Hundreds of women, yesterday, took over the office of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, in Lokoja demanding that All Progressives Congress (APC) be declared winner of the Kogi governorship election.

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA, have signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, on human manpower development, capacity building and talent management in the financial sector.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, disclosed that it has elected Mrs. Nike Akande, as President, to steer the ship of the foremost Chamber for the next two years.

The Urhobo nation will on Saturday honour ace sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, with the Member of Council of Representatives of Urhoboland, MCRU, at its 2015 annual Urhobo National Day/Carnival, holding at the ultra-modern Urhobo Cultural Centre, Uvwiamuge, Agbarho, in Delta State.

Delta State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, Sir Dan Okenyi, has set up a committee to identify undeveloped plots of land allocated to individuals and organisations in the core area of Asaba, Delta State.

Determined to give lovers of an- all natural body clinic both men and women the satisfaction they deserve, one of the country’s leading skin experts and entrepreneur, Joycee Awojoodu, has joined the long list of spa owners when she unveiled luxurious spa & Showroom, named, Oriki Spa &Showroom recently in Lagos.

As part of its commitment towards the actualisation of healthy and vibrant female communities, X-media communications Limited has revealed the secret of what it entails to be a successful woman to over 4,000 secondary school girls in Lagos. The Managing Director, X-media communications, Mr. Tunde Lawrence said that the role of women in building a nation is replaceable and the earlier the society embrace it, the better for all.

President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Melvin Amaju Pinnick has warned Parents of U-17 World Champions and suitor clubs to stay away from the players insisting that the football house would not issue any International Transfer Certificate(ITC) to Clubs who lure the players to sign without their authority, reports Tony Ubani.

The Nigerian Restoration Group (NRG) has lamented what it, yesterday, described as the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grow along with the country’s democracy, saying the development in Kogi State speaks badly of the election body.

THE Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Abia State, has disowned the group, Catholic Network of Nigeria [CNN], which last week, held a protest at Bende and demanded that the Justices of Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri be changed, saying that such group does not exist in the Diocese.

LAST year, November 25th, during the commemoration of 16 Day Activism Against Gender Based Violence, the Acting U.S. Consul-General, Dehab Ghebreab pledged that the Public Affairs Section, PAS of the US Consulate Lagos will collaborate with Nollywood to produce a film that speaks to issues of violence against women.

MRs. Graca Machel, widow of former South Africa President, Nelson Mandela has set a roadmap for Nigerian women in their quest to be relevant in the in economic, political and social development of the country. Machel spoke in Lagos over the weekend on the topic ‘Breaking Barriers’ at a Women’s Power Lunch, a programme organized by Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF), a non-profit organization founded in honour of the memory and in furtherance of the ideals of the late General Murtala Muhammed, the former Nigerian Head of State.

Governor Ayo Fayose yesterday settled the protracted crisis over the new tax regime with members of the tipper owners in the state, this was just as he set new prices for sand and gravel.

THE Lagos State government has been urged to call the leadership of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, to order over plans to demolish their shops at Ile-Epo market.

The Police in Zamfara State have confirmed the death of four persons following attack by gunmen on Tangaran village in Anka local government area of the state, Tuesday night.