lagos—Bristow Helicopters yesterday said it has paid the initial payment of $30, 000 to those involved in its August 2015 helicopter crash into the Lagos Lagoon. This is in compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, directive on compensation for crash victims.

The Managing Director of Raumplus, an international interior and furniture design company with its operations in Nigeria, Mr. Adeyanju Adelakun, has urged operators in the furniture industry in Nigeria to focus on customer satisfaction and top class quality in order to bring desired development for the industry.

The 2016 Grand Challenges Africa meeting, flagship of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) held in Nairobi, Kenya was a unique one. It featured 300 young promising innovators in Africa and renowned innovators and guest speakers. It also featured 475 participants from 43 countries. The meeting was to guide the scientific research and innovation agenda for reaching the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

Lagos—ORGANISED labour in the nation’s power sector yesterday made good its threat to cripple the operations of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja DISCO, over the alleged sack of 400 workers, including a deputy president of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, among other grievances.

Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow, who allegedly abducted 14-year-old Ese Oruru, and took her to Kano where she was forcibly converted to Islam and married without the consent of her parents, is to be arraigned in court this week.