ENUGU — The Nigerian Breweries Plc, NB Plc, last week, commissioned three community relations project in two communities and the customs barracks in Enugu State, as part of its social responsibilities to its host communities. The projects included a water borehole and a toilet for the Community Primary School at Oma-Eke in Udi Local Government Area; a six classroom block with a library and toilets at Ogwofia Imezi Owa Community Secondary School as well as an Officers’ Mess at the Nigerian Customs Service, Enugu barracks.

A Government of-ficial once told me : ” You people (doctors) should do as we say; after all we pay your salaries”. And a colleague once said to me: “They (Government) should just give us what we want.” Both are wrong; and herein lies the locus of persistent conflict. Government’s actions impinges on ALL doctors, including those whose salary they don’t pay.

THIS dreaded kidnap gang in Port Harcourt led by Mitchel did not know their end was near as they abducted a 14- year -old girl called Charity, penultimate week. A 23- year- old member of the notorious gang, Mr Godwin Phina, who lived on the same street with the victim and the parents arranged the abduction. He told Crime Alert that he asked his group to strike on the day the little girl was coming back from school.

Olalekan was killed by three unidentified Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) who, in the course of chasing the driver of a car they wanted to arrest, it hit the boy. He died two days after in a hospital established by the state located in Ondo town.

UMUAHIA-THE wife of Abia State governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu recently came to the rescue of the state wing of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, when she donated food items to enable them receive the corps members currently undergoing orientation in the camp.

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it will collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to create N750 billion agriculture fund as part of its commitment to making agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, just as it is committed to tackling the smuggling of poultry products into the country.

THE Management of Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, has appealed to striking workers of the hospital to call off their over two months action in the interest of the general public.

THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has given Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, seven days to restore power supply to Udu Local Government Area, Delta State.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was, yesterday, heading towards its worst crisis in 18 years after some of its major founding fathers pulled away from plans by the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led leadership to hold a convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Saturday.

TOWARDS accelerating progress for girls and women in the world, a new advocacy platform tagged “Deliver For Good” has been launched to promote 12 critical investments in girls and women. The Deliver for Good campaign which brings together diverse organizations to show how a simple focus on investments in girls and women can be transformative for global development, was launched at the opening of the 4th Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Tuesday May 16, 2016,

A Brazil-based hospitality project to cater for Nigeria and all the 54 participating African countries at the Olympic Games in Rio in business cooperation through a partnership by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ANOCA, CASA da Africa has been presented to the Minister for Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung.

Etisalat has extended its ownership of the innovation sphere with the launch of the revamped and easy-to-use EasyMobile App. Among its several unique features, the new EasyMobile App enables customers on the Etisalat network to get things done in a simpler, easier and faster way by eliminating the trouble of having to remember, text or dial certain codes before they can access services from their devices on the etisalat network.

AIRTEL Africa, in conjunction with Facebook has launched what they described as Free Basics in Nigeria in partnership with Facebook. Airtel subscribers will be able to access all the services that are available through Free Basics without paying extra for data charges or rental.

ENUGU——Stakeholders in the educational sector have called for collaboration between universities and the Armed Forces in a bid to update the country’s military capabilities locally. They spoke during the maiden edition of the “Town and Gown Assembly” at the Geoffrey University, in Enugu. The theme of the assembly was “Business Matters and Areas of Research.”

The federal government has threatened to wield the big stick on labour union officials who try to coerce workers to participate in the planned industrial action slated for today.