MINISTER of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Victoria Sekitoleko, former Minister of Agriculture of Uganda, and founder of Uganda Culture Community Centre; Adedotun Sulaiman, a renowned management and strategy consultant; Jane Kiragu, advocate of the High Court of Kenya; Alyse Nelson, co-founder and president, Vital Voices Global Partnership; and Kah Walla, CEO and founder, Strategies from Cameroon, would be the keynote speakers at the Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service, WIMBIZ, forum holding in Lagos on May 23, 2013.

May & Baker Nigeria Plc has announced its audited report and accounts for the year ended December 31, 2012, indicating that total sales rose by 17 percent to about N6 billion.

KATSINA—THE Katsina State Government has begun the disbursement of N35.8 million under its Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT, programme to 6, 966 primary school girls in the state.

VICTIMS of the Joint Task Force, JTF, May 19, 2009 invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State have allegedly resorted to oil bunkering to eke out a living.

Ijaw youths across the Niger Delta have warned against any attempt to use the National Assembly to seek replacement of the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Ziakede Akpobulokemi.

The traditional ruler of Lejja at Nsukka, Enugu State, has petitioned the police over threat by a politician (names withheld) in the area to assassinate him.

The Lagos State Police Command, Thursday, said it had begun investigation into threat by some unknown person to blow up Shoprite offices in the state.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, expressed its determination to protect Nigerian workers from abuse in the place of work ,especially employees engaged through private employment agencies, warning employers to stop patronizing unlicensed private agencies. It also threatened legal action against such employers.

ABUJA—NATIONAL Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, Thursday, said that Nigerians have voted the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe as the Nigerian patriot whose selflessness inspired many since independence.

ABUJA— AS reactions continue to trail the declaration of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States on Tuesday, a group known as G12 Bayelsa State 2012 Governorship Candidates Forum, Thursday, said the decision was ill-timed.

Another breakthrough has been recorded in Imo State by security agencies in their current fight against the establishment of baby making factories and trafficking in human beings, as no fewer than 14 pregnant teenagers were rescued by security operatives who stormed a building located at Umuguma, Owerri, Imo State.

Nigeria’s military said Thursday that it was ready to launch air strikes against Boko Haram Islamists as several thousand troops moved to the remote northeast to retake territory seized by the insurgents.

Mike Itemuagbor is a sports marketer of repute and can confirm the difference between donation and sponsorship.

MADAM Olufunke Olatubora, the over 84-year-old mother of former Commissioner for Education in Ondo State, Remi Olatubora, abducted five days ago, has been released.

It was, indeed, a day of tributes yesterday for the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, as dignitaries from all walks of life gathered to pay him tributes for promoting and showcasing excellence in his life time.