I RECENTLY visited the United States and was invited to the official opening of an impressive, world-class Benue Culture Exhibition in Washington DC.

ABUJA-The Federal Government, said, Thursday, that only 30 per cent offshore training for former militants in the Niger Delta would be accommodated in its post-amnesty programme for next year, while the remaining 70 per cent would be done locally, to save cost.

BENIN CITY-AChieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Ms Bisi Idaomu, Thursday, faulted the comment credited to former member of the National Executive Committee of the party, Mr. Henry Idahagbon, who accused former chairman Board of Trustees of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, as being behind the problem bedeviling the PDP in the state.

PORT HARCOURT- SHELL Petroleum Development Company, has denied allegations linking its operations in Ogoni with benzene, an agent found in water that is known to cause cancer in humans.

Following the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, barring Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, from imposing fines on traffic offenders, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Thursday, said the state has the residual authority to make legislation on municipal issues that fall within the ambit of the state.

WARRI-IT was carnival-like in Warri, Delta State, Thursday, as dignitaries from all walks of life turned out for the 50th birthday celebration of former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi.

HOw sweet the sound of victory is! It is even sweeter when the victory is won “home and away” like the Brazilian team of USA ’94 would do to any team that crosses their path. Such was the mood from Uyo to Calabar, Port Harcourt to Lagos and Abuja to other parts Nigeria when, on Friday, September 15, the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar upheld the election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State. And the victory sound was blared from all corners of the world, blowing the good news across the lands and waters of Africa.

NIGERIA is working in Rivers State,” Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State said in admiration at one of the project sites during the recent facility tour undertaken by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA to some projects in Rivers State. A former president of the NBA Lanke Odogyon, SAN who led the NBA team on the inspection team was, however, to pray for sustenance saying “our prayer is that a Pharaoh that does not know Joseph should not come one day to ruin the legacy projects of this administration”.

In the last few months, on several occasions, public attention has been drawn to the menace of corruption in the nation’s civil service, particularly the ghost worker syndrome and the threat which it poses to nation building and the process of justice and equity.

United Bank for Africa’s Corporate Social Responsibility arm, UBA Foundation, said its essay competition for secondary schools in Nigeria has recorded significant reception among students, as it has been inundated with large numbers of entries from senior secondary school students across the country.