First City Monument Bank (FCMB) on Tuesday said that it was waiting for the approval of Securities and Exchange (SEC) to conclude its acquisition of Finbank. Mr Kenny Aliu, FCMB Group Head, Corporate Communications, disclosed in Lagos. He said that the process was still ongoing and would be completed as soon as it received SEC’s approval.

GOVERNOR of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Lamido Sanusi, Wednesday, appeared before the Senate with a plea for it to consider the request to increase the contribution of the Federal Government to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, to N500 billion.

Life is not all about how many properties and wealth an individual has acquired. For many Christian and Muslim faithfuls, life is measured by the number of faces an individual is able to put smiles on.

Two separate accidents that claimed a total of seven lives, Wednesday, brought Abeokuta to a stand still. Of the seven victims, four were students said to be on religious retreat.

Ondo State Chapter of the Labour Party, LP, continues to consolidate ahead of next year governorship election as scores of members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, among other political parties, at the Igbara-Oke headquarters of Ifedore Local government yesterday decamped to the ruling party.

President of the Nigeria football supporters club Rafiu Ladipo has expressed sadness over the failure of the Super Falcons to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

PROPRIETORS, parents,students and other stakeholders have been complaining against NECO results for this year’s Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE/Basic).

A FEDERAL High Court in Ibadan has restrained the National Universities Commission, NUC from going back on its initial accreditation of Law programme of a private university, Lead City University, Ibadan.

LAST Tuesday Vanguard Metro, VM, ran the story of a 95-year-old man who was killed by some members of the Ikpe Ikot Nkon community of Akwa Ibom State for being a wizard. The story also made a passing reference to the ordeal of some children either suspected of being members of witchcraft cult or afflicted by ailments associated with witches.

Former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Timi Alaibe, should be given a waiver by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as it was proper for him to run on the platform of the party which he helped built. This was the opinion of a Niger Delta activist, Mr. Frank Akiefa, who commended Alaibe for returning to PDP.

AHEAD of the February 11, 2012 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in Bayelsa State, one of the governorship aspirants, Mr. Henry Dickson, a House of Representatives member, representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, has called for a level playing field for all candidates.

VICE-CHANCELLOR of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, JABU, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Professor Sola Fajana, has called for a new pension law to take care of workers in the informal sector of the Nigerian economy.

LOOKING ahead of what the future world holds for education and entrepreneurship, the Administrator, Grace Schools, Gbagada, Mrs Adetokunbo Edun has identified China as one of the leading economic nations of the world that has the potential of become the world power in the nearest future.

Ahead of presidential election petition tribunal judgment which is expected to be delivered November 4 in line with the provision of the electoral act 2010 as amended, penultimate week we began the chronicle of the road to the tribunal by the Congress for progressive change CPC, which is challenging president Goodluck Jonathan victory in the April presidential poll’s. As counsel on both sides are expected to adopt their written addresses today, we continue with the legal fire works that took place at the tribunal.

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is proposing a bill to amend the constitution that would incorporate amendments to the existing revenue sharing formula.