FOLLOWING the swearing in of Justice Peter Agumagu as a substantive chief judge of Rivers state by Governor Rotimi Amaechi on March 18, 2014, the National Judicial Council (NJC) had on March 25, 2014 placed him on suspension.

The Lagos State Government yesterday, advised residents to maintain personal and environmental hygiene, to prevent the outbreak of Ebola virus in the state.

It was GG Darah who first pointed it out to me graphically, just before the commencement of plenary on Monday this week. Nigerians have always known how to move away from the brink.

The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, NATCOMS, has filed a contempt of court suit against the major telecommunication service providers and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, at the Federal High Court, in Lagos State.

ABUJA—SENATORS were divided yesterday over the proposed plan to include the presidency in the initiating process of constitutional amendment as some alleged it was a deliberate plot to give room for the presidency to ask for a referendum after the ongoing constitutional conference.

THE state and city of Lagos will for the fifth time roll out their mat of variegated colours and textures to locals and international visitors to an all round fun and entertainment as this year’s Lagos Black Heritage Festival kicks off. Inspired by the spirit of convergence for which Lagos remains pre-eminent, the Lagos Black Heritage Festival celebrates African creativity within a carnivalesque of traditional and contemporary Dance, Music, Painting and Photo Exposition.

THE Delta State Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama, has charged students across tertiary institutions in the state to work very hard in their various institutions in order to ensure that they graduate in flying colours.

AS we count down to the May 24 first national convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Party should explain itself more to the Nigerian electorate. The recently published manifesto of the APC has not managed to project the Party as a credible alternative to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

THE saying, “give honour to whom honour is due”, once more, played out last Saturday, at the Conference Hall B, University of Lagos, in the life of one of Nigeria’s finest literary icons, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo when she was honoured for her immense contributions to the development of Nigerian Literature.

A POPULAR adage says that giving a cup of water to the monkey is not the issue but getting your cup back. This can be likened to the situation of graduates in Nigeria today. Graduating from the university, is no longer the issue but life after school.

NIGERIAN banks have demanded outright ban of the hard copy of ship manifest, saying that “the non-electronic copy contributes to the delay of cargo clearance process and sometimes sharp practices”.

A top official of Abia State government has said Mr. Ebere Wabara, The Sun Newspapers’ Associate Editor, was arrested, last weekend, by the state police because of alleged falsehood published online against the governor, Theodore Orji and his family.

ALHAJI Tajuddeen Dantata and Mr. Jon Freeman, two Board members of the American University of Nigeria, in October last year, decided to honour one of their Board colleagues, Dr Enyantu Ifenne, by sponsoring two scholarships in her name for JAMB candidates entering AUN.

In a move seen as a sign of her further rejection by the Presidency, sacked Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, was yesterday summoned for interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over her role in the purchase of two armoured BMW cars.

PRESIDENT of the Nigerian Hydrographic Society (NHS), Rear Adm. Abdullahi Inusa, has said that Nigeria now has the capacity to carry out hydrographic survey on its waters.