The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was working on a policy that would set aside $50 billion to fund and stimulate investment in production of biofuels.

NIGERIAN Agip Oil company, NAOC, yesterday, shunned the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives of the National Assembly, just as the committee was told that the company haqs been indebted to Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to the tune of $6.186,696 for a period of 15 years.

NIGERIAN Agip Oil company, NAOC, yesterday, shunned the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives of the National Assembly, just as the committee was told that the company haqs been indebted to Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to the tune of $6.186,696 for a period of 15 years.

THE Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi II, has advised northern governors to convert mosques to primary schools to save cost and boost education in the region.

THE decision of a secondary school teacher in Bayelsa State, Mr. Vincent Durugbo, to expose the extortion of N500 alleged illegal education levy by a school principal in the state despite a ban on such levies by the state government may cost him his job, as there is an alleged plot by the Bayelsa State Post Primary Schools Board to sanction the teacher for his daring act.

CHANCELLOR of Gregory University Uturu, Dr. Gregory Ibe, has called on Nigerians to pray for the speedy recovery and return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria to continue the battle to rescue the nation from the present economic crisis.

MainOne, a leading provider of telecom services and network solutions for businesses has concluded plans to host the third edition of its annual Nerds Unite IT conference, Nigeria’s biggest customer event for networking and data center professionals.

An appeal has gone to the Federal Government to “take urgent steps and ward off hunger and possible revolution in the land.”

Economists at the multinational accounting and management firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have projected Nigeria’s annual Gross Domestic Product, GDP, of USD500 billion when corruption is reduced. They also stated that a more efficient tax system would boost the economy with annual non-oil revenue of about USD104 billion.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB yesterday warned that the continued detention of its leader Mr. Nnamdi Kanu would spell doom for the country, arguing that he should be released immediately to avoid the calamity that might befall the country over his continuous detention.

Citing rising costs and the principle of reciprocity, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday announced his plans to lock out non-indigenes from its free education programme in public schools.

Rafael Nadal is to play at this summer’s Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club.

CORONATION Merchant Bank Limited has commenced talks with some state governments over infrastructure financing in order to overcome the financial constraints which had contributed significantly to their inability to provide some basic amenities to the people, just as it unveiled its new corporate identity.

A project, Livelihoods and Nutrition Empowerment, LINE, is to spend $14,839,265 (N6.7 billion) to uplift the living standards of poor, rural farming families in Bauchi State.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has given the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, a quit notice in Enugu State, saying it will sweep all the positions from councillorship to governorship in 2019, as more political bigwigs join the party.