GSK Consumer Nigeria Plc has confirmed that it has received a non-binding offer from, Suntory Beverage & Food , SBF Limited to diversify its drinks business comprising the bottling and distribution of Ribena and Lucozade and part of the Agbara manufacturing site.

The Ivorian Head of State, Alassane Ouattara and his Kenyan counterpart, President, Uhuru Kenyatta, are billed to chair the fourth edition of the African Chief Executive Officers, CEOs forum aimed at development of African private sector.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, his Kwara State counterpart, Alhaji Abdulfatah and the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, yesterday described the death of the former Inspector General of Police, Chief Sunday Adewusi, as a colossal loss to the nation.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has expressed concern over the continued request for more tertiary institutions in the state.

Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old mother, who allegedly sold her three months old baby girl for N300,000.

An Ikeja High Court, presided over by Justice Lateefa Okunnu, has convicted and sentenced a Nigerian undergraduate of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, Hope Olusegun Aroke, a Nigerian, to 24 years imprisonment over an internet scam involving N25 million.

President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday rewarded members of the under seventeen World Golden Eaglets that won the maiden edition of the youth soccer championship in China in 1985. Members of the squad were given monetary rewards along side the winners of last year’s FIFA organized U 17 Championship in Chile.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has unfolded strategies to force Imo State Government to recall more than 3,000 sacked workers and pay the backlog of salaries and other benefits of the state workforce.

English Premiership giants Manchester United have joined the race to sign CSKA Moscow striker Ahmed Musa.

I AM writing this week’s piece in Ilorin, Kwara State. In recent weeks, I have travelled back and forth between the three cities I live in: Abuja, Kaduna and Ilorin. These cities elicit contrasting emotions for me. As I have always argued, there is a soul-less character to Abuja, and an impersonality that is underlined at weekends or public holidays, when it empties as people travel to other parts of Nigeria.

As states look for ways of increasing their internally generated revenue, Engr. Andrew Idowu Desmennu, Managing Director/CEO of Andrew D. Idowu and Co. says they should look in the direction of waste management and stop capital flight occasioned by processing waste outside their domains. He says the company has come up with a system whereby people can earn money while disposing their waste and keeping the environment clean.

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, yesterday, unveiled an eight point agenda to grow the country’s telecommunication sector, by facilitating and supporting availability of broadband services and by promoting deployment of universally available, fast and reliable network infrastructure.

Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and the Lagos State Government have commended Diamond Bank Plc for its leading role in championing the intellectual development of children and the growth of art in primary and secondary schools.

Kelechi Iheanacho will have to wait till the deadline date for submission of list for UEFA Champions League knockout stage to know his fate.

With Swansea, Newcastle, Everton and Werder Bremen all interested in Ogenyi Onazi his club, Lazio are ready to sell the Nigerian international to the highest bidder.