RECENTLY, I was at a function which held at the events hall of the Government House Annex, Warri, on the invitation of a friend Mr. Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh, son of the renowned Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh family and chairman Itsekiri Development Congress, IDC.

Members of the Nigeria Dental Association, NDA, employees of Unilever Nigeria Plc, dental practitioners, and other stakeholders, weekend took to the street of Lagos to sensitise Nigerians on oral hygiene practices as part of activities to this year’s Oral Health Day.

I HAD this engaging interview with the Alaafin of Oyo in 2002 alongside Wale Adeoye during which the monarch dwelt extensively on Yoruba jurisprudence or its philosophy of the law. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi dismissed the idea that it was the English Common Law that brought the concept: audi altera partem which emphasises that you must hear the other side, to Yorub

Yola—Justice Nathan Musa of Yola High Court, yesterday, granted bail to Mr. Bala Ngilari, former Adamawa State governor, on health grounds, after he appealed against his recent conviction.

OIL-rich Akwa Ibom State has of late been in the eye of a raging storm occasioned by escalating cult and communal wars and even kidnappings across the state. In the unfolding scenario, each section of the state seems to be faced with its own form of simultaneously occuring social menace.

Chairman of Calabar Shippers’Association, Mr. Michael Ogodo, has supported efforts by the House of Representatives to investigate the dredging of the lower River Niger project which gulped billions of naira before being abandoned.

TOTAL Exploration and Producing Company of Nigeria, TEPNG, has completed the training of over 800 women in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

WARRI—ALADJA and Ogbe-Ijoh, the two Delta State communities, which have continued to lose lives to a lingering boundary dispute, have pledged to embrace peace, following a charity visit by the Ugwoji Ochalibe Arubi Foundation to raise the spirits of the internally displaced persons in the communities.

FOR those who have wondered why the road linking the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and the rest of Lagos through Oshodi remains derelict in spite of Lagos State and the Federal Government coming under the same ruling party for the first time ever, the recent exchange of accusations and counter-accusations between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), is an eye-opener.

The naira yesterday maintained its upward performance against the dollar in the parallel market, appreciating to N385 per dollar.

ABRAKA—THE people of Abraka Kingdom, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, cried out that they were under siege by rampaging Fulani herdsmen.

IN Euromoney’s 14th annual private banking survey, Standard Chartered Private Bank jumped to first place in Africa, winning the most number of awards for the continent. 2017 marks the 14th year of Euromoney’s Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey – the industry’s leading barometer of the world’s best service and product providers to the world’s wealthy. Close to 700 institutions took part in the survey, with 2,951 valid responses, a 12.8 per cent increase over last year.

IN-country integration of the Egina Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units at the SHI-MCI yard in Lagos will receive full collaboration from the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and ancillary agencies.

IN order to encourage competition and promote quality standards in the Nigerian real estate sector, Eliel Jerahmeal Nigeria Limited and Weibo elevator company have partnered to provide the best of Webber elevator brands to strengthen industry operation in African region.