The suffering of depositors of Savannah Bank is aptly reflected in the email received from one of our readers, Izuchukwu Emmanuel. “Please I was very optimistic to read your repor , when I saw the headline on your firm’s online page. Please I want to know if there is any hope that the bank will to re-open for business. My late dad had an account with the bank and my mum is suffering from financial burdens since the demise of my dad. Please keep me informed if there is any. Thanks.”

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on behalf of the National Working Committee (NWC) congratulates Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed on his emergence as the Acting Chairman of the PDP Board Of Trustees (BoT).

We therefore suggest that the incoming administration should appoint a steering committee to revisit some policies taken by Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and Financial Regulatory Council, FRC with a view to reversing some and strengthen the market with formidable recommendations by experts drawn from stakeholders.”

Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Tuesday, presented the staff of office to the new Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi.

Chocolate City rapper, M.I. Abaga, has disclosed that he would like to have a working relationship with some notable African artistes to help to connect the younger generations with the older ones. According to the rapper, he said that Africa had done well in creating a vibrant modern music industry which has been able to bring people together.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Tuesday appealed to the public not to corrupt personnel of the police by giving them bribe. Arase made the appeal while fielding question from newsmen during a meeting with senior officers on the issue of whether or not, bail was free. “We have a zero tolerance for payment of money to free suspect). I am appealing to members of the public, not to corrupt my men; It takes two to tango.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress in Cross River has declared an indefinite strike by civil servants in the state over unpaid salaries. In a release by the Chairman of JAC, Mr Ndoma Akpet, labour said the strike, which commenced on Tuesday, became inevitable following the inability of the outgoing administration to honour its earlier promise to pay the arrears.

The government’s alleged non-payment of arrears saw fuel supply lines shut down in recent weeks, causing a crippling shortage that brought Nigeria to a near standstill.

A Nigerian politician wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges failed to appear in court on Monday, the country’s anti-narcotics body said.

A veterinary doctor, Dr Victor Nwachukwu, on Tuesday urged the incoming National Assembly to make laws that would deter citizens from eating disease-infested meat. Nwachukwu told newsmen in Lagos that such laws would address selling and buying of dead meat in the country’s abattoirs. He spoke against the back drop of claims that butchers and sellers sell already dead meat for consumption in some parts of the country.

Hotels.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website, has secured an investment of $1.2 million from international investors EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage technology fund, and Omidyar Network, the investment vehicle of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The funding round follows on from the company’s 2013 seed investment of $225,000 from Lagos-­based Spark.ng.

As the winner of the Vanguard Spark Rookie contest for March, Olushola Oladapo, a professional photographer based in Abeokuta, Ogun state received “The Spark”- an incentive to help him achieve his dreams – from The Spark Boss for March, Akinsola Muse, producer of over 25 MTN TV commercials. On the 8th of May, Olushola was empowered with paid internship in filmmaking with Akinsola Muse. The presentation took place in Magodo as Akinsola prepared to shoot a commercial.

No fewer than 20 policemen were on Tuesday killed in an ambush by Somali Militant group , al-Shabaab in the north-eastern of Kenya, a police said.

KATSINA- Former member of the House of Representatives and Katsina State Governor-elect, Rt Hon Aminu Bello Masari has sad he intends to run an administration that would respect the rule of law when he is eventually sworn in as governor on may 29.

I find rather amusing, the People’s Democratic Party’s unfolding dread for petitions challenging its self-awarded victories in the recently held elections.