Commuters along the ever busy Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe federal highways yesterday, commended the management of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for commencing reconstruction work on the dilapidated portions of the two roads.

The Federal Government, yesterday, called on world leaders across the globe to take urgent action to sustain the development of the growing urban population in order to secure the future of the people.

Poised to encourage Nigerian universities and undergraduates to be the best they can, one of the country’s leading entertainment outfit, Czar Entertainment, has concluded plans to unveil a first of its kind all encompassing university award tagged, “Nigerian University Award”.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government’s determination to meeting the June 2017 deadline for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting is borne out of the attendant benefits of such migration.

The Nigeria Lorry Owners and Drivers Association, NILODA, and Federated Food Dealers Association, FFDAN, have withdrawn their services in Benue and Taraba States over imposition of multiple taxation.

ABUJA-THE House of Representatives may be forced to issue a Bench Warrant on the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) over what it called “unlawful dismissal and or disengagement of one Nwachukwu Loretta and 4 other officers without fair hearing, saying that the decision violates section 36 of the 1999 constitution as amended and as such cannot stand.

THE Senate warned yesterday that if the federal government through its agencies saddled with the responsibility of managing the aviation sectors fail to take urgent steps, Nigeria as a country would likely experience plane crashes.

ONITSHA – Mohammed Abacha, son of the former Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha; Iyom Bianca Ojukwu, former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain and wife of Biafra warlord, Late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu; former Chief Security Officer, CSO to late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha are expected to converge at Owerri, Imo state capital on November 26 for the fourth Ojukwu Memorial anniversary and Thanksgiving Service.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in conjunction with Heritage Bank Plc, yesterday, commenced the process for the disbursement of N930 million to 310 young entrepreneurs under the Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme, YEDP, so as to help address the rising unemployment situation in the country, empower the youths and reactivate the economy.

Jos – In order to restock with books the main library of the University of Jos which was razed by fire two weeks ago, principal officers of the institution including the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Bursar, Librarian, among others have agreed to contribute N1million each to assist in the task of getting learning materials for students in the institution.