Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu yesterday, disclosed that there was no rule mandating a prospective Oba of Lagos to wait for 90 days before ascending the throne after the exit of the incumbent.

FRIESLANDCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc says its continuous investment in sourcing raw milk locallyhas started yielding fruits as daily collection from dairy farmers is now peaking at 40,000 litres.

ENUGU- Residents of New GRA in Trans-Ekulu, Enugu metropolis have pleaded with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to come to their rescue by fixing some roads within the new residential area.

An early morning auto crash involving a commercial bus and a truck at Odo-Iya Alaro New Garage, Ojota, Lagos, yesterday, reportedly claimed one life, while several others sustained injuries.

FORMER National Chairman, Traditional Rulers of Oil Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, His Majesty Charles Ayemi-Botu, yesterday, raised the alarm that none of the Northern youths that issued a three-month quit notice to Igbo resident in the North, had been apprehended two weeks after the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai and Inspector General of Police, IG, Ibrahim Idris, gave the directive.

THE Chief Executive Officer of Premium Steel and Mines Limited, formerly Delta Steel Company, DSC, Ovwian-Aaldja, Mr. Prasanta Mishra, has called on the host communities and stakeholders to cooperate with the company towards achieving the vision of the Federal Government for self-sufficiency in steel production and strong technological base for the country.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has named a three-man referee team for the 2017 ITTF World Tour tagged Nigeria Open holds at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

The Director-General of Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Joseph Ari, has appealed to the National Assembly to assist in appropriating funds for the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme, SIWES, to avert incessant picketing and harassment of the ITF staff across the country.

ABA—A Chinese Company, Inner Galaxy Group, operating in Umuaghala, Ukwa West council area of Abia State, has donated bags of rice, cartons of cooking oil and other items to the community. Other items donated include cartons of exercise books, school bags, football, among others.

ENUGU— In its bid to ensure food security in the country, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, is partnering the Global Breadfruit Institute, GBI, to develop improved varieties of breadfruit trees which can bear fruits within three years. This follows the discovery that the fruits could be used to make cake, finger rolls, noodles, chin-chin, salad, flour, fries, chocolate, just as it could be used as a substitute for potatoes in the production of meat-pies.

THE indigenes of Amanyi Autonomous community in Ihitte-Uboama Local Government Area of Imo state, have vowed to oppose the alleged plan by some government functionaries to install a monarch against the wishes of their people. The indigenes made the statement in a strongly worded petition, jointly signed by Nze Ignatius Obila and Ichie Okereke Ogbonna, to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, a copy which was made available to Southeast voice in Owerri.

THE Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, has raised alarm over the increasing incidence of mosquito resistance to Long Lasting Insecticide Nets, LLINs, in 18 states of the federation, even as over 50 million Nigerians still test positive to malaria annually.

OWERRIi— Civil society organizations in Imo State, have asked the state government to include citizens as well as the town unions in the budget process to enable them contribute their quota in choosing priority projects that would impact on the lives of their people. This was one of the resolutions during their stakeholders’ participatory/ strategic meetings in Owerri.

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