Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, arrested the former Managing Director of defunct Bank PHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, in connection with ongoing investigations into operations of the bank.

Bauchi — The Bauchi State government, Wednesday, assured that secondary school students will still sit for this year’s WAEC, NABTEB, NECO and JAMB examinations irrespective of the on-going strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, which has led to the detention of 11 of the teachers for about two weeks now.

“WHAT affects one of us affects every other governor,” one of the antagonists in the feud among the governors belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP told Vanguard weeks before the feud came to a climax. It is as such not surprising that given the increasing divide among the governors in their attitude towards the presidency, that virtually all of them are agreed on supporting their embattled colleague in Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako.

Hon. Bimbo Daramola, who represents Ekiti North Federal Constituency, Ekiti State in the House of Representatives on the plank of the Action Congress of (ACN) is disturbed by the flickering flames of insecurity in the country and argues that apart from dialogue, the government can tame the menace if it had the will. In this interview, Daramola, who gave reasons he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also averred that state police would help the anti-insecurity crusade. Excerpts:

“There was a dim grandeur about it all, and also these seemed to a fate. Here was this head center of iniquity, spared by us from its suitable end of burning for the sake of holding the new seat of justice where barbarism had held away, given into our hands with the brand of Blood soaked into every corner and …….. fire only could purge it, and here on our last day we were to see its legitimate fate overtake it (1)

Samsung Electronics West Africa, has deployed its revolutionary smart learning solution, “Smart School,” at Greensprings School, Lagos, the first school to adopt the solution in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. The Smart School solution is a fully integrated learning platform that empowers teachers to deliver an interactive learning environment to students.

ABUJA—Opposition political parties that merged, seeking to be registered as All Progressives Congress, APC, have vowed not to drop the name of the new party and have consulted a law firm to write the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the controversy.

In an effort to ensure that every child, whatever his or her background gets an opportunity to go to school, President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the establishment of migrant schools for children of farmers in the South South zone.

The increasing adoption and use of technologies for banking operations poses risk to the safety and soundness of the financial system.

For one week beginning from March 23rd to April 1, Lagos will welcome men,women and children from all races, histories, and cultures, in her mission to animate the past, celebrate the present, and illuminate the future as it opens the biggest festival in Lagos State otherwise known as the Black Heritage Festival 2013 edition.