The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was ready to meet Bi-Courtney Consortium whose concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was terminated on Monday in court if the company resorts to legal action to challenge the termination.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has given its approval-in-principle to the proposed business combination involving Flour Mills and Nigerian Bag Manufacturing Company Plc (Bagco) and its subsidiaries – Northern Bag Manufacturing Company Limited and Bagco Morpack Nigeria Limited.

THE Senate, yesterday, took a swipe at the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, stressing that he must have been ill-formed on the position of the anti-terrorism law, just as it said the law already existed in the country.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has faulted the implementation of the local content policy of the Federal Government, saying oil producing communities in the Niger Delta were yet to benefit from the policy.

In a move to help sanitise the African pharmaceutical market currently faced with a proliferation of unwholesome generic medicines, multinational pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, (GSK) has launched a range of generics to provide access to safe and quality medicines across the continent.

Having gone round the country in the last few weeks, the torch of unity for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012 will on Saturday arrives Lagos.

Exactly one year after Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa assumed office as the 11th Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, massive development have sprung up in various sections of the university.

Students of the Benue State University College of Health Sciences, Monday, urged the University Senate to review its stand on the signing of an undertaking regarding their recent protests.

Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, said in Abuja that Nigeria is set to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade to enhance intra-African trade and regional integration. Aganga announced this at the commemoration of African Industrialisation Day (AID) with the theme: “Accelerating Industrialisation for Boosting Intra-African Trade’’.

COMRADE Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, as President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, did not only fight for jobs, but for decent jobs as was witnessed in his anti-casualisation campaigns. Now as Governor of Edo State, Comrade Oshiomhole, after positively impacting on the lives of people of Edo State directly through new roads, renovated schools, clinics, hospitals; water and electricity projects, mass transit buses, employment generation, paying wages as when due, but has given indication of plans for human capital development among others.

The appointment of Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc as stockbroker to the Federal Government of Nigeria will translate into increased retail investors’ participation in primary and secondary markets of Federal Government bonds and ultimately help to deepen Nigeria’s bond market.

As it continues its tour round countries , culture lovers in Nigeria will enjoy yet another opportunity of cultural extravaganza as Lagos State hosts the 2013 Lagos Black Heritage Festival (LBHF).

Instruction: Choose the appropriate word from the alternatives in the parenthesis

1. Provision of (portable/potable) water is the responsibility of a good government.

2. I have a (portable/potable) TV.

Lines seem longer at the cafeteria now. Beads of sweat now cause an unusual stench in lecture halls, and even classrooms with fans seem to circulate a depressing blend of heat, smell and sweat. Summer break is just an expression to describe ‘July and August’, truth is: no school management will give you a holiday because of the sun. Solution: You might have to take your own comfort into your own hands. Since school libraries have the best air conditioning, spend some more time there, and follow these simple fashion tips.

For the purpose of ensuring an effective implementation of the newly revised 9-year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC), teacher educators, curriculum development experts, content specialists, policy makers, school teachers and professionals from the private sector from all parts of the country gathered last week in Lagos to write Teachers Guides for each of the various subjects from primary to junior secondary schools.