THE management of the National Examinations Council, NECO, has approved the of the council, creating eight zonal offices and divisions for better service delivery and productivity.

ORGANISED labour has called on the Federal Government to immediately review the sale of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, if it hopes to find solution to the intractable electricity supply crisis in the country.

lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and others from arresting, probing or prosecuting a Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, pending the determination of his appeal at the Court of Appeal.

IN the light of some of the experiences that Nigerians have been through in recent times it would not be out of place for one to wonder how much worse things could get before they would get better.

The Enugu State House of Assembly, yesterday, approved a N30 billion loan request for the executive to facilitate ongoing developmental projects across in the state.

LAGOS — Contrary to widely circulated reports, the Host Community Fund has not been erased from the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

As many as eight countries will participate in next month’s fourth Okpekpe international 10km road race in Okpekpe, Auchi in Edo state.

LATEST Ericsson report has revealed how mobile data analytics could bring microfinance to hundreds of millions of individuals and businesses, particularly in Nigeria, that need short-term credit.

LAST week through this column I discussed social mobility as a means to tackle corruption: if talent and merit determined success, corruption which exists and is facilitated in part because the wrong sort of individuals have access to government positions, etc., would be lessened. But why are people corrupt in Nigeria? It is important to tackle this question beyond the obvious answer, being greed and a desire for an increase in economic clout or status.

Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Florence Omagbemi has picked eighteen players out of the lot in camp for the battle against the Terenga Lioness of Senegal slated for Friday, 8th April in Dakar.

Members of Lagos State House of Assembly have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to find a solution to the perennial fuel scarcity in the country.

The Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi –led Adhoc Committee set up by the Nigeria Football Federation for the Nigeria National League has disclosed that the Annual Congress of the NNL will now hold today, Wednesday, 6th April 2016 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Congress will serve as precursor to the kick –off of the League.

Nigerian Internet provider, Ntel, is seeking more than $1 billion to invest in 4G mobile broadband by 2020 as the owner of the former state landline company seeks to take advantage of a rising number of smart phone users.

The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, representative in Nigeria, yesterday, disclosed that the Gender Equality Bill recently rejected by the Senate deserved another look and adoption for Nigeria’s fulfillment of humanity’s vision of transforming the world by 2030.

The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Chief Acho Ihim, has decried the growing ease with which people destroy human lives in society.