The National Association of Micro Finance Banks (NAMB) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to include its members in the Bankers Committee.

AHEAD of the forthcoming local government elections in Delta State, the state Organising Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Willie Ashubu, has stressed the need for the Uvwie council chairmanship position to be zoned to Ekpan.

As the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, prepares for its delegate conference in Abuja next week, more lawyers in the country have endorsed the candidature of Mr Dele Adesina, SAN as the next president of the association.

LAST week, a friend was travelling from Oturkpo in Benue State to Lagos, in a Toyota Haice bus of a popular transport company.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has called on Nigeria to align with current global trend to enhance her competitiveness by re-focusing and re-strategising through diversification of her economic base away from oil to non-oil export products.

Muslim faithful have been advised to work more towards Islamic empowerment which forbids interest on loans, gambling, and uncertainty.

That Honourable Udom Gabriel Emmanuel – the Secretary to the State Government of Akwa Ibom State has risen to top positions both in corporate Nigeria and in public service is not a surprise to those of us, who were privileged to have seen those sterling and leadership qualities manifest way back in the 70s. That, he is a leader and a great manager of human impulses and passions, activating those impulses to engender the spirit of common good and the improvement of the human condition again is no surprise- those elements had found expression back then in our formative years.

It was a year ago last Wednesday that the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly turned into a combined ring for amateur boxers, wrestlers and many hooligans imported from outside and others garbed in the attire of lawmakers. One year after, the division in the House is sharp as ever.

THE Plateau State Government, yesterday, alerted residents of the state over alleged threats which could lead to security breaches in the state and called on the citizens to be vigilant and supportive as it has put measures to ensure public safety, sanity and general well-being of the people.

Four persons, who had been standing trial for alleged criminal conspiracy and armed robbery, yesterday, wept uncontrollably when they were sentenced to death by hanging by an Ilorin High Court, in Kwara State, yesterday.

CONCERNED Kebbi State Youths and Students’ Forum has accused the Kebbi State government of allegedly sponsoring media attacks against the Senator representing Kebbi Central Senatorial Zone, Senator Abubakar Baguda.

How are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashekelon lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice…”. This Biblical quotation of David when Jonathan died somehow describes the agony, pain, national loss of a nation to Germany on Tuesday.

Germany have a secret plan to shut Argentina superstar Lionel Messi out of Sunday’s World Cup final at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana Stadium.

Chile’s star World Cup striker Alexis Sanchez agreed to join Arsenal on Thursday on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, the English Premier League side announced.

The Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria said on Thursday that Nigeria needed 700,000 housing units annually to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).