President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, denied his alleged complicity in a N155 billion oil block scandal allegedly involving Shell, ENI subsidiaries in Nigeria, a Nigerian oil firm and a former Petroleum Minister, Mr Dan Etete.

ABEOKUTA – The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Ogun State Chapter, said it had got the leave from the National Industrial Court, NIC, to join the Accountant-General of the state in the suit against the state Teaching Service Commission and the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, in the state over deduction of salaries of teachers.

LAGOS – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos branch has described as uncomplimentary, the statement credited to the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Lagos branch, to the effect that it will call a strike over the Lagos State Government and doctors’ face-off while coalition of human rights group has warned the union against the proposed strike.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to maintain its benchmark interest rate, the monetary policy rate at 12 per cent throughout this year, says Razia Khan of Standard Chartered Bank.

UGHELLI – Delta State House of Assembly has called for memoranda for the “Delta State Anti-kidnapping and Anti-terrorism bill” which sailed through the second reading on the floor of the House last week.