President Goodluck Jonathan has joined the academic community in paying glowing tribute to the late Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe who died, Saturday.

President Goodluck Jonathan has re-assured Nigerians that his administration will continue to deliver the dividends of democracy and good governance to ensure longer lasting democracy in the country.

Yenagoa – Wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, has said that plot to discredit President Goodluck Jonathan over the security situation in the country will fail.

…Tasks CBN, SEC on N52.2bn unclaimed dividends
Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish an Unclaimed Dividend Trust Fund as a means to addressing the problem of unclaimed dividends which presently estimated at N52.2 billion, even as it posited that legalizing illegal refineries would boost local supply capacity of petroleum products, reduce prices and create jobs.

IKEJA – The Lagos State Government has said the decision to lay off 788 doctors may yield more benefits in the long run as it has presented opportunity for the total restructuring of the healthcare system.

Government is yet to fashion out a suitable mortgage finance system that will ensure improved access to housing for Nigerians.

Six policemen were killed by gunmen weekend in separate incidents in Zamfara and Borno states while three other civilians were killed in Tukuntawa area of Kano Municipality.

What would have turned into a deadly confrontation between operatives of the Nigeria Custom Service at Idi-Iroko border in Ogun State and men of the Nigeria Police Force was averted by shear providence. The experience of a police officer, Inspector Frances Ononiwu, attached to the Border Patrol Unit of the force in the hands of Custom officers manning check points at Ilase axis of Idiroko Road, Ogun State, may have been the triggering force, after the Police officer was accosted at Ilase by Custom officers and it almost degenerated into a deadly war.

This week, I have a double header. I want to talk about a veteran called Calabar and a fresh air that is the programme entitled Women on The Ball.

In the light of the ongoing constitutional amendment by the National Assembly to whittle down the perceived excessive powers of the apex bank in the CBN’s 2007 Act, we concluded last week in this column that the issue of good governance will not depend on whether the Chairman and Directors of the apex bank were external directors.