Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State at the weekend stressed the need for constant review of the educational curriculum in schools to reflect current challenges in the nation.

Lagos—Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have said that the delay by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to form his cabinet was for the general good of the state.

Osogbo—The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Kogi State, Mallam Hussaini Halilu Pai has assured the people of the state that Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC would conduct a peaceful and credible governorship election in the state in October.

OLEH—AT least two members of a vigilante team at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in cult activities.

ABEOKUTA—Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun has been enjoined to pay the workers’ salaries and other allowances as at when due.

A cursory survey of media reports on the downstream oil sector suggests that the prevailing popular belief is that a predatory cabal has a vice grip over the business of fuel importation. There is concern, therefore, that this, presumably, vicious class of businessmen would do everything to ensure that refineries will never work, and that the subsidy regime would subsist, while fuel supply will continue to be carefully manipulated to regularly induce artificial scarcity so that bountiful profits can be harvested from the attendant sufferings and economic dislocation deliberately caused by the oil cabal.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has urged fleeing residents of attacked Zabarmari and Hadamari villages to return, as troops will provide protection against any Boko Haram attacks or bombings on the affected farming and herding communities in the state.

CONTROVERSY is trailing the death of a 49-year-old Chief Consultant Gynaecologist and Managing Director of Hope Medical Centre, Benin City, Dr. John Abode, last Tuesday, as family members disagreed with the claim by the wife that he committed suicide.

It does not require the intelligence of a space rocket scientist to understand that the DISCOs were sold to friends of the former administration, despite the efforts to make the biddings appear transparent. Amadi could not therefore be expected to regulate tariffs in a manner that would jeopardize the investments of the friends of the government and his benefactor.

“This scenario can cause the SMEs to fold up because before you pay, other things would have eaten deep into his profit,” he said. Speaking on consumer credit , he said that Nigeria is a big consumer market because of its population as a result of that credit thrives, both at individual and institutional level, saying, “We have not seen what constitute consumer credit yet. If you are taking credit far above your income, you have planned to become a distressful person because it is above your income.

Following multiple rules rolled out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week, financial experts have classified the monetary policy regime and environment as unstable, uncertain and therefore hostile to businesses. CBN had rolled out two circulars last week declaring some items ineligible for both its foreign exchange (forex) window and the alternative sources namely, the bureau de change (BDC) and export proceed windows, citing excessive pressure on foreign reserve and the need to stimulate local production of those items.

There are several new innovations we have brought to logistics in Nigeria. First, we have introduced our own delivery proprietary technology into the market, customised for the Nigerian consumer. What that means is that you can now tell at every point in the delivery process where your package starts. This is something that no one else is doing. Our riders have their own mobile application at the point of delivery when they update our system that an item has been delivered. We get a notification and our business merchant gets an alert and then the end customers can reconfirm that they received their package.

Looking at the entertainment industry now, without Nigerian music, the party will not rock unlike what we had in the seventies and nineties. There is a shift and 40 to 50 per cent of Nigeria adults now watch Nigerian content. Can you believe that Channel TV after CNN in Nigeria has one of the highest ratings? And it is a Nigerian channel just because people are connected to the station. We believe the mindset is changing.

Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Anthony Kojo Williams has blasted the Amaju Pinnick-led board for relieving Stephen Keshi of his duties as Super Eagles coach.

ALL over the democratic world, the term: “change” is a pet mantra employed by opposition parties. “Continuity” is the ruling party’s counter to this battle cry. After eight years of George Bush (II) and the Republicans in America, Barack Obama of the Democratic Party not only campaigned for “change”, he styled his own: “the change we need”.