NIGERIANS, yesterday, mourned the death of the Chairman and Publisher of The Guardian newspaper, Alexander Uruemu Ibru. Chief Ibru who died at about 1.30pm yesterday, while in the course of an illness, was aged 66.

The Federal Government said it will build new gas pipelines that will feed the power plants in the country, to end the constant cut of gas supply to the plants.

LAGOS- Fifteen years ago, precisely on February 3, 1996, Olorogun Alexander Uruemu Ibru popularly known as Alex Ibru, escaped death by the whiskers as he was attacked by some gun men who shot and badly wounded him on the Falomo Bridge in Lagos as he was driving home from work.

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, Sunday, declared that he was still in the gubernatorial race in spite of the primaries held Saturday and that he was prepared to pursue his course through democratic means. He challenged acting Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, to come out with reasons why the party excluded him from its primaries.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan weekend blamed the poor international rating of Nigerian universities on lack of proper attention to research by the authorities of the institutions.

MR.Elias Mbam a seasoned bureaucrat, is the chair man of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, a body that is charged with the constitutional duties of monitoring accruals and disbursements from the common treasury and prescribing operational indices for sharing national revenue among other herculean duties.

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has formally joined International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation with an initial investment of $5 million. The investment accords Nigeria the full membership of the body. What is not clear, however, is if the investment has the backing of the Presidency that has the power to approve such investment.

Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel was the biggest villain at Stamford Bridge yesterday as his error in the midfield gifted Liverpool the leeway to recording a surprise 2-1 over Chelsea in Premier League game.

BARELY 24 hours after a gang of armed robbers invaded the Kabba Divisional Police Station, killing two officers, another Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) was beaten to a pulp while two others sustained serious injuries when a group of rampaging youths attacked Egume division of the station, Sunday.

Last week, Financial Vanguard had an interactive session with Ade Ashaye who is the regional director, Visa card in Lagos. He spoke on the role cards will play in Nigeria’s bid for a cashless economy, the difference between debit and credit cards, the deployment of SIM card-enabled and battery-powered points of sale terminals in Lagos. Excerpt: