Blessing Okagbare’s chastisement of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s recruitment of foreign athletes has ruffled feathers at the Federation and she could be facing disciplinary actions if the words of the AFN’s technical director, Omasteye Nesiama are anything to go by.

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has called on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammedu Buhari, rtd, to drive Nigeria economy on agriculture as a means of combating the dwindling fortunes from the oil sector.

“Government should overhaul the existing refineries and encourage building of new ones, most especially modular ones all around the country to enable the country increase her refining capacity for local consumption. This will support export of refined products and thereby maintaining local employment and saving the nation of foreign exchange used in the importation of refined products.

Students of the Lagos State University, LASU yesterday reacted over allegation made by the state government that they were party to the reason for the continued closure of the institution, saying; “We have never been part of the crisis that led to the continued closure of the school.”

The Lagos House of Assembly has said, it wont be able to legislate against trucks and tanker drivers who park on Apapa/Oshodi expressway.

UMUAHIA-THE activities of Fulani herdsmen in some communities have become a source of great worry to the people of the South East zone. The people are worried that Fulani herdsmen have continued to kill, maim and rape women in most of the routes where they pass with their cattle for grazing wondering why the security agencies turn blind eyes to complaints from victims of robbery and rape committed by the suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The ninth annual business conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Session on Business Law (SBL), is expected to set economic agenda for the new administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. Coming on the heels of May 29 hand-over date, the three-day business law conference with the theme: ‘’Regulators as Catalysts for Economic Growth’’ would hold between May 7 – 9 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The World Bank has approved N15billion (US$75 million) International Development Association (IDA) credit for developmental projects in Edo State. The N15bn credit would be in the form of budget support to finance policy and institutional reforms that Edo State has undertaken to improve its public financial management, increase private investment in land, and significantly improve the quality of the State’s education system.

Currently, the net market capitalization of Nigeria’s capital market stands at over 77 trillion US dollars with a robust and solid banking sub sector. Beyond the façade of these encouraging hypothetical economic indicators is a nauseating paradox of a sort; abject poverty in the midst of plenty. The implication of the apparent misconception arising from Nigeria’s GDP re-basing is the possibility to relax and assume that perhaps Nigeria’s economic woes are over.

Delta State Government, yesterday, said it was doing everything to ensure that the downgraded Asaba Airport returned to its rightful rating, as it had awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of the runway and taxiways in the airport.

Senator Lawali Shuaibu is the Deputy National Chairman (North) of All Progressives Congress, APC and a one time minority leader of the Senate. In this interview, Shuaibu explains how the APC achieved the feat of winning the presidency and the majority of governorships.

As the Team Nigeria, comprising of four students from the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, await results of the World Semi-finals in the 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition, mentor of the team, and a lecturer at the ABUAD, Mobolaji Tenibiaje, has expressed the team’s readiness to do well at the global showdown.

No fewer than 37 cases arising from the national and state assembly polls have been filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Owerri.

EKWULUOBIA-MORE than 42 secondary schools in Anambra State have been mobilized by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for the fight against fake and counterfeit drugs and food products. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, said that the students were being mobilised through the NAFDAC Consumer Safety Clubs, NCSC, in secondary schools, “which as a catch them young programme,” was yielding the needed positive results as hundreds of schools had key-in into the programme nationwide.

Communities in Anambra East and West comprising Aguleri, Umuleri, Anam, among others, were in joyous mood, weekend, following the consecration of Ven. Capt. Johnson Nwaohalama Ekwe as the new Bishop of Niger West. Ven. Ekwe is said to be respected because of his track record of working in a place where others dreaded probably because of his profession as a former soldier before his elevation as bishop.