Lagos State House of Assembly has instructed its House Committee on Education, Science and Technology headed by Wahaab King to investigate the non- issuance of degree results by the Lagos State University, LASU, with a view to resolving it.

The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, COAS, General Azubuike Ihejirika, has accused some northern elders of insensitivity to the sacrifice being made by the country’s armed forces and disseminating misleading information on the fight against terrorism.

It was my intention to share with you this week, an experience I had with one of the African Coaches who did NOT vote Mikel Obi. According to him “……….Forgive me, it was an individual award. It was like asking a coach, between Mikel and Yaya, who would you sign for your team in 2013? The answer definitely will not be Mikel. On your argument that he won the Nations Cup with Nigeria, Mikel for me was not the best Nigerian player. I rate Vincent Enyeama, Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses above him in terms of contribution to Nigeria’s success. Europa? Which one is that?

Lagos State government said 1.1 million additional adults have been captured into the state’s tax net, increasing the number of tax payers to 4.2 million.

The performance of the manufacturing sector of the economy has defied the various fiscal incentives introduced by the Federal Government to boost the sector.
In spite of these incentives, the average contribution of the sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was 4.0 percent in the last 10 years from 2003 to 2013, said Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN).
This is far below the target of 12 per cent set for the period by the association. Furthermore, capacity utilisation at an average of 46.6 per cent is also well below the 10-year target of 65 per cent.