THE Council of State last week met, and top of the decisions it took was to see to the abolition of the concept of indigenes in our nation. It set up a committee of governors drawn from the six geopolitical zones to identify discriminatory practices in all parts of the country with a view to eliminating them either through the laws of the National Assembly or federal policies.

Bank customers had agonising experience conducting inter-bank transfers last week due to breakdown of the funds transfer platforms of some major banks. Financial Vanguard investigations revealed that the breakdown was prevalent among the top five banks.

A campaign to see that a woman succeeds Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan as Delta State governor in 2015 has started

AS part of on-going efforts to prevent spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the country, a team of Federal and Lagos State Health officials, yesterday, visited the General Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, to sensitise members of the congregation about persons from the affected countries in their midst.

The United States of America has announced plans to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa in the next 30 days to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.

Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, painted a gloomy picture of Nigeria’s investment drive, saying business leaders are reluctant about expanding their investment over the next few months.

PORT HARCOURT— Leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has denied allegation that he masterminded the bombing in Kaduna that almost killed former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)

Major sponsor of Nigerian national football teams, Globacom has called on Nigeria’s U-20 Women national team, the Falconets to go out and do the nation proud at the 2014 FIFA U – 20 Women World Cup scheduled to begin on August 5 in Canada.

Engr. Gbenga Daniel served as the Governor of Ogun State from May 29, 2003 to May 29, 2011 making him the longest serving governor in the history of the state. Since his adventure into politics. Daniel has brought his skills in engineering to bear on the political arena with his various outreaches in some of the major political parties in Ogun State. Daniel is also sponsor of the Political Academy, POLA, which has become a capacity building institution for the nation, political class and media.

There were indications in Abuja, yesterday, that the new Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, working in concert with the Police Service Commission, may announce the appointment of new Deputy Inspectors General of Police that will constitute the Police Management Team, following the resignation of the erstwhile team last Friday.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has said that increased attempt by quoted companies to raise fresh funds through rights issue is an attestation that the primary segment of the Nigerian capital market has begun to pick up.

BAUCHI —Some gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, on Saturday killed the District Head of Soro in Bauchi State, Malam Abdulrahman Baba, and injured two other persons.

YENAGOA – The usually busy bush meat spots along the Isaac Boro expressway in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital is now a shadow of itself with most customers staying away.

Statistics are very easy ways of presenting complex issues. They can present a graphic situation and possibly make it easy for people to have a snapshot of any given situation. For ease of presentation, statisticians, accountants and economists use data to explain the financial situation of a company, country and region.

The All Progressives Congress, APC has pinpointed ten local government areas it claimed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP aims to massively rig the election.