An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday, again granted permission to the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd., Wale Babalakin, to travel to South Africa for continuation of his medical treatment.

IT is said that “if you don’t want to be forgotten as soon as you die, you either write something worth reading or do something worth writhing about.” That is the number one law of immortality.

In a bid to push through its free education policy, Bayelsa State Government has released N302 million for the payment of the 2012/2013 West African Examination Council, WAEC and National Examination Council, NECO, examination fees for students in the state.

Former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has called for a special security arrangement for the protection of Igbo people living in the North of the country.

Ezeife, who spoke against the backdrop of recent bombing of a bus park in Kano, which led to the death of scores of people, said the time was ripe for the Igbo to begin to defend themselves against attacks.

Traditional ruler and former Press Secretary to the Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo, during the military era, Igwe Ezeoba Alex Nwokedi, has lent his voice to the call by Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, on President Goodluck Jonathan to go in search of Boko Haram with a view to restoring peace, harmony and stability in the polity.

THE Director- General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, yesterday, said the country was set to begin local production of routine immunisation vaccines for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis/whooping cough (DPT), polio, measles and yellow fever.

Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh has said hé would not take his players to the slaughter slab because they lost to Egypt in the semi final of the 2013 African Youth Championship on Tuesday in Ain Temouchent, Algeria.

WHILE maintaining zero tolerance on smugglers, the Customs anti-smuggling operatives in Jemita, Yola, AdamawaState have swooped on two large wooden boats that were fully loaded with 1,711 bags of rice, 105 bags sugar and 85 jerry-cans of vegetable oil smuggled through Damare waterside, Jemita-Yola.

The nomination process continues for another week and if there is a need it could be extended to accommodate showcasing more faces in Nollywood.

IT is not going to be business as usual again for fraudulent importers as the Nigerian Customs Service, PTML Area, Apapa Command Lagos has warned the importing public that tough time awaits fraudulent Importers. He said he would fish them out.