Almost 80,000 people had by Monday signed a petition urging the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes when he visits London next month. The petition was launched earlier this month by British citizen Damian Moran and is posted on the government’s website.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says arrangement has been concluded for the sale of its 2016 application documents. This is contained in a statement by the board’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin and made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos.

Guatemalan President, Otto Perez, dismissed corruption allegations, saying on Sunday that he would not stand down, in spite of pressures and calls for his impeachment as a presidential election looms.
In a recorded address that was televised to the nation, an Perez said he had received no money from the customs racket to which investigators have linked him.

Presidency has again stated that the administration of president Mohammadu Buhari will not shelve the probing of the past government of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the face of monumental fraud and corruption.

The Lagos State government retains 35 percent equity holding in the concession agreement to redesign and redevelop the Falomo Shopping Centre in addition to the payment of N50 million which was meant for expression of interest only, the concessionaire, Afriland Properties Plc, has said. Managing Director/CEO of the firm, Mrs Uzo Oshogwe, made the disclosure in a statement, last week, in response to the widely reported revocation of the concession agreement by the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

Project management experts in the country say the country records just about 39 per cent success in all its projects due to variations in plans, defective planning and inefficient management resulting in 60 per cent of projects failure. Project Management is an innovative management practice that tends to achieve stated or specified objectives within specific time and budget limits through optimum use of resources.

LAST week the Presidency issued a directive to all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to begin retirement of their revenues into a unified account, a Treasury Single Account (TSA) maintained by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Several state governments have also commenced similar measures.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Service Chiefs for showing leadership by example by personally taking charge of the ongoing stepped-up fight against Boko Haram, calling the development a breath of fresh air in the counter-insurgency battle.

“There are no reports of injury, and base firefighters and first responders are currently fighting the resulting fire to prevent its spread to nearby buildings.

The phones affected were mainly sold between the September 2014 release date and January 2015. According to the company, “Apple has determined that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera has a component that may fail causing your photos to look blurry.”