Weekend’s resolution by the Yoruba Lawyers’ Forum, Egbe Amofin O’Odua to boycott the Kaduna delegates conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to elect a new executive for the association, has pitched it against lawyers from the Northern part of the country, who have insisted that it is either Kaduna or no election.

Minister of Health, Prof. Onye-buchi Chukwu, said, yesterday, that Federal Go-vernment would ensure hospitals were not shut to the public despite the strike by health workers.

DR. Adewunmi Dosunmu was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the last gubernatorial election in Lagos State. Dosunmu was at one time, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA before his political advent. In this interview, he gives his appraisal of the present administration in Lagos State and other contemporary issues. Excerpts:

The National Assembly, yesterday, said it would probe Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on the N6.1 billion given by the Federal Government for SIM card registration.

DIRECTOR-General of National Pension Commission (PENCOM), Mohammed Kabir Ahmed, said that the new pension scheme will serve as a check to many malpractices going on in the commission. He made this known in an interactive session with selected Business Editors of some media houses in Lagos.

ABUJA – AS the remains of murdered Principal Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Olaitan Oyerinde, is laid to rest in his native home today, the national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the governor of blackmail to score cheap political points.

TODAY in Ede, Osun State, friends, colleagues, associates among others, will gather to pay their last respect to Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, who was gruesomely and heartlessly murdered in the wee hours of Friday, May 4, 2012, in his residence, Benin City, the Edo State Capital, as his remains would be committed to mother earth.

Ogun State Government, yesterday, denied alleged plan by the Ewekoro Local Government to spend N34.2 million on the governor’s visit to the area today.

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, yesterday, asked political leaders in the country to imbibe the virtues and values of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in their conducts and delivery of services to the people.

PENSION Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, PENOP, has said the massive corruption being unearthed in the administration of pensions in the public sector, under the defunct Deferred Pension system, in the ongoing probe by Senate Committee cannot happened and not connected to the new Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.

AMALGAMATED Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, has expressed concern over perceived authoritarian actions of Imo State government, especially on issues affecting workers.

Out-going Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Prof. Olaiya Balogun has said that the university produced no fewer than 39 first class graduates out of 1,355 graduating students from eight colleges for the 2010/2011 academic session.

An Ogun State High Court, Shagamu, has adjourned till May 31, further hearing in the N1 billion libel suit by the former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel against two of his former political associates.

FORMER Presidential aide and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, yesterday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan, for what he described as his “undiluted support” in the on-going effort to find the killers of the Principal Secretary to the Edo State Governor, late Mr. Olaitan Oyerinde.

SINCE inception, the talking drum is played uniquely by the Yoruba people, although many other African tribes play talking drums, majority sometimes do not go beyond the peripheral to display the exact meaning but only showcase basic rhythms of drum conversations.