Jacobs alleged that MAN members who bid for forex from the apex bank have their accounts deducted yet it takes between one to three months to get the forex. He also claimed that some of their members who opened their “Form M” (a requirement for sourcing forex for import) for N197/N199 to a dollar are now made to pay N282/N283 which he described as unfair.

The James Onanefe Ibori London trial developed a new twist, weekend, as the British Police paid Ibori’s former counsel, Mr. Bhadresh Gohil, a hefty sum of £20,000 in an out-of-court settlement.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) first vice president, Barr Seyi Akinwunmi has described as quite disappointing Flying Eagles failure to qualify for the 2017 Africa U20 Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Zambia.

The executive board of the Nigeria Modern Pentathlon Federation has made Chief Obiegbunam Kelvin Chiedozie as one of its Patrons. His investiture which took place at the Nigeria Olympic Committee Secretariat last Friday was carried out by the President of the federation, Chief Jonathan Nnaji.

Sports Editors of national newspa-pers have urged the Federal Government to restructure Nigerian Sports by reviving sports in schools in addition to appointing passionate and credible persons to run the nation’s Sports Federations.

Abuja—Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said weekend, that there might be no urgent need to evacuate Nigerians in South Sudan due to the crisis in the country.

As the world last week commemorated this year’s World Facilities Management Day, facilities management practitioners who gathered at “The Nigerian FM Round Table 2016” put together by Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Ltd, a leading facilities management firm, have advocated the need for sustainability of facilities management.

Osogbo—Chairmen of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ife-Central and Ife-East Local Government of Osun State, Mr. Adeleke Enitilo and Mr Kayode Ogundele have berated Senate President Bukola Saraki on the recent reshuffle of the Senate committees leadership.

ABUJA— South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, has advocated the use of dialogue to resolve the issue that had considerably depleted the nation’s oil production output as well as revenue.

Abeokuta—The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has asked the Federal Government to probe the role of Justice Mobolaji Ojo in the crisis rocking the party.

ABEOKUTA—The National Deputy President of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Yomi Otubela has denied ever accusing the former President of the association, Dr. Abayomi Jiboku of misappropriating N50 million.

After ownership of land, one of the most intricate aspects of erecting a structure is processing a building plan approval. Having buildings erected on a large expanse of land without building plan approval is like running a government without laws guiding it. Building plans are the first tangible thing that depicts the picture of the buildings we have imagined. Building plans are the graphical representation of what a building will look like after construction and also helps in the process of evaluating the cost of erecting such a structure.

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called for stiffer penalties against insider loans abuses in the nation’s banking industry. Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Corporation, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim made this call while receiving the newly elected President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Professor Segun Ajibola, at the NDIC headquarters in Abuja, at the weekend.

Hope was rekindled among subscribers to the NAWOJ/NUJ Pen Jewel Estate as Primewaterview Holdings Limited, a real estate development firm, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos branch and Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, laid the foundation for the long awaited 800-unit housing estate in Mowe, Ogun state.

When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, now Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, rolled out its policy of inspiring a cashless economy, not many people gave it a chance of survival. The pronouncement was trailed by the whiff of doubt that often accompanies such policy declaration in Nigeria.