The University of Lagos said a total of 17, 935 candidates of the 31,955 that sat for its 2015 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) recently, passed the screening exercise.

ABUJA—There is palpable tension within Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, led by its Managing Director, Mr. Dan Abia, as they come face to face with the President Muhammadu Buhari to give him a status report on the operations of the agency, which has been rattled by huge debts totalling N1.5 trillion.

WITH her poise and sense of dressing, Sayo Adeolu comes across as being elegant even though her looks can’t be described as charming. Her appearance can also lead one to assume that she works with one of the reputable companies in Lagos. But Adeolu is neither a graduate of any tertiary institution nor had she worked in any corporate environment. Her fashion sense was inherited from her late mum who, she told VanguardFeatures,VF, was a prosperous Alhaja at Jibowu.

Renaming the “First Lady” the “Wife of the President” is a subtle change which shows a shift in the principles guiding public thinking. Indeed, “First Ladies” in Nigeria have previously wielded virtually as much power as their husbands if not more. The era of First Ladies allocating oil wells, shaming and insulting governors isn’t so far away. However, Nigerians are glad to see the end of it, with a clear return to sanity: first ladies aren’t elected officials.

ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, accused past administrations of allowing the infrastruc-ture in the oil sector to collapse to enable their cronies steal by importing refined products.