I bring the felicitations of the good people, the Government of Nigeria and its public service to this most esteemed gathering. Stepping onto this platform today raises a whole new emotion that I have never felt before in spite of the fact that the very act of mounting platforms has incidentally characterised my many years in the public service. This particular act undoubtedly, marks a watershed in my career as a civil servant.

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State have agreed on the need to give Lagos State a special status in the constitution.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu as the chairman of the white paper review committee on the Nuhu Ribadu-led committee on the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force committee.

Unknown gunmen on Thursday night attacked personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) at the Maijankai village in Barkin ladi Local Government Area of Plateau.

The police in Owerri have arrested one Eze Okoro of Gerald Obawuchi Street, Okigwe, and his son, Chika, for allegedly kidnapping and selling a five-month old baby boy.