LAST year or so, the Federal Government did the wise thing to send many so-called security agencies packing from the nation’s ports.

I say the South-South initiative was reminiscent of the constitutional autonomy of the regional governments of the First Republic in the foreign policy arena, and not that they had identical autonomy.

DELTA State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, yesterday, made a N500,000 donation to officers and men of the force, who confronted the bandits who shot and killed a Divisional Police Officers, DPO, during Monday’s robbery attacks at Ibusa and Igbodo in the state.

The Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has invited EFCC and ICPC to investigate its activities and to prosecute officials found to be involved in corrupt practices.

Bishop of the Warri Diocese of the Anglican Communion, Delta State, Rt. Rev. Christian Ide, has said that only God will rescue Nigeria from the problems of disunity, insecurity, economic afflictions and political dysfunctions plaguing the country.

THERE is anxiety in Enugu State, following alleged delay in delivery of judgement on the validity or otherwise of Governor Sullivan Chime’s nomination as the ruling People’s Democratic Party’s, PDP, candidate for the 2011 election.

One of the ways of inreasing generation caapacity, thereby, improving on electricity supply and delivery in the country, is through embedded power production, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has said.

Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN Orile Business District, has nabbed two suspected vandals who tried to cart away equipment worth millions of naira belonging to the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP).

BENIN – EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied the allegation by its Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, counterpart, that it had perfected plans to manipulate and mutilate the voters’ register with a view to rigging the July, 14 2012 governorship election in the state.

Poor maintenance culture has often be adduced as the major reason for the collapse of Nigeria’s 195,400 kilometers of roads infrastructure. Against this backdrop, construction experts have called for a cost effective solution to road construction and maintenance in the country.

Sterling Bank Plc over the years has demonstrated ability for consistent growth and steady returns on investments for its shareholders. This uniqueness was once again confirmed by its operating report for the year ended December 31st 2011, which shows a generally positive performance outlook as the bank’s sustained focus on quality growth and gains from successful merger and divestments impacted positively on profit and loss accounts as well as balance sheet positions.

ABUJA – House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation to appear before it tomorrow to explain why it failed to answer the House’s summon over the auditing of the Federation Account as raised by the Auditor-General of the Federation, between 2005 and 2009.

Medical Laboratory Scientists Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, has threatened to shut down any medical laboratory which services fall below standard.

As part of its support for cash less economy being canvassed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ecobank has launched a new electronic banking platform designed to provide cash management solutions for corporate entities, just as its total assets rose to $17.8 billion.