THE National Broadcast-ing Commission (NBC) has issued a three-week ultimatum to all broadcasting stations in the country to pay all their outstanding licence fees or face sanctions.

Following the alleged report of collection of illegal fees at the School of Nursing, Umulogho in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, stakeholders in the community have commenced investigation into the matter.

THE Igbo community self-help initiative was regenerated last weekend when the Igbo Improvement Union, also known as Oganiru Ndi-Igbo, assembled Igbo of different classes to sensitize them on the imminent natural disaster, erosion, which is common place on most Igbo communities.

ORGANISED Labour, yesterday, threatened to shut down Rivers State over unresolved issues, including un-remitted deductions from workers’ salaries under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, stagnation of officers and non payment of statutory allowances to law officers

THE one-week old government of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is beginning to settle down in Ondo State bringing a spoof and a sparkle that is bound to unsettle politics as usual in the state. For one is the unusual bluntness of the governor on issues which is a departure from the pretence that politicians normally put up as a facade. It is this character of the governor that is bound to test the patience of his handlers, especially his media handlers.

TRAGEDY struck, Sunday night, at Ekete Waterside of Udu Council Area as a 41-year-old banker, Tunde Kolawole, was murdered in cold-blood by yet-to-be identified suspected assassins.

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Federal Government challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a case of breach of fundamental human rights filed by Nnamdi Kanu.

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Dr Glory Edet, has charged women of the state to take advantage of the Information Communication Technology, ICT, to improve themselves to meet the demands of the highly technologically innovative labour market.

An engineer with BHS International Limited, Sanmi Ige, was, yesterday morning, killed by gunmen at his Ebute-Meta residence in Lagos, while a 70-year-old woman was also injured by the gunmen.

THE Defence Headquarters has appointed a new Director of Information. He is Major General John Enenche.

The senator representing Delta Central senatorial district in the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has defected from the Labour Party, LP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over allegations of irreconcilable divisions in the national leadership of the Labour Party.

Enugu Rangers midfielder Aguda Godwin believes that his side can beat Zamalek in the CAF Champions League, saying that it’s possible to avoid defeat in Egypt.

Two persons were feared dead, yesterday, in a lone accident involving a private car in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

With the new International Narcotics Control Board, INCB, report showing disproportionate rise in drug overdoses among females, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has put in place effective surveillance and monitoring system to ensure availability of controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes while also preventing their diversion.

MANAGING Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has advised the people of oil-producing communities in Akwa Ibom State and the entire Niger Delta region to key into the new vision proposed by the Federal Government for the transformation of the region.