THE Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called on the Federal Government to call the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, to order, saying his statement that the agency would not fund the Nigerian Maritime University, NMU, Okerenkoko, Delta State, was incongruous with government’s policy.

AMIDST increasing concerns over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari, indications emerged, yesterday, of his imminent return to the country, having reportedly finished with the extended medical tests his United Kingdom-based physicians ran on him.

THREE persons have declared their interest to contest the governorship election in Anambra State on the platform of the Independent Democrat Party, IDP.

JAIZ Bank Plc, yesterday, joined the league of quoted companies as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, admitted its 29,464, 249,300 ordinary shares at N1.25 per share, valued at N36.8 billion on its Daily Official List.

THERE are heated debates in Africa and in diplomatic circles across the globe over the January 31, African Union, AU, Assembly’s decision that African countries carry out a collective withdrawal from the Hague-based International Criminal Court, ICC. Although the decision is technically non- binding but it carries a lot of weight and may sound the death knell for an international body that is essentially, a neo-colonial institution with 34 African countries as members.

THE United Kingdom, UK, has inspected facilities at the fast-growing Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Free Zone Enterprises, LADOL FZE, in its quest to expand its trade and development activities in sub-Sahara Africa. Already, UK’s Department For International Development, DFID, had kick-started the plans with high-powered representatives who visited the LADOL base in Apapa Pilotage district on Wednesday, on a fact–finding mission.

THE Chief Accountant of the Federal High Court, Mr. Oluyemi Kazeem Adisa, yesterday, revealed that Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the court, who is facing money laundering charges, earns N6.2 million annually.

The Nigerian Army, yesterday, said it has arrested two soldiers that maltreated a physically challenged person in Onitsha, Anambra State for allegedly wearing army camouflage uniform.

ENUGU State 2017 Appropriation Bill of N105,719,471,000.00, was, yesterday, passed into law by the Enugu State House of Assembly.

DMW signee, Dammy Krane has floated a non-profit making outfit called the Amin Foundation. The singer revealed this, weekend. According to Krane, the organization is embarking on an anti-malaria campaign which renders help to children and old people.

An expert in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, ICSI, Dr. Richard Okoye, has said that recent findings through in-vitro fertilization have proven that low sperm count contributes over 50 percent to infertility problems among barren couples in Nigeria.

THE Managing Director of Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, has called for cooperation between the airlines operating in Nigeria and the Nigeria Immigration Service as both are the first contacts people coming to Nigeria meet. He added that whatever impressions the people take away from their interactions with these two bodies go a long way to shape the impression about Nigeria.

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brig-Gen. Suleman Kazaure, has warned corps members to avoid unnecessary journeys during their service year.

DELTA North senatorial district chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr George Okafor, has been suspended for allegedly misappropriating the last Christmas rice meant for members of the party in the area.

Italian prosecutors have requested that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Dan Etete, Shell, Eni and several senior executives of Eni, including the current CEO, Claudio Descalzi, be sent for trial over alleged international corruption offences over the 2011 purchase of Nigerian OPL 245 oil block.