AGAIN, Lagosians will have to be very careful in the consumption of poultry products such as chicken and eggs, following the sudden resurgence of Avian influenza, AI, commonly called bird flu, into the state.

Avon Crowncaps and Containers (Nigeria) Plc has announced the intension of its majority shareholder, Wilko Corporation, to take up the remaining minority equities in the company.

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.

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.