A non governmental organisation, NGO, the Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprise, ENGINE, program has concluded arrangements to organise a 1,000 men walk aimed to raise awareness and drive to end violence against women and girls.

FOUR persons were feared dead in a multiple autocrash which occurred yesterday along the Ubakala, Umuahia South axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt express way. Several others who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.

NO fewer than 20 suspected militants in military camouflage have swooped on Kodjo Farm, located at Igbodu, Epe area of Lagos State and abducted seven persons.

Cross River state Government has commenced massive recruitment of personnel into its Homeland Security.

The Egypt Football Association has cancelled its proposed friendly match with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in January, following alleged disagreement with the Nigerian authorities on match expenses.

The Senate Committee on privatisation yesterday said it will stop the planned concessioning of four major airports by the Federal Government until all issues concerning the already concessioned terminal 2, MMA2, domestic wing of the Muritala Muhammed Airport are resolved.

South Africa’s telecom group, MTN, has met with Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss a possible initial public offering and share sale structure, Head, Nigeria’s SEC, told newsmen. SEC Director-General, Mounir Gwarzo, said MTN had discussed the possibility of issuing various classes of shares to targeted investor groups.

While the Super Falcons are pressing on with their quest to win the Africa Women Cup of Nations, South Africa’s Banyana Banyana players are seething with revenge, as the two teams clash in today’s semi-final in Limbe, Cameroon.

TWENTY- three years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, supposedly won by late business mogul and candidate of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, National Chairman of the party at the time, Chief Tony Anenih, has said Abiola refused to heed his warning not to declare himself president.

Erstwhile governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has disputed the account of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on issues surrounding the status of his trial.

FOR the anti-corruption drive of the Federal Government to be effective, it must begin from the grassroots and Nigerians must stop pointing accusing fingers at politicians and leaders, because they evolved from families and communities.

UGHELLI—AFTER attacking the 42-inch delivery line operated by Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC and Niger Delta Western, in Otu-Jeremi, Delta State, weekend, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, yesterday announced that it was not ready for talks with the Federal Government.

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu last weekend achieved his long-held dream of becoming governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu who had in the past served the state as a commissioner for justice, first made a serious effort for the office of governor in 2012, when he emerged as the candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in that year’s governorship election.

Our commitment has been expressed in the strengthening of the health sector through capacity building, recruitment, upgrading of infrastructure and construction of modern facilities.

THE Senate said yesterday that its Committees on Finance, Appropriations and Planning would soon submit their reports on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP, which were passed and sent to them for necessary legislative actions and recommendations.