HE is arguably the Nigerian equivalence of Midas-a Phrygian King who turned objects, everything he touched, to gold in Greek mythology. But this is where the similarity ends.

Director, Onshore Services, Fugro Nigeria Ltd,Port Harcourt, Mr Adindu Ogamba, yesterday said that a successful analytical laboratory must be pre-occupied with people rather than profit.

IN SPITE of the difficult hurdles needed to be surmounted before new states can be democratically created those pushing for new states, especially in the South-East, are not relenting in their quest.

The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc (NBET) has assured all Independent Power Producers (IPPs) operating in the nation’s power industry of the safety of their investments. Mr Rumundaka Wonodi, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NBET, said this in an interview.

THE Orodje of Okpe kingdom, Orhue 1, in Delta State, will be installed pro-chancellor of Anambra State University, ANSU, Uli in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, today.

AS the 2014 governorship election inAnambraState draws nearer, a pressure group, the Forum 99, consisting of members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended the recent pronouncement by Governor Peter Obi that the next governor of the state would come from Anambra North senatorial zone.

WHILE President Goodluck Jonathan may see himself as the most criticized president in the world,Delta State’s Emmanuel Uduaghan is probably the most criticized governor in Nigeria.

THE Obi of Abavo kingdom in Delta State, HRM, Uche Irenuma 11, has warned the management of Pan Ocean Oil Corporation, not to cause crisis in the 56 oil producing communities in Delta North Senatorial District of the state by ensuring that the proposed flow station is sited in Obiayima community as earlier agreed.

Operatives of the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a major drug dealer, Mr. Dada Etop Ejalonibu with 584 kilogrammes of cannabis at Olosha, Mushin area of the state.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday made a futile bid to convince the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti to confiscate the international passport of the former Governor Ayodele Fayose.

FOLLOWING the controversy surrounding the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, currently before the National Assembly, and in a move to accelerate passage of the bill, the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has concluded plans to hold a one-day stakeholders summit to discuss the bill and controversy around it with the aim of identifying grey areas to eliminate delays.

A total of 8,863 students of University of Benin, UNIBEN, will be graduating from the institution in its 38th convocation scheduled for tomorrow.

THERE was pandemonium at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Edo State Thursday, as a man simply identified as Israel slumped during the sitting of the tribunal.

CHAIRMAN, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, Thursday , told the Senate that the commission finds it difficult to convict those it termed high profile thieves who have looted the nation’s wealth because they have huge sums of money and resources to delay court processes.

The five candidates for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2012 award have been revealed.