General, Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Prof. Sambo Longmas Wapmuk disclosed yesterday that the Fund was having a backlog of about N12 million being debt owed the students in its Students Work Experience Scheme, SIWES, just as he said that what the government gives was money for the programme and the money given by government was not enough.

Glimpses that the ongoing national conference in Abuja may culminate into a support group for the realization of President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition were seen yesterday with the emergence of a group called National Unity Forum (NUF).

The Police High Command has denied reports that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar had been asked to proceed on pre-retirement leave

Mr Pedro Peter, a stylist in Wuse Market, Abuja, on Friday said the love for foreign hairs by Nigerian women had greatly devalued the cultural posterity of the country.

WITH 62.15 per cent of the popular vote, the African National Congress, ANC, extended its 20-year hold on power, amid allegations of scandals and economic malaise afflicting South Africa. It was the first election after the death of iconic Nelson Mandela last December.

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to foreclose the option of dialogue with the Boko Haram Islamic sect, with a view to securing the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has repeatedly told Nigerians and the international community that it has set for itself the goal of conducting Nigeria’s most credible election next year. The commission’s leadership has seized every opportunity to drum it into the ears of the people that its commitment to organize a highly credible poll is anchored on the belief that it would go a long way to deepen the nation’s democracy.

CONFERENCE Committee on National Security has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to further extend the one-year state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has accused the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, of making mockery of democracy in the country.

TWELVE months from now, the eight years administration of Governor Isa Yuguda will be over and another administration will be ushered in. The governor is not oblivious of this fact as seems bent on making the remaining few months count.