the development of the subject, especially in this part of the world.

ADO-EKITI-THE South-West regional Conference on the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, has resolved to pull resources together to attain the MDGs in member states with a view to eradicating poverty in the zone.

FLORIDA-Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has charged Edo citizens in the diaspora to return home and invest in the state.

Lagos State Government at the weekend released a White Paper on the report of the visitation panel to the Lagos State University, Ojo with a vow to reverse the dwindling fortunes of the institution.

Mayors of major West African cities, Wednesday, signed a declaration on strategies to combat as well as mitigate the adverse effects of global warming on African countries.

THE Council of Manging Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, has called for the quick cancellation of the concession agreement Federal Government went into through the Federal Ministry of Finance with Single Windows System Technology Limited.

Concerns have been raised over the status of the unclaimed dividends of shareholders in the three nationalised banks —Afribank, BankPHB and Spring Bank.