AHEAD of tomorrow’s resumption of the House of Representatives, President Muhammadu Buhari has scheduled a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House to stem the crisis in the caucus.

PORT HARCOURT—Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed support for the probe of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Cecilia Khan.

PORT HARCOURT— The NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to commence the reform of the oil and gas sector with the immediate passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

In the bid to tackle the menace of counterfeit and poor-quality medicines in the country, GSK Consumer Nigeria Plc in collaboration with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, have taken the campaign against counterfeit drugs to the Lagos State Medicine Dealers Association of Nigeria, LSMDA in Lagos.

Israeli researchers from the Tel Aviv University say a curative component in cannabis, called cannabidiol can enhance the healing process of fractured bones according to a publication in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

ASABA—A classroom teacher, Mrs U.P. Igheneno, of Erhuwho Primary School, Ivwriyen in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, is being investigated by the state government for allegedly engaging a middle-aged man for a fee of N500 daily to handle her classes why she stayed away from school for personal business.

It is true that Swaziland is ranked 134 in the World and that since the rankings were introduced by Fifa its average position has hovered around 143 or so.

Ogodo however expressed surprise that when the contract was finally awarded, they were not aware. He said they woke up one morning in November last year to find out that there was a lock down of the state capital because the then Vice- President, Namadi Sambo, was coming to flag off the dredging project.

“At the end of the day, it is not acceptable where fourteen to fifteen states cannot pay salaries. The good news is that the President is standing by us and there is always a time lag between when you conceptualize and when you implement. For now, no government has got one naira under the bailout arrangement.”

eTranzact said the growth were inspired by some key growth drivers including: “Strengthened collaboration with partner banks in driving mobile banking business, strategic alliances with International money transfer operators which is driving growth of remittance business, alliances with government agencies, parastatals and educational institutions which is driving bulk payments, central collection and transaction switching and processing business.”