AWKA — Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has directed immediate revamping and equipment of 30 general hospitals in the state with facilities to make them more effective.

Lagos State chapter of Nsukka Zonal Union, NZU, has cautioned the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over plot to destabilise the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, following the zoning of the governorship position to the Enugu North senatorial district by the party.

The new Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko has pledged to key into the National Industrial Revolution Programme, NIRP, train to create jobs for about two million skilled youths in the country.

Scores of the retired electricity workers, yesterday, in Bauchi State, protested over alleged non-payment of their pension and gratuities by the Federal Government.

Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, NSC, Dr. Tammy Danagogo has hailed Africa’s fastest woman and Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare for her double medal effort at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, China last Sunday.

His words, “my argument has always been that after arresting so many members of Boko Haram for this long, what is making it difficult for us to know who are their sponsors, who are the collaborators, who are the people behind it. We could not have spent four years or five years fighting a group, that we have not been able to crush. And whatever we do, we must realize that there is need for peace for any growth in gross domestic product.”

In democracy, one must be fair, they have been voting since the last 16 years, it is obvious that it is their turn, certainly, if we don’t get anyone from there, who is capable to take that leadership, it can still be taken away from them to a place where we can find someone who can do the job. Ours is to look for the best, and one who can do less than what Fashola has achieved today cannot be the governor of Lagos state.

Barring any last minute change, President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday visit Ekiti State to present the PDP flag to the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Ayodele Fayose.

World oil demand growth will be slightly higher than previously thought in 2014, at 1.32 million barrels per day (bpd), the International Energy Agency, IEA, said in its monthly Oil Market Report, offering a more bullish demand outlook than other government forecasters.

The Nigerian oil and gas sector attracted foreign investment, totaling $330.757 million, about N52.921 billion in the last 15 months, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics,NBS.