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.

WORKERS of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, have defied a directive by the state government to resume academic activities or lose their appointments.

AFTER two months of forced closure, public schools in Abia State will reopen today following the suspension of the two-month-old strike by teachers in public primary and secondary school.

FOUNDER of Nigerian Entrepreneurs Summit and Honours, NESH, Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju in this interview says that entrepreneurs must be saved in Nigeria through the timely implementation of the I6-point agenda of the PANDEF. He also explained how he is using his background in economics and banking to support the creation of new entrepreneurs and at the same time encouraging established ones.

The Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu and a philanthropic organization, the MTN Foundation have been commended and appreciated by the Abdullateef Family for the recommendation and subsequent treatment of their baby girl, Mutmainat Abdullateef who had a whole in her heart in an Indian hospital.

Nigeria has retained its 137th position in the World ICT Development Index.