THREE members of a robbery gang that have been in police wanted list for long were last week arrested by detectives attached to Ilembe Hausa police station recovering arms and ammunition.

A team of experts from Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch and Alliance Beinstein is in the country to assess operations of Afren Oil Nigeria, especially its Ebok project which would start production by end of year.

Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT, Limited, Engr. Ahmed Rufai, Wednesday, said the launch of NIGCOMSAT’s replacement in China on December 19 was part of Federal Government’s strategic plans to create new employment opportunities for the teeming Nigerian unemployed youths.

THE Nigerian Chamber of Shipping (NCS) has condemned media reports calling for professionals to manage the affairs of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) saying that the current management has brought about the desired changes for the agency.

The Nigerian Navy has charged officers and ratings of the organisation to always strive to uphold the ethics of the profession, saying it was the hallmark upon which the military was built. In this vein it announced that it will go to any length to unravel the cause of the alleged murder of a female rating by her live-in-boyfriend, a seaman. The seaman identified as Harry was reported to have murdered the rating identified as Itoya over allegation of infidelity.

ON November 17, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, marked his third year anniversary as governor of Edo state. In over 60 pages speech, Comrade Oshiomhole rendered his administration’s stewardship in last 36 months and disclosed that within the last three years, his government created over 25,000 jobs.

It was another brilliant outing last week, when the Committee for Relevant Arts, CORA, again pulled out drums to celebrate the book, arts, culture and book personalities as part of her 13th anniversary in the culture, book and art advocacy.

A leader is one who demonstrates extraordinary mastery in a group task environment. A leader helps others not only to surmount their challenges, but enables them unlock their potentials. The leader epitomizes his group’s consciousness.

Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Anambra State wing, yesterday protested the recent handover of about 1,040 public schools to churches by Governor Peter Obi on the ground that he breached Nigerian labour laws on such policy.

Kindly enlighten me on whether the following companies such as oil companies, breweries, manufacturing industries, pay taxes to the government through federal inland revenue services.

THE Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, has described the death of Chief Alex Ibru as a great loss to the Urhobo nation in particular and the Nigeria nation in general.

Two reasons may have accounted for the recurrent complaint of a few uninformed persons against the Post-UTME test. The first is that for many years universities’ administrators took a rather passive interest in the process of admitting candidates into their institutions, contrary to what is required of them by the JAMB Act and the statutes establishing them.

STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime industry have commended the dredging of the port channels and removal of the wrecks from the water ways by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and its technical partners Lagos Channel Management Company saying that the venture will attract businesses into the country.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, yesterday, affirmed that with the recent victory of Governor Martin Elechi at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abakaliki, that there was no longer any form of opposition in the state.

As you know Nigeria is plagued by absolute and relative lack of electricity depending on where you live. Power outages are the norm rather than the exception even in affluent neighbourhoods. Many institutions can hardly operate fully in Nigeria in part because of erratic electricity supply.