CONTROVERSIAL Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi caused a stir at the Trinity House in Lagos when he presented an award on Professionalism to 92-year old founder of Nigeria’s oldest indigenous accounting firm, Akintola Williams Deloitte.

THE last few years have been transformative for Nigerian banks. Beginning from the period under Charles Soludo to the last three years when Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has practically gripped the banking sector by the neck and shaken it out of slumber, Nigerian banks have not remained the same.

ABUJA- The federal Government, Tuesday, kicked off its Cassava Transformation Action Plan, CTAP, to increase income by at least $450 every year of about 1.8 million farmers and create 1.2 million jobs in the cassava sub- sector of the country’s economy in the next four years.

British telecom operator, Vizz Mobile, has announced the launch of its newest mobile operator, Vizz Africa, which would among other things, provide a dedicated mobile SIM card to allow the African community living, working and travelling to the UK, to communicate with their friends and relatives in Africa.

ABUJA- As part of measures to enhance accountability in Nigerian foreign missions, 36 accountants have been inducted as Financial Attachés and Treasury Ambassadors for posting to Nigerian embassies and Missions abroad.

CHristian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kosofe branch of Lagos State has appointed publisher of the devotional, Our Daily Manna, Pastor Chris Kwakpovwe as its patron, at the inauguration of a 14-man executive council to pilot its affairs, reports Bose Adelaja.

ABUJA- The federal Government, Tuesday, endorsed production of condoms locally in the country.

ABUJA -Sequel to the bombing of the UN office in Abuja a few weeks ago, the organisation saidTuesday that it was seeking a common work place to accommodate its entire staff currently scattered in different locations in the Federal Capital Territory .

Jos-Activities were again paralyzed at the University of Jos, Tuesday, as the three non-academic staff unions joined their counterparts nationwide to commence a seven-day warning strike.

ABUJA-APPARENTLY worried by the activities of Boko Haram and political developments that have relegated the North to the background, the pan Northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says it plans to organise a conference on peace and unity.