Led by the wife of the state governor, Dame Emmanuel Abimbola Fashola, members of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Senior Officials, COWLSO, yesterday, trouped to Ikorodu area of Lagos where they commissioned two buildings in two primary schools. The first port-of-call was the Owode Primary School where a fully-equipped ICT centre built by the committee stood gallantly, while the second was the Muslim Primary School where a massive block of six classrooms, also built by the committee, stood.

Despite the harsh operating environment, Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has proposed a dividend of N246 million, translating into 30 kobo per share in addition to a bonus share of one for every five Ordinary Shares held by each shareholder as rewards from the company’s outstanding performance in its current (2014) financial year. By the company’s financial performance, it posted an after tax profit of N659 million in the current year as against N395 million recorded in the previous year, an increase of 67 per cent.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, yesterday, paraded four suspects, among them, a 17 -year- old, for their alleged involvement in sea piracy and other criminal acts on Bayelsa State waterways.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday said his brother Governors nor call him the ‘Okpekpe marathon man’ because of his participation in the annual 10-km IAAF certified Okpekpe race.

The stance taken by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari that the next National Assembly leadership should independently emerge, has given birth to a new group, the Unity Forum, which was reportedly formed to push the concept.