AS the debate on the zoning of 2015 gubernatorial seat in Akwa Ibom rages on, Edidem Edem Silas Akpan, Paramount Ruler of Uyo, the state capital, has called for zoning to be respected by all.

THE governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, did not just come by the name, Caring Heart. He worked for it. He deservedly earned it. He lives it. He became synonymous with Caring Heart for the simple reason that, for the third year running, his administration has engaged in intervening in the critical sectors of the state to make life worth living for the people.

OWERRI – President Goodluck Jonathan has charged universities to fully identify with the high expectations, hopes and aspirations of the ever growing population of Nigeria.

Anxiety has engulfed the family of the Medical Director, General Hospital Umuguma, Dr. Moses Amako, who was kidnapped last Thursday by armed hoodlums as he was driving home from work.

It is clear that CBN’s current monetary framework has expectedly failed to induce price stability, which is its core mandate, as per the 2007 CBN Act. It is clear that an MPR of 12% is relatively very high, and would predictably instigate high double-digit lending rates; that cannot stimulate economic growth.

ABAKALIKI – ANTI-corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit of the National Board for Technical Education, ACTU-NBTE, weekend, called on rectors of federal polytechnics across the country to ensure that a functional anti-corruption monitoring team or unit was established in their institutions.

FOR referring to what they described as false claim by Folio Communication that the case on the sale of The Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, DTN, was still in court, ex-workers of the newspaper conglomerate are poised for a battle with Senate President, Senator David Mark.

Nigerians living abroad are estimated to have remitted home N1.727 trillion ($11 billion), the highest for any African country, says a World Bank report.

There were many things Nigerian groups did not know about one another as the fight for independence raged in the 1950’s. One of them was our peculiar diversity.

Pension Fund operators have demanded for interest subsidy and Federal Government’s guarantee as conditions for investing the nation’s N2.4 trillion assets in infrastructure.