ASABA—WORRIED by the increasing crime rate on the Asaba/Benin expressway, Delta State Government has embarked on vegetation control on the ever busy highway to check the ugly development.

It is with the above in mind that I recommend the following:
a.Build and strengthen institutions that will outlive individual governments – Governments will come and go but strong governmental institutions will last forever. Government should therefore strengthen institutions such as the NJC to further enhance its capacity to perform its constitutional duty.

Nigerians were pleased to llearn of the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to telecom operators to introduce the Do Not Disturb (DND) code across their networks with effect from 30th June 2016.

TO help address unemployment in the country, Information and Communication Teachnology company, Global Virtual Nigeria Limited is offering 200 Nigerians ICT scholarships worth $3,500 each.

TO protect telecommunications infrastructure and fight criminals using unregistered SIM cards to commit crimes in the country, stakeholders at the just concluded sensitization workshop for law enforcement agencies on telecommunications issues have called for National Information Communication Technology framework for policing.

Russia’s ,State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, has, said that Nigeria should add nuclear energy to its energy mix to harness abundant benefits and most importantly improve its current power situation.

ABUJA—THE Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, is not pro-South-South, rather it is a pro-Nigeria law that will benefit all Nigerians, Daniel Reyenieju, a House of Representatives member representing Warri Federal Constituency in Delta State, has said.

Yenagoa—Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State yesterday said the state would no longer sponsor pilgrims to Jerusalem or Mecca, saying those who wanted to fulfill the religious obligation of visiting their respective holy lands should fund such.

ABUJA — The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, was among 4,225 new lawyers that were called to the Nigerian Bar, yesterday.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs Sally Mbanefo yesterday said that the tourism sector generated over $1.1 billion in 2015. Mbanefo disclosed this during a two-day Nigeria Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition. The forum is being organised by the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) in collaboration with NTDC and the National Institute for Hospitality and NIHOTOUR in Abuja. The theme of the forum is “Tourism: Tool for Economic and Development.’’