Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, will today deliver the convocation lecture of Wellspring University, Benin, titled: Recession: Challenges & Recovery Prospects.

KINGSLEY Paya, a native of Aladja, Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, has been reported murdered and his body taken away by the assailants alleged to be from neighbouring Isaba, one of the communities in Warri South-West Local Government Area in boundary war with Aladja.

The University of Reading, United Kingdom, UK, has concluded arrangements to organise a one-day expo at Transcorp Hotels, Calabar, on March 25, 2017.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, ordered all contractors handling road projects to speed up the pace of work and utilize the dry season.

THE House of Representatives, yesterday, suspended further deliberations on a bill seeking to make provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment of students in educational institutions.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has given a week ultimatum to the state’s Ministry of Health to complete installation of its state-of-the-art automated dialysis machine at the state’s General Hospital, Ilorin.

FORMER President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Augustine Alegeh (SAN), has called on the National Assembly to urgently amend the 1999 constitution and grant financial autonomy to the judiciary, warning that the prevailing situation where the executive controls the finances of the judiciary is endangering the nation’s democracy.

CREATIVE dysfunction is sometimes an unofficial government tool. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo occasionally set top government officials up against themselves to test their loyalty or ideas.

THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, yesterday gave his blessing to ongoing efforts by Itsekiri academia to establish an Itsekiri-owned University of Warri, UNIWARRI.

AS I drove home from a party at about 2 am, I saw a lady standing by the roadside. I recognised her. She was a Nigerian, a Fashion Designer, known for her exquisite designs and good tailoring in the Nigerian community in the Washington, DC area. Wondering what she was doing there at that eerie time of the morning, I stopped. She told me that, as she was driving home, her brand new car abruptly stopped, and she could not figure out the problem. German engineering is superb.

Etsako Club 81 is to meet this Sunday at plot 1440, GH Close, off 5th Avenue, Festac Town, Lagos, at 2pm prompt.

EXPERTS in the aviation sector have said that the recent takeover of Arik Air by Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, and failure of majority of airlines in Nigeria is due to the country’s harsh operating environment. This has reduced the number of operational airlines from 15o in 2000 to less than nine airlines in 2017.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, assured residents of the state that a section of the state would, in the next six months, begin to enjoy 24 hours electricity supply following a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the state government and an Independent Power Project, IPP, to generate five megawatts of electricity.

I HAVE been thinking. Nigeria is richly blessed with several tourism potentials and holds strong investment capabilities which can be harnessed to stimulate our economy and diversify our revenues… The mountains, the rivers, the forests and deserts define different landscapes in the country. The nature is in its natural state – unaffected by man’s industrial activities. Explore the nature further, you will find wildlife meets fun. Monuments and sculptures also usher you into the cities. And memorable pieces of art and structures are all story-laden. The rich tapestry of the culture and traditional occupations of a significant number of Nigeria’s peoples are profound and impressive. Indeed, we are the laughter of the world’s happiest people.

DESCENDANTS of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia on Thursday May 16, 2017 stepped into an American District Court in Manhattan. It was the first time in 109 years that the world would, through their descendants, hear the voices of over 100,000 Africans massacred in their ancestral home by German colonialists who operated on the basis that the Africans they annihilated were animals and not human beings.