THE governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo State, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, has decried the low standard of education in the state, despite the touted free education programme of the Governor Rochas Okorocha administration.

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawha, has expressed the readiness of the Corporation to work in harmony with the newly appointed Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, Mr. Osagie Okunbor.

Lagos—A civil society group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has called on the Federal Government and state governors to reconsider their stand on the use of death penalty for punishment, noting that same should be replaced with life imprisonment.

Indeed, it has been three years of pains and anguish for some residents in Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial hub centre, as properties valued at over N54 billion had been lost to fire accidents.

PORT HARCOURT—FORMER Commanders of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, ‘General’ Reuben Wilson, alias Pastor and Paul Eris, alias Oguboss, have raised alarm over alleged threat to their lives by a faction of the group.

ABEOKUTA—THE Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal and Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Nojeem Salami among others commended the first executive governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke for been an embodiment of humility, perseverance and political integrity.

Akure—BARELY a week after armed robbers invaded Ikare area of Ondo State, robbed five banks and killed 21 persons, another robbery scare led to the closure of banks in Akure, Ondo State capital, yesterday.

In its bid to help over five million Nigerians with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose levels, Novo Nordisk, a healthcare company that provide diabetes care has introduced an innovative product Victoza (liraglutide) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults to achieve glycaemic control when diet and exercise is not enough.

ABUJA — The nation’s Monetary Policy Committee, which advises the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on policy issues began its first meeting in the new year, in Abuja, yesterday, to review the money market and decide on how best to tackle the persistent pressure on the nation’s currency at the face of dwindling foreign exchange earnings.

President general of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club, Dr. Raufu Ladipo has advised out of contract Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi to enroll for a refresher course with a top European club.

Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr. Tammy Danagogo has urged the Nigeria Football Federation and coaches of the Super Eagles to make the senior national team competitive and ensure that only the best players represent the country at all times.

The Lagos State Government has again urged Lagos residents to cooperate with environmental officers as they serve the common good for the citizenry.

A NON-ALIGNED organisation, Build A Nation Initiative, BAN has cautioned the Presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, and General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, not to let the recent peace pact signed between them, plunge the country into crisis, as was the case with the aftermath of the 1967 Aburi Accord.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has slammed the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, saying that the group has no business in the state which is a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stronghold and as such should move to states where the opposition holds sway to mobilise support for the PDP.