LAGOS—Lagos State Government has distributed 4.2 million insecticide treated nets to rid the state of malaria. Dr. Omowunmi Bakare, Lagos State Malaria Control Manager, said in Abuja, Tuesday. He stated that the malaria prevalence in the state was 4.8 per cent.

LAGOS- General Overseer of the Christ Pentecostal Mission International, CPM, Reverend Dr. Obiora Ezekiel, Tuesday, warned members of the Islamic Sect, Boko Haram, to desist from their unnecessary bloodletting in the country, to avoid the wrath of God.

BENIN CITY – AHEAD the July 2012 governorship election in Edo State, the Campaign Organisation of Prof. Osarhiemen Osunbor has admonished the leadership of the party to ensure total reconciliation among members of the party, following the bad blood that arose after the last weekend governorship primary of the party.

LAST October, this column reported that India unveiled the world’s cheapest tablet computer, a feat actualized under a programme of the Human Resources Development Ministry called National Mission on Education Through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT).

LAGOS-AN Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court has ordered that an alleged killer policeman, Shittu Kazeem, 40, be remanded in prison pending the advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

WORRIED by unresolved political bickerings in the state, Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged its members to refrain from politics of acrimony, blackmail and character assassination.

BENIN- CHAIRMAN, Edo State Committee on the Demolition of Illegal Structures and Senior Special Assistant to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Environment, Major Lawrence Loye (rtd), Tuesday denied that his reinstatement by the governor had something to do with the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

THE Federal Government is planning to reinvest the 20 per cent levy charged on imported textile materials to revive local industry across the country.

As part of an empowerment programme for both hardware and software manufacturers and vendors in the country, the Nigerian Computer Society is seeking the support of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE) for the facilitation of funding plans for IT companies by creating IT venture capital.

WARRI-Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has denied responsibility for the on-going fuel scarcity in Delta State, blaming the situation on the inability of Pipeline Products Marketing Company, PPMC and Warri Refineries and Petro-chemical Company, WRPC, to supply its members with the product.