OWERRI – The management of Avan Ikoku Federal College of Education, AIFCE, Owerri, has reassured students of its commitment to eliminate all forms of exploitation in the school.

ABEOKUTA- Barely 24 hours before his retirement from police force, a seven-man gang of armed robbers has handed a sour parting gift to the state Police Commissioner, Nicholas Nkedeme as they robbed two new generation banks located in Babcock University , Ilishan-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state and carted away undisclosed sum of money.

SENator Pius Ewherido, DPP, Delta Central, is unarguably one of the foremost political players in his native Delta State. He was before his advent to the Senate, Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly and Acting Speaker of the House.
The lawyer turned businessman and politician was able to build on his political acumen to defy the odds to emerge as the only DPP Senator in the seventh Senate. Senator Ewherido who is presently the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, spoke in a telephone interview on the contentions raised by elements in the north for a scrapping of the derivation principle in revenue allocation. Excerpts.

The Federal Government of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE and other stakeholders have been cautioned on the need to exercise restraint in their plans to ensure compulsory listing for oil majors and multinationals in the Nigerian capital market.

THE National Council of Managing Director of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has petitioned the Federal Government over the continuous payment of the seven per cent sur-charge by importers and agents meant for port development.

Sokoto—Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Tuesday, frowned at the continuous rejection of polio immunisation by some parents in Sokoto State.

Professor Pat Utomi has said that for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), cashless policy to succeed, cost of e-payment transactions must be reduced by service providers while building public confidence.

Despite the recent warning by United Bank for Africa (UBA) on possibility of recording slide in its 2011 final year profits, Citi Group Research team said they are still optimistic that the stock holds some hidden value that investors can benefit from.

The Chief Judge of Kwara state, Justice Raliat Habeeb-Elelu, who secured her much desired Supreme Court judgment last Friday can safely be referred to as a cat with nine lives. As it were, the Chief judge who rose through the ranks to the pinnacle of her career, from her pedigree is not entirely new to controversy since her assumption of office about three years ago when she was removed.

THERE are indications that more Lagosians now travel by water as the rider-ship survey of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has shown that over 1.400,000 people in the state move back and forth by water.