BENIN—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, will tomorrow appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, following the petition by a coalition of civil society organisations in Edo State, over Police handling of the investigation into the murder of his late Principal Private Secretary, Mr. Olaitan Oyerinde.

Here we are again reinventing the wheels of governmental agency reform, this time the power sector, while simultaneously taking actions that seem to undermine the reform process – alleged bias in the granting of distribution licenses, capacity shortages and, generally letting the bottom fall out of the quality of power generation and distribution. The government has recently announced the commencement of the review of its “Power Sector Roadmap.”

Bothered by the steady decline in food production across the country, the Agricultural and Allied Employees’ Union of Nigeria, AAEUN, has implored financial institutions, federal and state governments to introduce interest free loans for farmers in order to help them battle the looming food crisis in the country.

Chairman of Warri Wolves, Godwin Abigor yesterday became furious over the claim of Enugu Rangers on Nations Cup hero, Sunday Mba, saying that he was scandalised by the club and the attitude of the midfielder.

Arik flight from Lagos to Benin city, Edo State, was yesterday, aborted as bad weather in the ancient city prevented the plane from landing. The pilot returned to Lagos and waited until the weather improved before returning to Benin.

AS you were reading this column last week where I was deprecating the self-serving behaviour of members of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and their inability (or is it unwillingness) to pay the Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, his entitlements, the news broke that the coach of the Under-20 team, Mr. John Obuh refused to accompany the team to Egypt because he was being owed 13 months salaries.

The opportunity to buy shares through private placement or public offering as we learnt last week is not always available. This is because it is not all the time that companies raise money by selling shares.

…A bill to regulate rent in the federal capital stirs controversy
Senator Smart Adeyemi is hot strange to controversy and especially those that put him at odds with the elitist class which many Nigerians believe he is an integrated part of.

Eko Atlantic City which was designed to provide the space and infrastructure to house 250,000 people and become the workplace for a further 150,000 in Lagos , is currently the biggest ongoing civil engineering construction site in the world.

The United Nations Educational,Scientific & Cultural Organisation, UNESCO wants African governments to commence popularisation of biotechnology as the surest route to drive development in the continent.

A TRIPARTITE Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, just signed by the Hygeia Community Health Care,HCHC, Dutch Health insurance Fund and the Kwara State Government towards the state-wide expansion of the Kwara Community Health Insurance Programme, is designed to enrol no less than 600,000 low-income individuals in the 16 Local Government Areas of the state by 2017.

Registrars have been unilaterally allocating stockbroking houses and stock accounts of shareholders of bank Holding Companies (Holdco), said Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Limited.

…To complete Mushin drainage projects in May
Lagos state Government has commenced construction of drainage channels in public schools across the state, aimed at reducing incidences of flooding in schools.

THREE Nigerian couples with the challenge of infertility stand to benefit from fully-funded fertility treatment cycles as the Fertility Treatment Support Foundation, FTSF, kick starts the 2013 series of funded fertility treatment campaigns for indigent Nigerians.