The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday injected a total sum of $388.66 million to the retail segment of the interbank window of the foreign exchange market.

SUSPECTED herds men armed with AK47 guns have stormed a provision store at Umuachi-Ogo community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, brutalizing its owner and making away with the sum of N350,000 and half bags of rice and beans.

The days are gone when Lagos State civil servants queue endlessly at various departments they have worked for 35 years to process their gratuity and other retirement benefits before final clearance from the State’s Pension Commission, LASPEC, and issuance of bond certificate to those penned down for collection.

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Delta State Chapter has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Delta state government over non-payment of workers’ salaries in arrears of 8-13 months.

It is worrisome that inspite of the efforts of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to transform the state to an enviable city, heaps of refuse have continued to be a common sight on the streets of Lagos. In Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, Ajeromi, Alimosho, Costain, Okomaiko, Amuwo Odofin, Ojo local government, Epe, Ikorodu refuse dump at corners, major streets have become a common occurrence and detrimental to the health of residents and passers-by.

PROPERTIES worth millions of naira were gutted by fire, early Friday, at Sandfill II (Warri Corner), Warri, Delta State.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on the Federal Government to invest the recovered loot in infrastructure, manufacturing and any enterprise that would lead to job creation and economic growth, warning that the employment crisis in the country is a time bomb waiting to explode.

Although he had given Udoka a year within which to settle down and repay the two thousand naira he had loaned him, occasionally, Isioma, his first wife, would come asking for repayment of the money. Udoka would absorb the embarrassment, apologize and plead for more time.

Alpha-May Club, an association of male Itsekiri professionals in Lagos, holds its 34th annual lecture and party in Lekki, tomorrow afternoon. The theme of this year’s lecture which is to be given by Chief Edward Ekpoko is “The Itsekiri: People, Land and Crown.” Alpha-May Club was founded 32 years ago with the principal aim of promoting Itsekiri interests and promoting peaceful co-existence with other ethnic nationalities.

THE Federation of Informal Workers’ Organization of Nigeria, FIWON, has decried increasing harassment, intimidation, extortion, and other form of dehumanization of informal workers by government at all levels.